Do you agree that Alicia Sacramone was robbed?

Question

Even before the interview with Béla Károlyi in which he expressed his disappointment in the judging panel, I screamed travesty after watching the South Korean athlete have two less than stellar landings and the Chinese athlete falling on her second vault. I feel Sacramone was robbed out of at least her bronze, if not, silver medal.

Answer 1

yeah, the scoring system sucks this year. this is the first time they're using this new scoring system. she should've won the bronze for sure. plus, she's hot as h**l. she deserves way better. i hope she's coming back in 2012.

Answer 2

No, I give the "Highway Gymnastics Robbery" award to the panel of judges responsible for giving Nastia Liukin the silver even though she scored the EXACT SAME GD SCORE as He Kexin of China.

That new scoring system is not only immensely confusing for the layperson such as myself, but frankly, it's complete horsesh*t.   <")))><

Answer 3

I don't think so.  My untrained eye can't see the minute differences in difficulty between the routines, so I can't say for sure whether the landings made a difference.  Alicia had her chance to step up and be the hero during the team competition, and she choked 2 different events (that was sad).  So while I feel bad for her, I don't think anything was unfair.

Now ... Nastia on the uneven bars -- SHE was robbed.  What the h**l?  There can be no shared gold, so she gets screwed by a tie???

Answer 4

yeah i think she got screwed out of a medal

Answer 5

So you're another Gymnastics judge, are you?

Answer 6

Im not sure about a silver medal...but a bronze, yes

she definately deserved a bronze, I am very sorry for her..I wish I could let her know

She did good

Answer 7

It was so unfair. I feel bad because I love her.