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  • Jarring Images Show Japanese Gymnast Handing $100 Bills To Judges To Appeal A Score (It's LEGAL)

    07/31/2012 7:27:00 AM PDT · by SeekAndFind · 22 replies
    Business Insider ^ | 07/31/2012 | Tony Manfred
    Chaos struck the men's team gymnastics competition in London yesterday when the Japanese team was awarded the silver medal after originally coming in fourth. Here's what went down: Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura stumbled off the pommel horse in the last event of the competition, and the judges gave him a terrible score — leaving Japan in fourth place behind China, Great Britain, and Ukraine. But the Japanese team thought the judges mis-scored Uchimura's routine, so they appealed. And that's when things got interesting. There's a rule in Olympic gymnastics that says teams must pay a fee to make an appeal....