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Are the Olympic judges fair or biased?

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Biased

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I will say that the Olympic judges are fair. I don't think an Olympic judge could serve if he was partial toward a certain country.

Side: Fair
2 points

Well, I am assuming that you are referring to the gymnastics judges...

If you have watched a second of women's gymnastics than you would have to agree that yes, there is a bias there. In men's it seems to be fair, but the women's has been a disaster this year! My examples would be the beam, how can a girl fall to her knees and get a medal? And the stupid tie situation last night with the uneven bars, there should not have even been a tie in the first place and how it was dealt with was poor!

Supporting Evidence: No love for gymnast Liukin in gold tiebreaker (www.chron.com)
Side: Hell yeah
1 point

Agreed, subjective judges are always going to be biased. In the women's gymnastics they took major deductions for minor issues when it's a US gymnast but then give the freaking bronze medal to a girl who fell down on the balance beam.

Side: Hell yeah
2 points

Here is a really funny article from Yahoo on this topic of the gymnastic judging! I like this quote:

"Look, I don't know much about gymnastics, but I do know that landing a vault on two feet is better than landing one on two knees."

Supporting Evidence: The REAL Olympic medal count (sports.yahoo.com)
Side: Hell yeah