Sports That Are Decided By A Judges Marks!!

[Berniecuddles2]

Been watching the olympics a lot, sports like gymnastics diving weightlifting and boxing who are reliant on judges scores to win a medal im sure half the judges dont know what their looking at these athletes have been training for 4 years for some numpty judge who i bet hasnt even played the sport their judging on gives them dodgy marks !!! rant over

[lankeela]

Then you really don't want to get into dog showing! If you think olympics judges are dodgy you ain't seen nothing compared to dog shows!

[Khandro]

^ That I can believe! How can you compare a chihuahua to an Irish wolfhound? Re. the Olympics there is so much scrutiny of athletes and no one seems to think about checking the judges.

[ichkeria]

"and no one seems to think about checking the judges. "

How do you know?
Anyway, there's one way to eliminate the need for a boxing judge: a good left hand to the chin ...

And to echo the OP's praise for Almaz Ayala: that is the way to run a 10k final - and pull several of your opponents to great times also.

[ichkeria]

"Ayana" - sorry, if you're reading this :-)

[woofgang]

Khandro, you don’t. Dogs are judged against the standard for the breed. The concept is that the dog closest to the breed sample wins......
Now I have A LOT against the way dogs are being bred but that’s a different discussion.

[ToraToraTora]

no need to apologise bernie, accepted though. yes judges are judged as are referees etc and while we are at it many sports have referees, umpires etc, who, in many cases are effectively judges.