Are Americans really sour grapes.?

Question

You didn't get the gold for Team Gymnastics, and Nastia lost to a tiebreaker. She lost to a system rule that was already in place, not like the Committee made it up as the competition moves on. Do you think Americans are not satisfied with some silver and bronze.

Answer 1

I'm Russian born, but have lived in the US since I was 5. I was upset at Nastia's bar results but I would have been upset whoever it happened to, French, German, Chinese, etc. I care about fairness and  the Australian judge did not judge her fairly.  And some of those Chinese girls are not 16, documents can so easily be forged. I could care less that the Americans got Silver as long as it's fair. Although I feel bad for the Chinese girls because it's not their fault, they're just kids. It's the federation.

Also remember the figure skating scandal in 2002? Those were Canadians, not Americans. Again, it's about fairness.  

Answer 2

I am afraid it is true. But I have been watching the Olympics for many years. Nearly everybody practices sour grapes at one time or another.

Answer 3

I don't think they are. They are just confused by their own media. They believed everything that the media sells to them but their brain is one-dimension. They read and okay convinced. But researching more and more I find that the NY Times article about a Chinese girl in 2000 Olympics say that she was 14 so I research it. I couldn't find video recording or what exactly did she say? How can NY Times post a statement without showing proof? How reliable are these claims?

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Answer 4

... Some Americans are sore losers, not all of us.  

Answer 5

it looks like sour grapes, look at the 200m sprint? american got DSQ because he touched the line, which caused the Dutch runner to sway to the side away from him. He goes on to file a complain which causes the Dutch runner to become DSQ 6 hours after the race.

SOUR GRAPES .

Answer 6

They cannot stand to lose.

Answer 7

yeah but it seems non-americans are even more sour grapes about it

Answer 8

I know some people in the US media are definitely sore losers eager for more sour grapes.  Never mind the allegations of cheating about the Chinese gymnasts, but NBC never mentioned the widespread doping scandals enveloping US track & field (Marion Jones, John McEwen, Kevin Toth, CJ Hunter, Dwain Chambers, Regina Jacobs, Kelli White, Tim Montgomery, etc.), and how the more strict anti-doping measures have decimated US track & field performance during this Olympics.

Perhaps the most telling is the way we rank the medal standings now.  Our media now does it by total medal count and has the audacity to claim that this has always been the way (per Wall Street Journal).  This is simply a bold lie.  See links below:

http://asp.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/...

http://proxy.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/fa...

So there you have it: when you can't beat the competition, massage the numbers.  I wish our media could show some more maturity, but it is laden with people who would cry foul and find every possible excuse for any disappointment.  Then again, what do you expect from our media?  

Answer 9

well at least we dont have problems like you

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...

Answer 10

I'm more of a fruit roll up type.

Answer 11

Those who live in glass homes shouldn't throw stones. There have been instances in every sport, during these games, where any given nation could have lodged a complaint about poor officiating/judging. It is truly sad that some athletes chose to make excuses for their performances rather than assume ownership for it. When he failed to qualify for the 100M, g*y (the US sprinter) assumed full ownership. He didn't blame someone else or make excuses. He admitted that he blew it and it was 100% his fault. That some of us choose to blame officiating when we are thousands of miles away doesn't do the event or the athletes justice. If you choose to stereotype a nation for the postings of some or suck at the teat of what your media is feeding you about it, that's your prerogative.

Answer 12

For me, it really just comes down to fairness. In other sports, like swimming and running events, athletes who tie get the same medal. I just  don't think that the gymnastics tie-breaking system is fair, regardless of which countries it has affected. Seems to me they should have either both received the gold medal, or they should have had to compete in some kind of final round face-off where they had to do their routines over again. And I read that the father of the girl who got the silver medal tied for gold in the high bar when he competed in the Olympics. It just seems kind of crummy that two athletes can receive the same score, but one is somehow acknowledged as better than the other.

Answer 13

The Americans in the Gym, are acting like sore losers.

Blaming whatever they can blame, but their own poor performance.

The Age Card,

The Media,

The Crowds' Reactions,

Everything. ANOTHER country takes Gold, and they complain. Do you ever hear the Chinese complaining? No.

Show some class Americans, stop blaming others for your short falls, it really ain't cool. And don't think everyone in the World loves you, in reality, 80% of the WORLD hates USA badly.