Taiwan president calls for protests and demands explanations The war left the mat. A simple elimination bout taekwondo has sparked an intense diplomatic battle between China and Taiwan a small independent state of China itself and recognized only by a few countries.
The conflict started in a second round match of the Asian Games being held in Guangzhou (China). The fighting between the Vietnamese Vu Thi Hau and Taiwan's Yang Shu-Chun bronze medal at the last Olympics was unexpectedly stopped by judges when subtracted only nine seconds to the end of the first assault. At that time, Yang dominated by a convincing 9-0. The arbitrators decided
disqualify the Taiwanese (without listening to their explanations and those of his coach) and livestock to combat Vu Thi Hau. The reason given was that Yang had presented on the mat with electronic socks that took more electrodes than are allowed and could activate the sensors of the breastplate of the Vietnamese without even touching it. Yang told the judges that the two sensors on their heels were against the rules and was disqualified.
New technology "The use of electronic Dickies is new in the taekwondo. Not even exist in the Olympic Games in Beijing two years ago," says Jesus Castilian, federation president English. "The system was used in the last World (Copenhagen, 2009) and is wear a protective sock electrodes on the instep. To award a point, the sock must hit with some power (not enough to touch) on the transom, which in turn contains a sensor, "says Castilian.
Yang's disqualification came as a bomb in Taiwan, where he raised not only public protests until the president island. The Presidential Office of Taiwan, on behalf of President Ma Ying-jeou, demanded that international sports officials offered explanations of the disqualification. In addition, the prime minister, Wu Den-yih, threatened to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
In Taiwan, there were demonstrations in favor of Yang, with South Korean flag burning nationality of the referee of the fight and shouting anti-Chinese. The protest moved to the internet: the website of the Asian Taekwondo Association was taken over by hackers who defended the island. "We are all Taiwanese," wrote a hacker on the site. In addition, tens of thousands of signatures calling on the network a protest with the International Olympic Committee. The disqualification of Yang left the way open to the other favorite, China's Wu Jingyu, who won the gold.
The secretary general of the World Taekwondo Federation, Yang Jin-suk, South Korean ligated the disqualification to the use of "illegal sensor" in the Taiwanese fighter socks. The fighter, however, said he entered the competition area "after an official inspection and approval of their socks." "Before the match, during the warm-up with my opponent, I was told to remove the two sensors and I did," said Yang.
The case took such a turn that yesterday the Taiwan Affairs Office of China issued an official apology: "Yang Shu-chun is a very competitive taekwondo and regret what happened."
Yang's disqualification came as a bomb in Taiwan, where he raised not only public protests until the president island. The Presidential Office of Taiwan, on behalf of President Ma Ying-jeou, demanded that international sports officials offered explanations of the disqualification. In addition, the prime minister, Wu Den-yih, threatened to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
In Taiwan, there were demonstrations in favor of Yang, with South Korean flag burning nationality of the referee of the fight and shouting anti-Chinese. The protest moved to the internet: the website of the Asian Taekwondo Association was taken over by hackers who defended the island. "We are all Taiwanese," wrote a hacker on the site. In addition, tens of thousands of signatures calling on the network a protest with the International Olympic Committee. The disqualification of Yang left the way open to the other favorite, China's Wu Jingyu, who won the gold. The secretary general of the World Taekwondo Federation, Yang Jin-suk, South Korean ligated the disqualification to the use of "illegal sensor" in the Taiwanese fighter socks. The fighter, however, said he entered the competition area "after an official inspection and approval of their socks." "Before the match, during the warm-up with my opponent, I was told to remove the two sensors and I did," said Yang.
The case took such a turn that yesterday the Taiwan Affairs Office of China issued an official apology: "Yang Shu-chun is a very competitive taekwondo and regret what happened."
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