The Koreans made a controversial pass bumping into the Chinese skater and were after review of the video disqualified. The Koreans would have taken the gold, but for the disqualification. I have several
problems with this ruling:
1. I am under the belief that rubbing is racing this was a minor
infraction especially when compared to the contact that I will gripe about in #3.
2. China would likely have not passed Korea and certainly Canada and
the U.S. would not have. In fact the Americans were still skating to
finish after the Chinese were back at the Olympic Village. They
almost disqualified the official for interfering with the U.S. team
while he was making his way to the replay booth. The U.S. finished
almost 10 seconds behind the Koreans. In short-track that is almost a
full lap. If they wanted to knock the Koreans down for the bump give
the gold to the Chinese okay, but for them not to medal when they
could have skated an extra lap and still beat the U.S. is ridiculous.
3 Okay before the hate mail starts from the American fans, the U.S. without the Korean disqualification should have gotten the bronze regardless and with the DQ should have gotten silver. A Canadian Skater who had just finished her lap while making her way off the track completely ran into the active American Skater. This is a violation
of the Short-Track Code for International Affairs and Relays Article 4 §3.15(D)(i)(b)(2) states: THOU SHALT NOT RUN INTO RACERS SKATING IN THE RACE WHEN YOU ARE NO LONGER RACING—The Penalty is described in subsection (c) as death and/or automatic disqualification. My solution is simple those with the most knowledge and expertise select the winners. Based on fan votes from their couches and friends of mine who never saw the actual race here are the results.
THE NEW PODIUM
Chinese - Gold
USA - Silver
Korea - Bronze
Canada -A Pizza Box
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