Beijing Olympics: Gymnastics?

Question

Alicia Sacramone fell on floor and beam. Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson made mistakes on the beam and stepped out of bounds on the floor. What do you think happened? Nerves? When Alicia fell on beam, did she put pressure on all of the other gymnasts (not on purpose)?

Answer 1

i think you said it best. after alicia fell nastia and shawn probably felt like they had to do there best and probably put way too much pressure on themselves, nerves got the best of them and they messed up. i really believe they had a shot at winnig the gold

Answer 2

Definitley nerves!

Answer 3

I'm afraid your last statement is correct, her mistakes put pressure on everyone else.

When I saw Sacramone fall off the beam I stopped watching. It was too painful.

And then to see her falling on the floor. Goodness.

I'm hoping against hope this won't affect Alicia for the rest of her life but I'm sure she'll find consolation in getting the silver medal.

Congratulations to the US team!

Edit: She should also consider the fact that China is lying about the ages of their competitors which has given them an advantage over the Americans.

So, actually, the US won the gold medal.

Answer 4

yes unfortunately that's probably true.