one US Wins 7 Races and China Is Rejected

On the evening of the 18th Beijing time, the preliminary round of the women's 4X100 meter relay in the track and field events of the Rio Olympic Games was held. The Chinese team ranked the sixth in the first group. The four strokes were Yuan Qiqi, Wei Yongli, Ge Manqi and Liang Xiaojing. The four girls ran in 42.70 seconds, ranking fifth in the group after the Canadian team with a disadvantage of a few thousandths of a second.

Then in the second group, Felix of the second team and Gardner of the third team made serious mistakes in the handover. Gardner started ahead of time, and Gardner behind him was forced to throw the baton to Gardner. Gardner did not catch the baton steadily. When the United States team completed the handover, it was only 1:06.71 and was eliminated. The French team ranked fourth in the second group scored only 43.07 seconds, In other words, the Chinese team reached the final in the eighth preliminary round. This was the first time since the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000 that the Chinese women's 4X100 meters reached the final.

In fact, it has always been their biggest problem that the US team dropped a stick in the group match

After the game, the girls were very excited to accept an interview, saying that "they had long wanted to reach the final." But less than an hour later, things reversed. The United States team watched the game video, thought Felix and Gardner were interfered by the Brazilian players when they handed over the baton, and appealed to the IAAF for a replay. The IAAF soon made a decision. Brazil really committed a foul and cancelled the result. The US team will play a rematch in 8 hours, alone and without rivals. The result will be directly included in the preliminary ranking.

When the news came out, everyone was shocked. The Chinese team immediately filed a complaint. They believed that according to the regulations, the results of the players who violated the rules should be canceled, but the affected party could not replay alone. However, this appeal was fruitless. The IAAF upheld the decision to let the US team replay alone, so the Chinese delegation refused to go to the scene to watch the game. They believed that this was not a game at all, let alone an Olympic game.

The Chinese team made a quick appeal, but it was rejected and rejected again

At 6:00 a.m. Beijing time on the 19th, four American athletes walked into the stadium. Their opponents were seven tracks. Because there was no interference from their opponents, the American team did not make a mistake in handing over the baton this time. They ran their best preliminary result of 41. 77 seconds. China was pushed out of the top eight and missed the final.

Then the Chinese team filed a complaint again, asking nine teams to participate in the final, or the final was divided into two groups, with the first five teams in the preliminary and six to nine teams in each group. The Chinese track and field team said: "Although the final was divided into two groups, it is unprecedented, but the team that replayed alone also entered the final."

The Chinese track and field team put forward several reasons for appeal. First, the US team wore different uniforms in two games; Second, the U.S. team's individual replay was conducted without any interference. The competition environment was completely different from that of the preliminaries, so the results could not be compared with those of the teams that participated in the preliminaries; Finally, IAAF has no right to disqualify the Chinese team from the finals, because the Chinese team is promoted through normal preliminary matches.

The appeal was rejected faster. Anna, spokesman of IAAF, said that if the relay had nine runways, she would certainly accept the appeal of the Chinese team. Unfortunately, the Avelange Stadium had only eight runways. IAAF also rejected the proposal to divide the final into two groups. 【 detailed 】

two There is no separate rematch in the rules. The Field Federation opens the door for the United States

The Chinese team is so angry. Of course, our team was eliminated because of this, which is the reason of the completely innocent side. The other reason is that the US team, or the IAAF, acted against the rules.

This matter started with the appeal of the United States team. They did not make any mistakes on this point. The IAAF found that Brazil had committed a foul, which was reasonable and really puzzling. It was a single replay. In the words of Anna, spokesman of IAAF, "There are not no replays in history." Let's take a look at the conditions under which the replays will be held according to the basic rules of track and field competitions.

The US team, which plays a rematch alone, seems reasonable, but it is not

In the "Analysis of Track and Field Competition Rules and Referee Law 2014 Edition", the rules for blocking in the competition are as follows: if the athletes are bumped or blocked in the competition, thus preventing them from walking or running:

a) If the collision or blocking is considered to be an unintentional act of the athlete, or is caused in other ways, the referee may order a replay or allow the affected athlete (team) to participate in the next round of competition if he believes that the athlete has been seriously affected by this.

b) If the referee finds that other athletes should be responsible for this, the athletes (or their teams) should be disqualified. The Chief Judge believes that the athletes have been seriously affected, and may order the athletes other than those who have been disqualified to replay, or allow the severely affected athletes (teams) to participate in the next round of competition (except the disqualified athletes).

In the two cases of (a) and (b) above, these athletes (teams) should normally complete the competition of the project through sincere efforts.

So after being interfered by the Brazil team, the US team chose to finish the match even though it knew that the result was invalid, which was the basic condition for the subsequent qualification for the replay. This means that we did not give up deliberately and wait for the replay, but instead completed the game of the project with "sincere efforts", and appealed for the replay only when we found that we were unfairly treated.

The members of the US team who won the most favorable conditions to "do it again" are very happy

However, there are two basic necessities for the effectiveness of any individual performance in track and field competitions: first, the results must be generated between at least two teams. Second, the two teams must come from different countries. In any version of the track and field competition rules, we can not find the basis for "single replay".

What's the best way to deal with this matter? First of all, Brazil fouled and cancelled the score. Then there are three correct approaches:

First, the US team moved to the next group to play. There are only two groups in the preliminaries. There is no next group to run and it cannot be executed.

Second, let the US team advance directly to the finals. As Anna said, "Rio has only eight tracks." The US team cannot directly enter the final to become the ninth team.

Third, arrange all the teams in the second group except Brazil to have a replay. According to the rules and on-site conditions, this should be the only correct option.

Therefore, from any angle, we can only get the same answer: IAAF has taken advantage of the basic rules and secretly opened the door to the United States. Therefore, not only the Chinese team is angry, but also other teams, media in other countries, including local netizens in the United States. There is a saying that no rules, no radius. Those who break the basic rules will always be nailed to the stigma of track and field history. 【 detailed 】

three All Olympic Games Are Blacked out; Liu Xiang Is Exempted from Fouls and Appeals

The reason why rules are rules is that they are a universal system and are not subject to the will of any person or country. Not to mention how excessive the single replay event is, even if there was such a precedent before, we will not be so difficult to accept it.

On the track and field field, the most well-known "foul event" for Chinese people occurred in the final of the 110m hurdles at the 2011 Daegu World Athletics Championships. Liu Xiang had a slight advantage over Robles after crossing the first eight hurdles. Robles obviously dragged Liu Xiang with his hands, causing Liu Xiang's center of gravity to shift and his rhythm to be disrupted. The result was Robles first, Richardson second and Liu Xiang third.

After the game, the Chinese team watched the video again, determined that Robles' behavior was intentional, and lodged a complaint with the IAAF. At that time, Sun Haiping said: "This collision is normal, but the first time an athlete meets your arm is to hide. Robles not only did not hide, but was deliberately pulling. Liu Xiang's gold medal was lost by Robles." When Liu Xiang was interviewed, he also generously excused Robles, saying: "I don't blame him at all." The final result of this incident was that the Chinese team successfully complained, Robles was cancelled his performance, and Liu Xiang was added as the runner up.

It is often ignored that the Cuban Athletic Association applied for a counter appeal at that time. Although it was rejected, the gold medal Liu Xiang should have won steadily turned into a silver medal. The nature of that event and the 4X100 meter relay in the United States completely apply the same rules. If the same punishment standard is applied, Liu Xiang should have competed with seven track hurdles in the same year, and then tried to surpass all competitors in the rematch to win the championship.

Zhang Wenxiu won a belated medal at the Rio Olympic Games. Four years ago, her third place was "eaten"

One year later, the London Olympics. Another Chinese track and field athlete also suffered a similar event. In the women's hammer throw final, Zhang Wenxiu ranked third after the first four rounds with a second shot of 76m34. When the German player Heidler made the fifth shot, the display screen had a problem and did not show the result. After Heidler lodged a complaint, she was given the opportunity to make another shot, but this shot was fouled. After the game, Zhang Wenxiu won the bronze medal according to the result. However, Heidler found the trace of his fifth shot after the game, and with this shot of 77m13, he pushed Zhang Wenxiu out, pushing her to the fourth place.

In an interview after the match, Heidler said: "I can understand Zhang (Wenxiu)'s disappointment, but I don't think their complaint will be successful." Indeed, the Chinese team filed a complaint after the match, and the Arbitration Commission quickly rejected the Chinese team's complaint, because according to Article 146 of the IAAF, "protest and appeal" Paragraph 5 stipulates: "In any field competition, if a trial throw is protested by an athlete due to measurement errors, the referee should measure and record the results of that trial throw in order to ensure that the interests of the athlete will not be damaged, so as to protect the interests of relevant athletes."

After Heidler complained, she got the chance to cast again. However, after the game ended, her shot that did not show results was also recognized. This means that she actually has seven opportunities for trial voting, another "one more time"!

China has always been a unique presence in the world sports world. Thirty two years ago, the Olympic Games had no place for us. Just back, it has become a powerful force in the world sports arena that cannot be ignored. The world's major powers always have prejudice against China. Within and outside the rules. In and out of track and field.

The Chinese team has not been replayed because of the official recognition or the obvious misjudgment of the rules. On the contrary, it was the first time that the IAAF broke the subject with a complaint from the United States. I don't know whether you have found that in these events, the only thing missing is the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Only in the home court can we have real fairness. 【 detailed 】