Mistakes were Made by Japanese Judges…
This is old news, but it’s worth looking at how the situation was handled.
The affected judges are required to attend a judge training program.
The affected judges are allowed to continue judging, but with support.
Typically, in sports, scores aren’t changed after the event, but in this case, Japan went ahead after discussing it with the athletes and their representatives. There will be further review of rules regarding scoring changes.
I love the transparency of the Japanese Gymnastics Association. They publicly admitted what happened and detailed what they were going to do about it.
Loss of trust doesn’t happen because mistakes are made. It happens when processes are opaque.
Machine translation from the Japanese Gymnastics Association
Re: The above matter — We wish to inform you that an extraordinary board meeting was held on May 8, 2026 at 16:00, at which the following measures were decided.
At the 80th All-Japan Gymnastics Individual All-Around Championships (Final), held on Sunday, April 19, 2026, at Takasaki Arena, a post-competition scoring review of the men's floor exercise D-scores revealed scoring errors affecting the two athletes listed below. While score changes after the conclusion of competition would not ordinarily be made, discussions among relevant parties began the following day. After obtaining the agreement of the affected athletes and their respective organizational representatives, the corrective measures were approved at an extraordinary executive meeting on April 25, 2026. At today's extraordinary board meeting, it was decided to amend the carry-over scores used for All-Japan Championships representative selection to reflect the correct scores. Additionally, the event start values have been recalculated using the corrected scores, and we report that the athletes will compete accordingly at the 65th NHK Cup Gymnastics (May 14–17, 2026, Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium).
① Ryosuke Doi (Central Sports)
D-score: 5.4 → 5.2 (−0.20)
Event score: 13.933 → 13.733
2-day total score: 166.063 → 165.863
Overall ranking: 5th place (unchanged)
② Kazuki Matsumi (YELLOW Gymnastics Club / Sendai University Graduate School)
D-score: 5.1 → 4.9 (−0.20)
Event score: 13.766 → 13.566
2-day total score: 162.397 → 162.197
Overall ranking: 12th → 15th place
Response regarding the judge involved: Formal warning issued by the Men's Judging Chief / Required attendance at a judge training program
NHK Cup judging panel arrangement: The judge in question will continue their duties, with additional scoring support added
The results of the 80th All-Japan Gymnastics Individual All-Around Championships as already published will not be changed.
Going forward, rules regarding score changes will be carefully reviewed.