Did anyone watch women's gymnastics in the Olympics last night?

Question

Do you think the judges are biased against the US? Are they showing favoritism to China? It was clear to me, after watching last night.

Answer 1

I saw it last night.  It was so awesome.  I was moved to tears when Nastia took the gold and Shawn took the silver.  They were great last night.  I feel that the judges may be showing favoritism to China because the Olympics are being held in China.  Some of the performances by China were scored too high and then some of the performances by other countries were scored too low.  Go USA.

Answer 2

Stop accusing the Chinese for whatever reasons...

of course the judges are going to favor the Chinese, it's called the home ground advantage. But the Americans won, so what else do  you have to complain

...and the Chinese girls are not underage, just becuase you look older than your actual age, it doesn't mean the Chinese are cheating

Im starting to believe the americans are whining because they are jealous of the Chinese with their younger looking...  

Answer 3

Absolutely! Shawn had a "balance check" but not anywhere near the amount the chinese girl did on the beam and got a lower score, WTF? I am just glad that they took silver and gold.  

Answer 4

I don't think so. China was better than US. They made less mistakes & simply they were perfect. But still silver is great.

Answer 5

Well it wouldn't be a surprise, since that's their country. Chinese gymnastics are better than the Americans, since they have dedicated  their whole life in practicing every routine!

Answer 6

Clearly biased, but we still won despite the judges' best efforts to hand the gold to the Chinese.    Both Johnson and Liukin repeatedly got screwed in the scoring, especially Liukin's vault and bars scores.  The Chinese girls got far more generous favorable scores, but still couldn't win.   The margin of victory should have been much greater.    

Answer 7

The judges are from all different countries which have no participant in that event.  Why be biased when they have no prize for what they do.

The American lost the gold because of a bad fall.

Answer 8

i dont think so that the judges are biased and neither they are showing favoritism to chaina

Answer 9

they're so biased, but the americans won anyway :)

Answer 10

China do not need favoritism from the judges. If they won, it was because they performed well and if they lost, they accepted that they have not done their best. Chinese have "sportsmanship" in them. Chinese are not so losers like westerners. When the US lost the team gold , they claimed that China had cheated but when the Chinese lost to the US, did they say anything, no. In fact the Chinese congratulated the US team.

Answer 11

Why?

China only got the bronze.

Answer 12

A little, I think one of Nastia's scores was very unfair and she deserved a lot more then she got

Answer 13

There is no bias!!!!  I think people need to understand the scoring system before making these harsh accusations.  The chinese routines generally always involve more difficult routines and thus, the more difficult the routine the higher your score starts out and the more mistakes you can make.  This is simply how the scoring system works.  So, just because you saw a chinese girl committing more mistakes than an american girl does not mean that the chinese girl automatically should get a lower score.  If the chinese girl has a more difficult routine than the american girl, which is almost always the case, the chinese girl will likely get the higher score.  

As far as the judges go, the judges are not all chinese!!!  Only one of the judges is chinese, another is american, and the rest are from other countries who do not have participants in the olympics.  Just to play devil's advocate, it might be possible due to the perception of US policy throughout the world (which isn't favorable for the most part) that some judges may dislike the US, but that is a far-fetched accusation.