Why did Chen lose to Brazil?

At the end of the London Olympic rings competition, Chen, who had the highest voice of winning gold before the competition, perfectly completed his own set of movements, but lost to the last Brazilian player Nabaret by 0. 1 point, and missed defending the rings gold medal. His stepping down stood firm when his opponent didn't stand firm, but he was unexpectedly defeated when both sides played perfectly in the ring, which caused widespread debate and doubt. The reasons for Chen's defeat are comprehensively analyzed as follows:

First of all, Chen's appearance order is unfavorable. Today, chandy played first, which was decided by drawing lots before the game. The unwritten scoring habit in gymnastics competition is from low to high. The person who comes out first will definitely suffer some losses, the referee will score more harshly and strictly, and the person who comes out later will score more loosely. Nabaret is the eighth and last player to appear, so he naturally has a certain advantage in the order of appearance.

Secondly, the difficulty of the two is exactly the same, and Chen has no advantage in difficulty. The difficulty of Chen's whole set of movements is 6.8, while Nabaret's score is 6.8, so Chen has no advantage. In this case, both sides can only compare the quality and stability of the action. Chen won the gold medal in the rings in previous world competitions. He didn't win by the difficulty of his movements. For example, Weibo, Iovchev and Yang Wei are all more difficult than him, but the quality of Chen's movements is obviously better than others, which is mainly reflected in the long static movement time, the basic inability to shake in the swinging movement and the high waist position in the inverted cross.

Third, Nabaret's action in the boxing ring was wonderful, and Chen stood firm when he went on stage. Both of them have their own merits. However, Nabaret was also the runner-up of rings in last year's World Championships. When his D score was 0.3 lower than Chen's, his E score (action completion score) exceeded Chen's 0. 1, and he lost to Chen by 0.2. This is the first player who has surpassed Chen in E in the world series for many years, because it can be seen that his quality has been favored by the judges. Today, the movements of both of them are of high quality, and there is no shaking that Chen is most prone to problems in the past, but Nabaret's swinging movements are slightly shaking. However, his static movements are quite brilliant, and the time of several static movements exceeds the prescribed two seconds, which has been recognized by the referee in this regard.

Chen's next move was a "360-degree back flip" to stand firm, while Nabaret failed to stand firm in the same move, and 0. 1 point was deducted according to the rules. It is also here that he was questioned the most when he won the championship.

Fourth, Nabaret's arrangement has bright spots. Chen's whole set of movements has four E-group movements, while Nabaret has a more difficult F-group movement "falling into the cross on the horizontal hanging bomb". This action can only be completed by eight people in today's rings final, which is a killer. It can be said that he is quite "noble" and has bright spots, which is one of the reasons why he is favored by referees.

Fifth, there are subjective factors in judgment. Gymnastics competition is a scoring project after all. Athletes can only control themselves, not the judges. Chen's completion quality and difficulty are top-notch, but the judges have their likes and dislikes, which have already appeared in previous competitions. China gymnastics team swept nine gold medals at the Beijing Olympic Games, and recently won the gold medals in men's team and floor exercise at this Olympic Games. The international sports federation awarded the rings gold medals to Brazilian athletes from the perspective of "distributing the gold medals equally", which was also common in previous world competitions.