TY - JOUR
T1 - Reluctant appealer : China's responses to controversial judgements at London 2012
AU - CHU, Marcus P.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - A controversial judgement denotes that a decision made by referees is deemed to involve errors and those errors result in the athlete being disqualified or being given unreasonable scores in the match. While the athletes from other parts of the world were eager to raise appeals against controversial judgements at London 2012, those from China were reluctant. The argument here is that the reluctance was a duty of the Chinese Olympic delegation with the aim of relieving the concern of the international society that China was likely to become the Middle Kingdom in the Pacific Rim. A non-confrontational China at London 2012 was considered a placatory diplomatic gesture by the Chinese authorities.
AB - A controversial judgement denotes that a decision made by referees is deemed to involve errors and those errors result in the athlete being disqualified or being given unreasonable scores in the match. While the athletes from other parts of the world were eager to raise appeals against controversial judgements at London 2012, those from China were reluctant. The argument here is that the reluctance was a duty of the Chinese Olympic delegation with the aim of relieving the concern of the international society that China was likely to become the Middle Kingdom in the Pacific Rim. A non-confrontational China at London 2012 was considered a placatory diplomatic gesture by the Chinese authorities.
KW - London 2012 Olympics
KW - Chinese athletes
KW - controversial judgements
KW - appeals
KW - reluctance
UR - http://commons.ln.edu.hk/sw_master/2061
UR - https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84891158643&doi=10.1080%2f09523367.2013.811646&partnerID=40&md5=127d94076f415b558462f4a78a046bdf
U2 - 10.1080/09523367.2013.811646
DO - 10.1080/09523367.2013.811646
M3 - Journal Article (refereed)
SN - 0952-3367
VL - 30
SP - 1735
EP - 1747
JO - International Journal of the History of Sport
JF - International Journal of the History of Sport
IS - 15
ER -