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why are you surprised? this demonstrates the case for the exclusion of all events judged on opinion not measurable fact.
the scoring standards in the boxing in particular was pitiful, as were the referees (our gold medal winner was lucky not to have been dq'd in some earlier bouts for his habit of sticking in the elbow and hitting after a break).
it's been happening for years in a variety of sports most especially gymnastics and ice skating though the bias used to be more heavily weighted in favour of the eastern bloc.
unfortunately we can't expect the same bias toward the host nation come 2012.

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