55 kg Olympic Bronze Medal Match Question

[iowawrestling8989]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dLMmj5EJMC0

The link is above, how come Yumoto won the first period, if the score was tied 1-1 and Velikov scored last?

[quanon]

Caution for fleeing breaks the tie.

[StanDziedzic]

Note, as Yumoto is completing his takedown, Velikov turns and flees-the-mat. The referee on the mat signals 1 pt blue. He also correctly signals a caution---raises his hand w/ red band straight out to his side, asking for a confirmation from either the judge or chairman for a caution against red. The far mat judge confirms (can't see the mat chairman who also confirmed if my memory is correct)---notice the red light on.
Neither the referee nor mat judge, however, ask for a caution when Velikov is awarded his 1 pt, because Yumoto didn't flee, nor did Velikov complete his TD, hence only a push-out pt w/ no caution attached.
The signal on the mat was as clear as a football referee signaling a safety. I was puzzled at the time, how the BUL coaches and Velikov appear to miss the call:?:

[iowawrestling8989]

That's what made me especially curious: the fact that Velikov and his coaches were baffled by the call. I wonder if they just did not notice the call.

[StanDziedzic]

Those sitting around me also were curious. Yumoto and the Japanese coaches appear as if they were aware of the circumstances. Such an elementary mistake from Olympic level coaches:!: Perhaps the BUL coaches thought Velikov knew he would lose the tie-breaker:?:

[iowawrestling8989]

It seemed as if they weren't aware of the circumstances - which I was not. Velikov wrestled the last 20 seconds as if he thought he was winning. The coaches as well as Velikov seemed as confused as me, and I am obviously not an Olympic level coach/wrestler. Maybe just forgot in the heat of the moment. Horrible way to lose such an important match, although Velikov did have a chance to come back.

[StanDziedzic]

iowawrestling wrote,
"Horrible way to lose such an important match, although Velikov did have a chance to come back."

Indeed, Velikov had his chance--the nice thing about the best-of-3 format--and he couldn't convert. I suspect Yumoto proved to be the better wrestler.