{"id":78034,"date":"2021-08-07T15:32:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-07T19:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=78034"},"modified":"2021-08-07T15:32:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-07T19:32:43","slug":"wow-israel-even-succeeds-in-outright-stealing-a-gold-medal-in-broad-daylight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=78034","title":{"rendered":"WOW!!! Israel Even Succeeds in Outright Stealing a Gold Medal IN BROAD DAYLIGHT!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\u2018BANDITS!\u2019 Russians fume at Olympic judges as hot favorite Dina Averina denied gymnastics gold by Israeli rival who DROPPED ribbon<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->RT.com<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_78036\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-78036\" class=\"size-full wp-image-78036\" src=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/610e6f232030275d7d6224fd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/610e6f232030275d7d6224fd.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/610e6f232030275d7d6224fd-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-78036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dina Averina was devastated at finishing behind Ashram of Israel. \u00a9 Reuters<\/p><\/div>\n<p>For the first time since 1996 a Russian rhythmic gymnast will not take home Olympic gold in the individual all-round competition after a distraught Dina Averina suffered a shock defeat to Israel\u2019s Linoy Ashram.<\/p>\n<p>Three-time reigning all-round world champion Averina, 22, had been odds-on favorite to win the gold after topping qualifying ahead of twin sister Arina Averina, but on a day of high drama at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre on Saturday both were left disappointed.<\/p>\n<p>Dina Averina finished with a total of 107.650 \u2013 not enough for her to overcome Israeli rival Ashram, who topped the podium with 107.800.<\/p>\n<p>Arina Averina missed out on a medal altogether as she ended fourth behind Alina Harnasko of Belarus.<\/p>\n<div class=\"rtcode\">\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" 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chair and bursting into tears.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first time since the Atlanta Games 25 years ago that a Russian gymnast has not taken home the all-round title.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__cover\">\n<div class=\"media\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6f462030275d1778a7ca.jpg\" sizes=\"603px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6f462030275d1778a7ca.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6f462030275d1778a7ca.jpg\" sizes=\"603px\" alt=\"RT\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6f462030275d1778a7ca.jpg\" \/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"media__footer media__footer_bottom \">\n<div class=\"media__title media__title_footer\">Dina Averina could not hide her disappointment. \u00a9 Reuters<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There was fury, however, at the judging during the contest, with the Russian team lodging several complaints during the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) Telegram account announced that a protest had also been filed after the overall results, but to no avail.<\/p>\n<p>Ashram claimed gold despite dropping the ribbon during her routine, leaving her with a score of 23.300 for that rotation while Dina Averina claimed 24.000<\/p>\n<p>However, the Israeli athlete had already opened up sufficient ground ahead of her Russian rival after the previous rotations with the ball, hoops and clubs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__cover\">\n<div class=\"media\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6a5d2030275d7d6224f2.JPG\" sizes=\"603px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6a5d2030275d7d6224f2.JPG\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6a5d2030275d7d6224f2.JPG\" sizes=\"603px\" alt=\"RT\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6a5d2030275d7d6224f2.JPG\" \/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"media__footer media__footer_bottom \">\n<div class=\"media__title media__title_footer\">Ashram fumbled during her ribbon routine. \u00a9 Reuters<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Dina&#8217;s twin sister Arina Averina saw her own medal hopes evaporate with a poor ribbon routine, where she earned just 19.550 \u2013 the lowest score of the 10 finalists, consigning her to a fourth-place overall finish.<\/p>\n<p>Russian fans, pundits and trainers were left fuming at the scoring \u2013 including iconic figure skating coach Tatiana Tarasova.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cBandits! Real bandits!\u201d<\/em>\u00a0raged Tarasova in comments to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.championat.com\/olympic\/news-4424147-nastoyaschie-bandity-prosto-stydno-tarasova-o-sudejstve-hudozhestvennoj-gimnastiki-na-oi.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Russian media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe saw in front of our eyes the Israeli athlete lose her apparatus. How can this be? The judges changed their marks lots of times \u2013 this means they\u2019re not sure they\u2019re right\u2026<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;It\u2019s shameful. People who don\u2019t know anything but decide everything.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__cover\">\n<div class=\"media\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6a732030275ccc44afa7.JPG\" sizes=\"603px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6a732030275ccc44afa7.JPG\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6a732030275ccc44afa7.JPG\" sizes=\"603px\" alt=\"RT\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6a732030275ccc44afa7.JPG\" \/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"media__footer media__footer_bottom \">\n<div class=\"media__title media__title_footer\">Ashram claimed an unexpected gold. \u00a9 Reuters<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Russian athletes had topped the podium in the all-round individual event at the last five Games \u2013 including Margarita Mamun in Rio five years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Mamun said Dina Averina had been flawless with her routines.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cDina didn\u2019t make a single mistake, she did everything flawlessly. But I\u2019ll say that with the loss of [one apparatus], no one has ever won gold.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/russian.rt.com\/sport\/news\/893680-viner-usmanova-sudeistvo-olimpiada\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RT Russian<\/a>, legendary Russian gymnastics coach Irina Viner-Usmanova was scathing of the scoring.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__cover\">\n<div class=\"media\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6c632030275ccc44afaf.jpg\" sizes=\"603px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6c632030275ccc44afaf.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6c632030275ccc44afaf.jpg\" sizes=\"603px\" alt=\"RT\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6c632030275ccc44afaf.jpg\" \/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"media__footer media__footer_bottom \">\n<div class=\"media__title media__title_footer\">It was a disappointing day for the Averina sisters in Tokyo. \u00a9 Sputnik<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cDina didn\u2019t lose, she won. But, unfortunately, the judging was a gross injustice. It will go down in history\u2026 Dina Averina did everything cleanly, made no mistakes in the last routine,&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>said\u00a0Viner-Usmanova.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Linoy Ashram, unfortunately, made a glaring mistake for which all judging panels take off points for performance, technique and artistry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThey always say that if there\u2019s such a mistake, then a person can never, if their rivals didn\u2019t make the same mistake, become a champion, let alone an Olympic champion, and even more so in the last event. It was just a disgrace to rhythmic gymnastics.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__cover\">\n<div class=\"media\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e69e585f5406af043a5b5.JPG\" sizes=\"603px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e69e585f5406af043a5b5.JPG\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e69e585f5406af043a5b5.JPG\" sizes=\"603px\" alt=\"RT\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e69e585f5406af043a5b5.JPG\" \/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"media__footer media__footer_bottom \">\n<div class=\"media__title media__title_footer\">Dina Averina had been hotly tipped for gold in Tokyo. \u00a9 Reuters<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A tearful Dina Averina fronted up for the cameras after her loss, telling Russia\u2019s Match TV:\u00a0<em>\u201cIt\u2019s painful that today the judging was unfair, that a rival finished first who lost her apparatus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I completed all my routines more or less cleanly. I\u2019m more offended at the injustice, I\u2019m always for honest sport,&#8221;\u00a0<\/em>she added.<\/p>\n<p>In comments released by the ROC, Averina added that the team had been hindered by the judges.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cMy conscience is clear, I still believe that I won,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0said the star.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI went through all four routines very cleanly, without losses. So yes, today I won. In the course of the competition, I compared the marks that I could get with perfect performance with those that I received. And it was clear that we were \u2018held back\u2019.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__cover\">\n<div class=\"media\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6cc32030275ccc44afb2.jpg\" sizes=\"603px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6cc32030275ccc44afb2.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6cc32030275ccc44afb2.jpg\" sizes=\"603px\" alt=\"RT\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e6cc32030275ccc44afb2.jpg\" \/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"media__footer media__footer_bottom \">\n<div class=\"media__title media__title_footer\">Averina was upset as she appeared on Russian TV. \u00a9 Match TV<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ashram, whose previous best results at world level had been six silver-medal finishes at the World Championships, became her country\u2019s first-ever female Olympic champion and\u00a0took home Israel\u2019s second gold of the Tokyo Games.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s what I dreamed of for all my life,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0Ashram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/rhythmic-gymnast-linoy-ashram-wins-israels-3rd-ever-olympic-gold\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s an amazing feeling to stand in this place, at this time, on the podium and in first place.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cA crazy experience that I still haven\u2019t fully digested and with peak levels of excitement.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__cover\">\n<div class=\"media\">\n<picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e691885f5406aef398760.JPG\" sizes=\"603px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e691885f5406aef398760.JPG\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"read-more__cover lazyautosizes lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e691885f5406aef398760.JPG\" sizes=\"603px\" alt=\"RT\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2021.08\/original\/610e691885f5406aef398760.JPG\" \/><\/picture>\n<div class=\"media__footer media__footer_bottom \">\n<div class=\"media__title media__title_footer\">Ashram topped the podium ahead of favorite Dina Averina. \u00a9 Reuters<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/sport\/531414-dina-averina-scandal-rhythmic-gymnastics-tokyo\/\">https:\/\/www.rt.com\/sport\/531414-dina-averina-scandal-rhythmic-gymnastics-tokyo\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018BANDITS!\u2019 Russians fume at Olympic judges as hot favorite Dina Averina denied gymnastics gold by Israeli rival who DROPPED ribbon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78034\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}