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Old 08-21-2008, 02:29 AM   #9
thecarrotdude
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Default Re: Scandals in some Olympic events?

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Originally Posted by Cerek View Post
There has been a lot of controversy concerning the Chinese female gymnasts - from the allegations that two of the best are actually underage to some very obvious favoring in their scores.
I noticed the same thing. The Chinese gymnasts seemed to be getting very high scores when they sometimes performed worse than other gymnasts. I just put if off as having a lack of knowledge of gymnastics and its rules.

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Originally Posted by Cerek View Post
There is an international panel of judges for all competitions. However, no panel member can be a judge if athletes from their country are in the event. In other words, you can't have Chinese judges when the Chinese gymnasts are competing. This applies to all countries.
This isn't true for all events though. In diving, there were US judges for US divers.
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