- Feb 3, 2021
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Đinh Phương Thành was crowned double gold medalist on parallel bars and high bar for the THIRD TIME at Southeast Asian Games — 2015, 2019, and 2021(2022). Almost four times, because he just missed it in 2017 by getting silver instead of gold on HB. Incredible.
BUT
The parallel bars gold was a total scam, and not just because everyone knows Yulo is one of the best in the world. 8.933 for Dihn is completely unacceptable, especially when Yulo did a similar exercise with better execution, and was given 8.6.
Yamawaki, swing HS — nice
Makuts — clear leg separation 1
1/4 Stutz to side HS — unsteady 1
(could also take off for slight leg separation)
glide kip press HS on one rail — old school
1/4 pirouette grip adjustment 1
peach half — posture 1
(could also deduct for not quite hitting HS)
peach — arm bend 1, grip adjustment 1
Moy — okay
Half pirouette — posture (starts Bhavsar too early) 1
Tippelt — muscling it up, 1
(could easily take 3 here)
HS — unsteadiness (arm bend) 1
Healy + swing HS — arch 1
double pike — poor prep for landing 1, hop 1.
(Could also deduct lack of height and chest being down on landing)
That’s an 8.8, and that’s giving him the benefit of the doubt 4 times. There clearly was some bias in the judging here. Probably two judges helping him out.
Yulo was CLEARLY judged with a different pen.
BUT
The parallel bars gold was a total scam, and not just because everyone knows Yulo is one of the best in the world. 8.933 for Dihn is completely unacceptable, especially when Yulo did a similar exercise with better execution, and was given 8.6.
Yamawaki, swing HS — nice
Makuts — clear leg separation 1
1/4 Stutz to side HS — unsteady 1
(could also take off for slight leg separation)
glide kip press HS on one rail — old school
1/4 pirouette grip adjustment 1
peach half — posture 1
(could also deduct for not quite hitting HS)
peach — arm bend 1, grip adjustment 1
Moy — okay
Half pirouette — posture (starts Bhavsar too early) 1
Tippelt — muscling it up, 1
(could easily take 3 here)
HS — unsteadiness (arm bend) 1
Healy + swing HS — arch 1
double pike — poor prep for landing 1, hop 1.
(Could also deduct lack of height and chest being down on landing)
That’s an 8.8, and that’s giving him the benefit of the doubt 4 times. There clearly was some bias in the judging here. Probably two judges helping him out.
Yulo was CLEARLY judged with a different pen.
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