Feb 15
Australian official accuses judges of inflating Canada’s score in men’s moguls
METRO VANCOUVER – An Australian sport official accused judges of awarding inflated scores to Canadian Alex Bilodeau Sunday, allowing him to edge out Dale Begg-Smith for gold in men’s moguls. “My own opinion is that probably Alex is not capable of a 4.8 or a 4.9 [on his turns], because five is a perfect score,” Geoff Lipshut, the team’s high-performance director, told Queensland’s Courier-Mail.
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Australian official accuses judges of inflating Canada’s score in men’s moguls
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I saw both runs in High Definition and I must say that home turf advantage does finally pay off. Begg-Smith was perfect and so was Bilodeau, and being at home and the attitude of Begg-Smith with the local media and the media from other countries didn’t help much. But this will be pretty interesting in the upcoming judging events to see if Canadian athletes are either really that good or the judges are that good. I think until a better judging system is developed sports that require judges should be put on ice.