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gustav Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Asian Olympic Committee to summon taekwondo > officials over incident > 2010/11/20 01:09:34 > http://focustaiwan.tw/ShowNews/WebNews_Detail.aspx > ?ID=201011200001&Type=aSPT > > Taipei, Nov. 20 (CNA) The Olympic Council of Asia > (OCA) will summon taekwondo officials Saturday to > explain apparent irregularities in the > disqualification of a Taiwanese athlete at the > Asian Games, Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee > (CTOC) chief Chen Kuo-yi said Friday. > > Chen said Taiwan's Olympic committee had filed an > appeal with the OCA and provided accompanying > information related to the controversial > disqualification of Taiwan's Yang Shu-chun in a > women's taekwondo under 49 kilogram division bout > on Wednesday. > > After comparing footage of the bout with > statements made by taekwondo officials at a press > conference Thursday and in a website press > release, OCA representatives expressed doubts > about the handling of the incident, Chen said. > > Yang was disqualified apparently for having extra > sensors on the electronic socks used to indicate > when kicks are successful, but explanations of the > decision given by World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) > officials and the Asian Taekwondo Union (ATU) have > been inconsistent. > > Among the irregularities in the handling of Yang's > bout identified by the council was the involvement > of an equipment manufacturer engineer, the CTOC > said. > > According to an ATU press release on the > disqualification, in which it branded Yang's act > as "a shocking act of deception, " the engineer > asked the center referee to stop the bout after > seeing something unusual about the way Yang was > scoring and the look of her socks. > > But OCA officials questioned how an engineer -- > who worked for the company that manufactured > Yang's socks -- would have the authority to > interfere with a competition, Chen said. > > Another glaring inconsistency was that according > to the ATU press release, the engineer did not > notice anything wrong until 45 seconds into the > bout, but the video showed that Yang did not have > the heel sensors on at the time. > > The video shows that Yang was asked to remove the > sensors during a pre-match equipment check, and > Chen said the OCA representatives also wondered > why taekwondo officials did not immediately > disqualify Yang on the spot rather than letting > her begin the bout if the offense was so serious. > > The OCA will try to get answers to these and other > questions at the meeting with the taekwondo > officials on Saturday. > > It is not yet clear what the possible outcomes of > the appeals process with the OCA might be.