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Yang Tae Young v. International Gymnastics Federation

Arbitration CAS 2004/A/704, Award of October 21, 2004

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Yang Tae Young v. International Gymnastics Federation

Court of Arbitration for Sport
Arbitration CAS 2004/A/704, Award of October 21, 2004

Facts

In gymnastics, a competitor’s score is determined by a combination of an objective start value, which reflects the difficulty of the elements in the routine, and an execution score, which reflects whether the element was subjectively fully executed. At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, South Korean gymnast Yang Tae-Young (plaintiff) was incorrectly assigned a start value of 9.9, instead of 10.0, for his parallel-bars routine due to a judging error, resulting in a lower overall score. Yang finished 0.049 points behind American gymnast Paul Hamm, earning the bronze medal instead of gold. The Korean Olympic Committee (plaintiff) protested the error. The International Gymnastics Federation (defendant) acknowledged the mistake and suspended the three judges responsible but refused to change the competition results or award a duplicate gold medal. Yang and the Korean Olympic Committee petitioned the Court of Arbitration for Sport to correct the judging error and award Yang the gold medal.

Rule of Law

Issue

Holding and Reasoning (Per curiam)

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