Blogging live from the 2008 Summer Olympics Games in Beijing PEKIN China.
On the 21st there were 231 objections presented to the committee, and all of them were rejected. They were all related to counting point’s techniques and counting in favor of Chinese fighters. The judges rejected all these accusations knowing that 231 objections are capable of causing some kind of scandal and destroy the reputation of Beijing’s Olympics. However, AIBA had suspected some manipulations during the last 2 months and it sent an IOC observer.
IOC is the international Olympic Committee
Mr Terry Smith, the delegate of the committee denied the setting of any pre-set games but he came close around the scoring technique that required the judges to push a button at the same time.
Despite this AIBA (International Boxing Association) step, more protests have been witnessed especially in the semi-final game that joined Alexis Vastine and Felix Diaz, where Felix was awarded 2 points in the final seconds and eliminating the French Alexis.
After 20 years of suspicious behavior in boxing, things were looking better lately, said an official of the committee, but it seems that Beijing is a special case and we will deal with it!
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