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Taekwondo disqualification at Asian Games,
The Associated Press
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GUANGZHOU, China (AP)—In the first major judging controversy of the Asian Games, Yang Shu-chun was disqualified from the taekwondo competition for using an illegal sensor on the heel of her shoes Wednesday in a contentious call that has sparked a protest from Taiwan.

A dismayed Yang, leading 9-0 in the first round when her bout was stopped, refused to leave the mat for a while and argued the call.

Yang, in tears, was supported by her coach, who also pleaded with officials for an explanation.


The Taiwan team has protested the decision, highly contentious even for a sport which has a history of controversial calls.

Yang Jin-suk, secretary general of the World Taekwondo Federation, told a news conference that officials noticed in a pre-match inspection that the 2008 Beijing Olympic competitor appeared to have one extra sensor on the heel of each shoe.

The judges told her not to use them in the under-49 kilogram division match, then disqualified her with 12 seconds left in the first round because they noticed she still had them on her shoes. Philippine referee Stephen Fernandez then stopped the fight.

Taiwan officials said Yang thought she had clearance. The 25-year-old Taiwanese competitor was dominating Thi Hau Vu of Vietnam when the fight was called off. Vu went on to win bronze.

The decision, which the secretary-general said was confirmed by a five-member games technical committee.

“The fact of the matter is while she was out there competing, the sensors were discovered. That relates to the question of did she get that many points because of the sensors?” The WTF secretary-general told The Associated Press. “She was very well-known in the circuit. Why even bother to do anything like that?”

The sensors are used to determine points in an electric scoring system triggered by contact between opponents.

Tai Hsia-ling, the minister of Taiwan’s Cabinet-level Sports Affairs Council who was in Guangzhou, disagreed with the situation.

“This is a very, very unfair statement,” Tai said. “We will protest strongly again. We are very upset that he (the WTF) made a statement like that before the results of the investigation are out. It is very unfair to our athletes.”

Taiwanese taekwondo competitor Huang Hsien-yung later went on to win gold in the under-46 class, and said she used her teammate’s disqualification to motivate her.

“When I first found out, I thought ‘how could that be?”’ Huang said. “But I turned my grief into motivation.”

Yang Jin-suk’s announcement at Guangdong Stadium, venue of the taekwondo competition, was met with boos and chants from some of the Taiwanese media attending the event.

On Thursday at the taekwondo competition, Taiwanese coach Liu Tsung-ta said Yang’s plan was to retire, but he didn’t rule out her competing again at the 2012 Olympics.

“She had originally planned to retire after these Asian Games,” Liu said. “She had said before that this was her last competition. It’s not because of this. Of course it doesn’t mean she’s not willing to come back to compete in the Olympics one more time to try and beat Wu Jingyu (the Chinese competitor who won gold in the class).”

Liu said the decision would “kill” his athlete’s motivation.

“They just directly disqualified her,” he said. “That’s an impossible situation. They didn’t give us time to change or a warning, or deduct points.”

Associated Press writer Anita Chang in Guangzhou contributed to this report.