China hits out at 'unfair judging' after top gymnasts fail to make it through to individual event finals
After winning bronze in women’s team artistic final, manager Ye Zhennan claims scores ‘deliberately suppressed’ in qualification as Fan Yilin and Shang Chunsong are eliminated from contention
Chinese officials have lashed out at “unfair judging” after their two top women gymnasts, who were expected to win medals, failed to reach their individual event finals.
China won bronze in the women’s team artistic gymnastics competition, behind champions the United States and Russia, who beat the Chinese by less than a point in the final.
But there were rumblings in the gymnastics arena after Fan Yilin, the 2015 world champion in the women’s uneven bars and China captain, Shang Chunsong, a balance beam special, were both eliminated from the individual finals.
Team manager Ye Zhennan said the pair had been “unfairly treated” by judges because the pair’s scores in the qualification and final were different and “deliberately suppressed” and were not consistent.