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Yep. Red lights for me. Seen better lifts red lighted. But what can you do.
On the other side of the officiating coin, a bloke just got red lighted for what appeared to be an excellent squat attempt with 400kg in NZ. Alledgedly didnt lock knees out before squatting...but you can clearly hear someone yell out to him to do it, then you can see him clearly do it, then received the squat command. Completes the rep. Red lights. Great depth too.
I'm less concerned about what the standards are, and more that there are actually standards which apply to everyone. We didn't see that over this weekend.
To be fair, the rapid expansion of the sport in recent years is a large part of the issue. Just as we can't go from 10-20 competent coaches to 500 in ten years, we also can't get a whole bunch of competent judges from nowhere. It takes time. As well as time, it takes people willing to admit they have something to learn. Among coaches and judges, I'm not seeing that much.