Olympics: Thai boxer fuming after defeat
Thai lightweight Saylom Ardee was left feeling he had been cheated out of an upset win over world bronze boxing medallist Gani Zhailauov here on Sunday in their Olympic bout.
The 26-year-old - who reached the second round four years ago as a featherweight - lost to the Kazakh fighter on countback after the bout finished 12-12, a result that was neither appreciated by the crowd, himself, or team coach Oscar Fuentes.
"I definitely had an extra point in the final round," said Saylom, a two-time winner of the King's Cup in Thailand.
"However, the judges didn't award it, maybe they only see one side of the ring," he added.
Saylom, who led 5-4 after the first round with the fight then being tied at 8-8 going into the final round, said he was not thinking of lodging an objection.
"However, my coach may feel otherwise."
The Olympic judo quarter-final between world champion Masashi Ebinuma and Cho Jun-Ho of South Korea descended into farce on Sunday after Cho was awarded victory only for his Japanese rival to be declared the winner moments later.
The fight remained level after a five-minute contest plus an extra three minutes of golden score, meaning it went to a judges' decision.
All three judges on the mat awarded the bout to Cho, clad in blue, but the International Judo Federation's Refeering Commission then intervened.
The three judges then went back onto the mat and having originally all lifted blue flags denoting a Cho victory, this time thrust up three white ones instead.
Ebinuma was declared the winner and will fight Georgia's Lasha Shavdatuashvili in the under-66kg semi-final.
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