Hi there,
At last, a new entry ... but this one is not like the rest of entries this academic year. This entry has been created by one of your classmates in 1NI, Erma. She has a unique job. Definitely, it's worth having a look at what she has to tell us about it.
"I have a rewarding job. I’m an international
judge of Artistic Gymnastics for women. It’s a very nice and difficult job. I need to be concentrated on the gymnasts' performances for a lot of hours, I have to judge a lot of aspects and parameters in a very short amount of time, such as execution, style, difficulty of the exercise, balance, ... Although it's hard, I love it.
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| Balance Beam |
There are several different judges in a competition. Difficulty panel judges
that is formed by two judges; Execution panel formed by five judges and two
Reference judges apart from Line and Time judges. The difficulty judges give
the exercise value. The Execution judges give the penalization.
I have taken part in many international events
as World Cups, European Championships and World Championships. I was in the
World Championship, which took place in Antwerpen (Belgium) last October.
Here's a photo of our extraordinary Spanish gymnast, Roxana Popa. She got a really good position in her last championship.
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| Uneven Bars |
In Antwerpen, we were around eighty judges, from all over the
world, to judge three competitions; classification, all around and apparatus
final. After a draw, I had to judge the vault exercise in all around
competition as well as uneven bars in apparatus final.
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| Floor Exercise |
All judges must pass difficult exams after
each Olympic Games so that they can maintain the category they have or get a
better or worse category. They range from four to one categories. Only category
one and two are allowed to judge in the Olympic Games. I am category two
although I’ve never judged in the Olympic Games. I hope to be part of the next
board of judges in the next Games which will be taking place in Rio de Janeiro
in 2016."
Thanks a lot for this enlightening entry on the topic, Erma. We all want to wish you the best of luck and we really hope to hear from you in the next Olympic Games 2016. :-))
OK, dear pupils, it's your turn to join and participate in this entry with your comments. What do you think of Erma's job? Do you find it interesting? Have you ever stopped and thought of the role judges have in competitions?
