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OLYMPIC SPECIAL CHINADAILY SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 2012 chinadaily.com.cn Issue No 11 £1 China appeals cycling decision Nation says there’s no rule that should lead to riders being stripped of gold

By CHEN XIANGFENG a specifi c explanation of some off enses. early change in the fi rst round. years, I’ve always served the ball like in London Th at’s why we appealed — because we Guo, the bronze medalist at the 2008 that, and she didn’t even give me a chenxiangfeng@ could not fi nd the specifi c rule to judge Beijing Olympics in the women’s sprint, warning before giving me a card.” chinadaily.com.cn our riders’ off ense.” competed in the event on Friday. Th e biggest controversies came in Coach Daniel Morelon of France She won a silver. the men’s gymnastics team compe- One day after China was stripped went so far as to deny that Guo Shuang tition and the men’s 400m freestyle of the gold medal in the women’s and had violated any rules. Controversy everywhere swimming. event, the Guo and Gong, who broke the world Th ere have been a series of disputed Th e Japanese were initially fourth cycling team announced on Friday record twice in the preliminary rounds, judgments at the Games. aft er a fall by Kohei Uchimura on the that it would appeal to the Interna- had just finished a victory lap and In the women’s table tennis singles pommel horse. tional Cycling Union and International started celebrating with offi cials from final, China’s No 1 Ding Ning was But they protested the score given Olympic Committee. the Chinese team when they found brought to tears following a succes- to Uchimura, and offi cials decided to “We were relegated to the silver med- out they were not Olympic champions sion of refereeing decisions that went accept the team’s appeal and award al moments aft er the fi n- thanks to a lane change in the fi nal. against her. Japan the silver at the expense of Great ish,” the appeal letter read. Th e organizing committee’s offi cial Ding was left visibly shaken when Britain, which fi nished third. “Based on the Olympic reports said the team had made an early the umpire awarded a point to oppo- In swimming, South Korean Park spirit and respect for the relay, citing a specifi c regulation. Chi- nent Li Xiaoxia for illegal serving and a Tae-hwan, the defending champion referee’s rule at that time, na’s appeal letter asserts the regulation point for a red card for toweling down in the 400m freestyle, was initially dis- we accepted that and attended the in question was not violated. without authorization. qualifi ed aft er offi cials ruled that he award ceremony because we wanted to Th e team claims the judges had a bad Li went on to win, 4-1, claiming gold false-started in his morning heat. He show our sportsmanship at that time. attitude when asked to watch a replay of and sending favorite Ding to silver. won an appeal to overturn the deci- “We later took a close look at the vid- the infraction. “I think the umpire was a little bit sion. eo replay and studied the rules again. It’s On a frantic fi rst day of competi- too strict with me. I asked the transla- In the fi rst three days at the Games, the fi rst time this event has been includ- tion at the Velodrome, British riders tor why, and she said my serving was there were also appeals and changes in CUI MENG / CHINA DAILY ed at the . We found the Jess Varnish and not right. It’s not high enough,” Ding judo, hockey, archery and epee event China’s Guo Shuang (left) and Victoria Pendleton of Britain during the rules are not complete and do not give were also disqualifi ed for making an complained aft er loss. “For one or two in fencing. keirin event on Friday. Guo lost to Pendleton and claimed a silver.

TOUCHING MOMENT PHOTO BY MARK J. TERRILL / ASSOCIATED PRESS United States’ Michael Phelps (left ) touches the wall as South Africa’s Chad le Clos closes in for second place during the men’s 100m butterfl y fi nal at the Aquatics Centre at the Olympic Park on Friday. See story on page 4.

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