American TV Neglected the Saddest Story in the Olympics

Re:American TV Neglected the Saddest Story in the Olympics by ojno on Saturday August 04, 2012 @03:48PM (#4339446)

Assuming the video here (http://www.buzzfeed.com/ktlincoln/an-olympic-fencer-refuses-...) is accurate, I make it 28 frames, in a 30 fps video, from the start of the "Allez" to the beep of the hit, so I reluctantly have to agree with the judges.

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Re:American TV Neglected the Saddest Story in the Olympics by kristofferR on Saturday August 04, 2012 @04:09PM (#4339516)

I though the issue was that the German had several attempts to strike the Korean during "the last second", which added up to several seconds in total:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr_ug9mcu4c

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Re:American TV Neglected the Saddest Story in the Olympics by KaoruAoiShiho on Saturday August 04, 2012 @04:59PM (#4339624)

You're counting during the extra second that was awarded. The problem was the timer was not started during the previous double-touch. The timer should've already elapsed by that time.

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Re:American TV Neglected the Saddest Story in the Olympics by mynameishere on Saturday August 04, 2012 @06:09PM (#4339854)

Why "reluctantly" if the judges were correct in the first place? Anyway, the real crime is the ridiculous random sudden-death coin flip. Whose idea was that?

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Re:American TV Neglected the Saddest Story in the Olympics by klez on Saturday August 04, 2012 @07:27PM (#4340033)

I get that, if that was not the case, both contendants would stay too much on defense. OTOH if one is declared winner 'by default' in case of a tie, the other is more inclined to attack.

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Re:American TV Neglected the Saddest Story in the Olympics by ColinWright on Saturday August 04, 2012 @04:06PM (#4339505)

So assuming this is correct, should not the judges, the officials, and the sporting bodies concerned make this public and transparent?

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