Did anyone else think that Shawn deserved the gold over Nastia?

Question

Don't get me wrong, Nastia's pretty amazing. She's graceful and beautiful, but Shawn is so talented and consistent. Shawn can do some insane stuff, just look at her dismounts!

Answer 1

ya i think she should have won the gold or at least tied it up!She's a phenomenal GYMNAST!

I luv Shawn Johnson!:D

Answer 2

BugzBunny- Do you honestly think Shawn Johnson trained for 8+ hours a day for 10 years to be able to compete in the all-around championship at the Olympics and purposely underperform just so Nastia could fulfill her fathers gold medal void???? jeez

anyways, i think Nastia deserved to win. I think she got screwed on her vault score and shawn got screwed on her beam score, but overall nastia performed the difficult elements very cleanly and elegantly. yes, shawn has defeated nastia almost everytime over the last year, but i think that is mainly bc nastia had such a hard time with her bars dismount and her ankle injury. although she didnt "stick" her bars dismount in the allaround, she didnt fall either which is what she has done in almost every competition in 2008. She would have beaten Shawn for sure more often if she wouldnt have fallen in a few different competitions in 08. she's finally healthy, and she got it together and i think that she didnt just have a "lucky night" this is really what she is capable of and shawn performed as well as she could too.

Answer 3

Shawn is the best!

Answer 4

Probably both of them should have gotton a gold medal but the system don't work like that.

Answer 5

yea i think so but i think shawn gave the game to nastia cuz she had to live up in her fathers footsteps

Answer 6

i think nastia deserved it.

I mean, they both do, but I'm glad she got it

Answer 7

i think they both did amazing but i at least think shawn should have gotten a higher score than she did...and honestly those little chinese girls looked like they were 10 thats ridiculous

Answer 8

I know, I like both, but Shawn did a better job (in my opinion)

Answer 9

Nah... I think Nastia deserved it. She was well-poised, in control and very graceful in her execution. Shawn was flawless too but seems too tight.

Answer 10

omg last night their scores were totally wrong and i really believe that Nastia deserved the gold

Answer 11

No.  I think Nastia deserved it.  She got screwed on her score on the high bar and on the balance beam.  Shawn was really terrific on the final exercise, but I think Nastia was better on the others.  Don't worry - we haven't seen the last of Shawn.  She's our gold medalist in 4 years.

That Shawn can hop like a bunny!  She makes me laugh - always on the move!

Answer 12

shawn is the hottest girl ever so yes

Answer 13

It just came down to who did the best last night and Nastia did the best so she deserved to win, Shawn is still pretty young so she has plenty of time to come back in 2012 and try for the gold again, and the silver medal really is a great accomplishment.

Answer 14

i don't know if it was rigged or what, but some the shawn's scores where completely unfair

I know I'm not a professional judge, but I know a good routine when I see one

But good job to Nastia!! I think she deserved it and did really well.

Both of them did extremely well!!!!

Answer 15

Due to the complexity of Shawns routines if she had stuck all her landings she would have won. Seems like the low score on the bars and the couple big steps on the vault and beam landings did her in.  

Answer 16

I thought it was fair that Nastia won.  At least the US took 1-2.

Answer 17

Well, neither really made any mistakes and Shawn is a better gymnast so I would suppose she should have won.

Answer 18

You could totally see the nervousness in Shawn and as a result she made many small mistakes.  Outcome was fair and correct.

Answer 19

I really thought Shawn's score was very unfair.

Answer 20

I am sickened by the entire thing!!!  As a mother of figure skaters, I see this kind of c**p all of the time!!  We all know that Shawn was completely ROBBED!!!  There is no comparison!!!  Not only did they not score her properly, they gave the chineese people ridiculous scores after making several obvious mistakes.  In my view...Shawn Jonhson won HANDS DOWN!!! And further more, it's c**p that these atheletes have to stand there and say that someone else deserved the gold when they deserved it.  It's time to put a stop to this nonsense!!  Go SHAWN!!!!!!!!!

Answer 21

I believe that the scores for Nastia at the beginning for Vault and Bars were messed up!! the lil chinese half ping girl had a lower start value on vault and even took a step and she got a 15.175 and Nastia had no steps and the crowd on its feet, and she got a 15.075!!! RIGGED shall we say!  but Shawn's performances were equal to Nastia's but her floor routine start value wasnt as high as Nastia's, and Nastia's start value on bars was high also.  But look at it this way.. Nastia's about to be 19, and Shawn's 16!!! So who do you think has the better chance to come back in 2012 and kick some major butt? SHAWN!!!! This was Nastia's time to shine... Shawn will get her Gold one day too!

Answer 22

No. Shawn deserved Silver. She's still young and can go back for the gold if she chooses.

Answer 23

Shawn was amazing at the olympics. she was scored a bit unfairly but team USA did have some mistakes so i can see why overall they just got silver.

Answer 24

No, I think Nastia's performance was overall better. She made less mistakes, performed more smoothly, and on some events had a higher starting value.  

Answer 25

Um, no. I think Nastia was incredible but Shawn faltered a bit. It was surprising as everyone expected Shawn to get it done. They both turning it great performances so it's all good.

Answer 26

no. nastia really kicked butt.

Answer 27

i wished that both got gold

it would have been fair

Answer 28

Yeah, Shawn is a very good gymnast. I think they both are great. But yes, i think she did deserve it more then Nastia.

Shawn is so short it's cute! : )

Answer 29

i think overall shawn may be better, but nastia was better last night! she was awesome!!

Answer 30

I think on any other day, Shawn is probably better.

But last night Nastia was amazing. She dominated.