Taekwondo events at the Deaflympics 2009 in Taipei were delayed for nearly an hour Tuesday because of a boycott launched by referees in protest of criticism made by a Taiwanese coach a day earlier. The controversy arose following the defeat of Taiwanese taekwondo athlete Lin Bo-cong by South Korea's Kim Minjae 2:5 in the men's 58-68 kg division a day earlier. Unhappy with the result, Lin's coach, Chiu Kung-cheng, blamed Lin's defeat on what he described as unfair refereeing. According to Chiu, medal allocation is common practice in taekwondo and the referees were deliberately reserving the gold for South Korea in light of the fact that Taiwan had already seized two taekwondo golds. Chiu's comment drew a strong protest by the World Taekwondo Federation and the referees, who decided to boycott Tuesday's competitions that were scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. The games had been delayed for 50 minutes when the referees finally dropped their action after Chiu made a written apology. 