A Chinese figure skating referee who was disciplined for being biased at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics is controversial as he takes over as the referee for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.
The BBC reported, "Chinese referee Huang Feng is in charge of technical refereeing at the Beijing Olympics." "Judge Huang Peng was the person who received a one-year suspension from his qualifications for being exposed to biased judgments for Chinese athletes in the figure skating pair event at the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics." .
The BBC said, "At the time, the International Skating Union (ISU) judged Huang Feng to give too high a score to its own athletes in the pair event. We are raising our voices,” he said.
"We tried to get him out of there," said Canadian figure skater Meghan Duhamel, who won a bronze medal at the Pyeongchang Olympics after being beaten to a Chinese team.
A domestic figure skating official said, "The controversy over referee Hwang Peng's bias judgment was a big issue in the figure skating world at the time."
The official explained, "Judge Huang Feng is supposed to be the technical judge controller at the Beijing Olympics, and this seems to be more controversial as it is the place to decide the level of the players' acting elements."
There are a total of 3 technical judges (controller, specialist and assistant specialist) in figure skating, and the three technical judges score and award points for the performance elements of the skaters.
The controller has the right to decide when two specialist judges disagree.
However, it is customary for the host country's referee to act as the Olympic figure skating technical referee controller.
An official explained, "When the Olympic Organizing Committee recommends a technical referee controller, the ISU reviews it and appoints it."