Watching TV programs of the PyeongChang Olympics, one can see that there is a big difference in how the scores are evaluated depending on the sport.
In the past, when the Liberal Democratic Party was forced to sort out and stop the projects that were budgeted by the Liberal Democratic Party, called "project sorting" under the Democratic Party of Japan, in the exchange over the performance of the supercomputer, Rep. Renho At one point, he asked, "Do we have to be number one in the world, or should we not be number two?"
The Olympics is also a competition with the world, and athletes compete with the aim of winning a gold medal, then finishing in the top three to win a medal and climb onto the podium. The top three medalists will receive a reward of 3 million gold, 3 million silver, and 500 million bronze.
Six years ago, I was invited to an autumn garden party.The Olympic gold medalists were the center of attention at the banquet.The invited celebrities from all walks of life asked to be photographed with them, and I was also photographed with boxer Ryota Murata (current WBA world middleweight champion).However, even if the gold medalist is invited to the garden party, the silver and bronze medalists are not invited.I really felt that if the evaluation of the country is not the best, it will not be evaluated.
Well, the Olympics is a world of competition, but in other words, it is a place of "competition of relative evaluation between participants".The evaluation of being superior to the opponent determines the game and the color of the medal. There are various types of events that determine the match based on the result of a single round, some that determine the match based on the highest score of multiple plays, and events that determine the progress to the final based on the results of the preliminary rounds.
Among them, scoring can be roughly divided into three types of methods.The first is the "confrontation type" (ice hockey, curling, etc.) where you compete with your opponent to win or lose. , and the third is the "qualitative performance evaluation type" (figure skating, etc.) that is evaluated by human eyes according to the scoring criteria.
The result is easy to understand for anyone who sees the "confrontation type" where the game is clearly understood. "Unified/quantitative evaluation type" cannot be understood by human eyes, and there are things that cannot be understood even by looking at it because it is measured and judged by machines.I feel the most human is the "qualitative performance evaluation type".Just as teachers evaluate students' learning materials using a rubric (scoring table that defines viewpoints and standards), referees who are experts among experts evaluate each player, but the evaluation points are Shows variability in most cases.Therefore, the highest and lowest scores of multiple judges will be discarded, and the average score of the other judges will be used.Evaluating performance with the human eye shows that this degree of error is normal.
However, taking figure skating as an example, technical points are displayed on the TV screen during the performance, and judging by video confirmation has also been added, and the "visualization" of the scoring evaluation has progressed compared to before.The audience can also see the process in which Hanyu's technical points are added during his performance.After the performance, the judge's evaluation that the score suddenly comes out is weakening.
At the Winter Olympics, there are also events that use multiple criteria, such as Nordic combined, where the winner is determined by flight distance and distance skiing time, and moguls, which competes on speed and form.Scoring evaluation is also progressing and deepening with "visualization" and "diversification".
Even at the Olympic Games, where participation is said to be meaningful, it is only natural for athletes to demonstrate their abilities and seek results.It hurts my heart to see a Japanese player apologize in an interview after not getting the results he wanted.Above all, evaluation is a confirmation of the current state of “what you can do,” and is a material for looking back toward the next step.
The Olympics are only held once every four years, but we have the opportunity to have our performance evaluated on a daily basis and frequently.It's difficult to be a winner like Hanyu, but the athletes who gave us courage, such as Kasai, who continued to challenge many times, and Kodaira, a speed skater who finally won the gold medal. I want to say thank you to them.
