"I thought it was a silver medal, but I heard it was 6th." Controversy over biased judgment of the Olympics... "Europe again." Anger is pouring [Milan Olympics]

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The Japanese archipelago was engulfed in fierce anger. This is the aftermath of the forced suspension of the Japanese national team's opportunity to win a come-from-behind medal due to poor operation and early termination at the ski jump site at the 2026 Milan/Cortina D'Ampezzo Winter Olympics.

According to a report by Japanese media 'Sports Hochi' on the 17th, the final of the men's super team ski jump in Fredacho, Italy, ended early with the last three players flying due to heavy snow.

On this day, the referee decided to cancel the game completely, not to postpone the game, and adopted the performance up to the second round as the final result. As a result, Austria took the gold medal, and Poland and Norway took the silver and bronze medals, respectively.

It was a painful result for Japan. Japan's first runner in the third round, Ren Nikaido, succeeded with 138.5 meters, quickly raising the ranking from sixth to second.

Depending on the result of the flight of the last runner, Ace Kobayashi, he was able to secure a silver medal as well as a gold medal, but Nikaido's record was canceled as the game was suspended just before the flight, and Japan's ranking plummeted again to sixth place, the second round standard.

In an interview, Kobayashi vented his anger at the management's early end of the game. "If you look at the weather radar, you can clearly see that the snow stops after five minutes," he said. "I knew that and stopped the game."

Even according to multiple media such as "AP News," it was confirmed that the snow actually died down before the game was suspended and the awards ceremony was held. In addition, the sky was quite clear just by looking at the pictures at the ceremony.

Recalling the suspension of the game, Kobayashi said, "I thought it was a silver medal, but I only heard that I was sixth when I was riding down the lift."

Local Japanese fans are on the verge of an explosion. "Yahoo Japan" has already received thousands of comments. Comments are pouring in criticizing the management's biased judgment and Europe-oriented operation.

Japanese fans are angry, saying, "It is clearly intended that we could not wait for the snow to stop in five minutes at the Olympics with state-of-the-art radar," and, "Europe's shady manipulation, which changed the rules in the past, such as limiting the length of skiing whenever Japan showed strength, has begun again." Former ski jumper Hagiwara Sugiharu also said, "It's an early end to the game that I can't understand at all. "I should have taken the time to let the remaining three play," he pointed out.

This situation is not just a matter of Japan. There is also strong opposition from countries that have been deprived of the opportunity to turn around, such as Germany, which finished fourth after falling behind Norway by only 0.3 points, and Slovenia, which finished fifth by 1.9 points. Philip Raimund (Germany) was angry, saying, "It was an unfortunate result," and Domen Prevts (Slovinang) also expressed regret, saying, "Luck was not on our side."

Foreign media such as "USA Today" defined the incident as another scandal at the Milan Games, along with the controversy over figure ice dancing judges and allegations of curling cheating.

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