Reply #11: The big problem is that South Korea DID try to protest IMMEDIATELY, [View All]

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but were told erroneously by the same judges that they needed to file their complaint *the next day*:

"There is a question, too, in this case of whether South Korean gymnastics officials should share some of the blame. Did they catch the scoring error immediately and demand it be corrected during the competition? The federation, known as FIG, said it didn't. The South Koreans said they did and were told to file a protest letter after the meet. "

In effect, the judges screwed the Koreans twice: first, with the wrong rating for the apparatus, and second, by telling them to wait until the next day to file a protest, which in effect blew their chances of protesting.

http://sports.yahoo.com/oly/gymnastics/news?slug=ap-stevewilsteingym&prov=ap&type=lgns