Yet ANOTHER Olympic Judging scandal

[DrLeftover]

Jul 17, 2013

The New York Times is reporting on a scandal that's consuming more than 60 individuals all across the judging ranks of rhythmic gymnastics, including both hopefuls seeking to become judges and proctors administering their tests.

The documents showed that in Bucharest, Romania, test takers clearly copied answers from one anothers’ papers, including the mistakes. In Moscow, 114 answers were changed on dozens of tests; in Alicante, Spain, 257 answers were changed.

The exam sheets themselves served as evidence of the suspected cheating — crude markups, blatant copying, unexplained bonus points — that proved as clumsy as a botched rhythmic routine.

One test clearly had been touched by more than one person — it was filled with at least two different handwriting styles, the report said. The documents provided no evidence that the suspected cheating had affected any results in athletic competitions.

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/olympics-fourth-place-medal/low-rent-scandal-hits-levels-rhythmic-gymnastic-judging-215902482.html


hang on while I go see what the tests look like in Paris

 

[Jazzy]

There is, however, no indication that the cheating in any way affected actual competition; this involved people hoping to become judges for events such as the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Good they found this out now and not after these people could have judged events at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

 

[DrLeftover]

But it also raises the question about the prior Olympics.