Judge 'acted on his own' in helping gymnast win
By Wang Qingchu |
March 18, 2011, Friday
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THE Chinese Gymnastics Association said yesterday that a Chinese judge who altered a score to help a gymnast win a gold medal "acted on his own."
CGA launched a probe into allegations that Shao Bin, a gymnastics judge, violated judging rules to help a Chinese gymnast win a gold medal at the 16th Asian Games after the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) brought a disciplinary suit against Shao.
"Shao acted on his own initiative," said Pan Chenfei, CGA vice secretary, Xinhua news agency said yesterday.
CGA underlined it is against any behavior violating the spirit of competition and judging rules. It pledged to take appropriate measures once FIG completed its investigation.
Shao was on the panel to evaluate the difficulty level of floor routines in the men's artistic floor final at the Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, last November. He was caught modifying the execution score for China's Zhang Chenglong without informing the head judge, FIG said in a statement on its website on Wednesday.
Shao's action directly moved Zhang from second place to first, tied with South Korea's Kim Soo Myun. Zhang scored a total of 15.400 in the event and they each won a gold medal.
The international governing body of gymnastics considered Shao's attitude "wholly unacceptable" and has taken "severe" action, referring the case to its Disciplinary Commission.
Shao, 46, is an international gymnastics judge and a professor at Shanghai University. Shao and the CGA were notified of the decision on March 10, FIG said.
In a previous scandal, China's women's gymnastics team was stripped of the bronze for falsifying the age of one gymnast at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
CGA launched a probe into allegations that Shao Bin, a gymnastics judge, violated judging rules to help a Chinese gymnast win a gold medal at the 16th Asian Games after the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) brought a disciplinary suit against Shao.
"Shao acted on his own initiative," said Pan Chenfei, CGA vice secretary, Xinhua news agency said yesterday.
CGA underlined it is against any behavior violating the spirit of competition and judging rules. It pledged to take appropriate measures once FIG completed its investigation.
Shao was on the panel to evaluate the difficulty level of floor routines in the men's artistic floor final at the Games in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, last November. He was caught modifying the execution score for China's Zhang Chenglong without informing the head judge, FIG said in a statement on its website on Wednesday.
Shao's action directly moved Zhang from second place to first, tied with South Korea's Kim Soo Myun. Zhang scored a total of 15.400 in the event and they each won a gold medal.
The international governing body of gymnastics considered Shao's attitude "wholly unacceptable" and has taken "severe" action, referring the case to its Disciplinary Commission.
Shao, 46, is an international gymnastics judge and a professor at Shanghai University. Shao and the CGA were notified of the decision on March 10, FIG said.
In a previous scandal, China's women's gymnastics team was stripped of the bronze for falsifying the age of one gymnast at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
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