Taekwondo federation accuses Taiwan athlete of cheating, but pictures tell a different tale

November,17,2010 at the Asian Games the Taiwanese taekwondo athlete Yang Shu-chun for allegedly attaching illegal sensors to heels. The head of the World Taekwondo Federation has put forward and retracted different reasons for the disqualification. The footage is clear, but in the pictures published in Friday’s United Daily News still issued a press release with the title “Shocking Act of Deception by Chinese Taipei.” The article accuses Yang of cheating. It’s extremely unfair to Taiwanese taekwondo athlete athletes.

The uproar continues. Sports officials are furious over the disqualification and say Yang Shu-chun wasn’t wearing the sensors during the match, Moreover, everyone want to know why the head of the World Taekwondo Federation has put forward and retracted different reasons for the disqualification.

      According to Taiwan Taekwondo Coach said before the competition, we need to do test kicks on our electric protective gear to see if it can register points. A trial kick is one point. We did one to the left and one to the right. After the two points, the technician to the front said that we needed to remove those two sensors. Before the match, we removed them. Then Yang gave them to me.

    The World Taekwondo Federation has already said that the Asian Taekwondo Union’s press release was inappropriate. Nevertheless, it stands by Yang’s disqualification, although its reason is unclear. On Wednesday, federation secretary-general Yang Jin-suk said that the older version of socks and sensors Yang Shu-chun used had been banned since 2007. But a day later he changed course, saying the athlete was disqualified for using two extra sensors. On Friday, the secretary-general apologized for putting forward different reasons for the disqualification.
Despite the apology, the Sports Affairs Council is furious at the way Yang Shu-chun has been treated. It is considering asking for a judgment from the International Court of Arbitration for Sport.