Todd Richards (snowboarder & NBC commentator) blasts Olympic judges after Gold medalist Ayumu Hirano’s low scoring 2nd run
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May the best cheaters wins!
Was ridiculous the score they gave him. At least he ended up with a 96 and a gold though. Alls well that ends well
This whole joke of a games is just China and Russia giving the rest of the world the finger
It was the US judge that screwed him. It looked like a play to help Shaun White honestly. Luckily he came back and shoved it down their throats and forced em. Beast
A lot of people saying the US judge screwed him over, with the 89 score but it there were two or three other judges that gave him a 90 as well. So even if the US judge did give him a 90 his overall score wouldn’t have changed. (To get your final score they take away the highest and lowest judges scores and average the rest)Still the fact that any one single judge let alone 3 of them gave him a 90 or under was quite insane. But note it wasn’t just the US judge. Multiple judges were wrong.
(Edit: grammar/clarification)
Thankfully they corrected their mistake on the 3rd run. Still was hoping Shaun White would medal in his final event
Richard’s commentary was great! I’m glad somebody held the US, CAN, and SUI judges accountable. Are these judges influencing each other or WTF are their major malfunctions?
Not really cool to make a joke at the blind and visually impaired community’s sake or to take Mr. Wonder’s name in vain, separate from whatever the judges were actually doing.
I was watching, when it happened; I completely agree!
All in all he still won….It’s bull shit he didn’t win sooner tho.
Todd Richards is and will always be a legend.
Also him and Chris Grenier should just judge the whole ass next Olympics
These olumpics are such a scam… judging is absolutely shocking.
In the moment it felt like the US judge tanking his score to help Shaun White. But I love drama so I may just be seeing what i want to see.
There will always be controversy in sports that are purely won by judging. I wish the olympics would just stick with sports that are won outright by having the fastest time or scoring the most goals or the furthest jump or any other system that doesn’t rely on judges scoring.
TIL: half of r/sports consists of Olympic judges that specialize in snowboarding..
I wish they had like a drone view so we could see what it looks like coming down from 25 feet. That guy was fucking amazing
Are people watching the Olympics like that this time around? How’s the viewership looking?
Remove judging from the Olympics. Then give everyone standard pants.
China really should not be hosting international sporting events. These Olympic Games have proven as much.
Thought this was a fucking glinthawk.
Loved how the fact they showed the judges associated with each country at the end. Clearly a way that different judges feel about style and snowboarding, but I feel like if you land a triple and then you ride it out with insane other hits, you are the champion 100%. Ayumu the drip lord clearly is the best snowboarder of this generation and frankly I feel like he might be out for Shaun White’s legacy (especially with the fact that he is an unreal park skateboarder and just won gold as a 23 year old!)