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- Jun 21, 2003
Still, in any sport, once the competition is over, that's pretty much it, referee's mistake or no. At Japanese nationals last year they declared Oda the winner, then discovered a scoring mistake and changed it to Takahashi. But I think the mistake was discovered right away and it was a simple error in the computer code, not anything involving the judges' marks.
In other sports, the umpire might call a pitch a ball instead of a strike, this might cause one team to win and another to lose, and the mistake might be obvious to everyone in the stands and confirmed in instant reply and in a later careful review of the tapes. Maybe the unpire will be sanctioned later for making a bad call. But the result stands anyway.
So figure skating is not the only sport where bad calls by the officials can ruin someone's day -- all sports are like that. (Not saying it's right.)
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Bebe is not too far behind to still win. One fall did her in. And Elena S. can still make the podium.
In other sports, the umpire might call a pitch a ball instead of a strike, this might cause one team to win and another to lose, and the mistake might be obvious to everyone in the stands and confirmed in instant reply and in a later careful review of the tapes. Maybe the unpire will be sanctioned later for making a bad call. But the result stands anyway.
So figure skating is not the only sport where bad calls by the officials can ruin someone's day -- all sports are like that. (Not saying it's right.)
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Bebe is not too far behind to still win. One fall did her in. And Elena S. can still make the podium.