Gymnastics, nastia!?...?

Question

do you think that nastia and shawn got cheated on some of the scores! like that vault that nastia stuck and got a low 9.0. i would have given her a 9.9 only because her feet had a small separation at the end.

and alicia(sorry, might be spelled wrong! lol) she took a little step on both vaults and that one chinese girl fell and still placed ahead of alicia!!

Answer 1

Cheng Fei's routine was more difficult than Alicia's, so even though she got points off for a bad landing she started out with a higher degree of difficulty which gave her more starting points. Plus, Sacramone didn't stick her landing either. She didn't fall, but it wasn't a perfect landing.  Also, Cheng Fei scored MUCH higher on her first vault than Alicia did on hers, so when averaging the two scores Cheng Fei's high score helped boost her low score.

And the vault isn't just about the LANDING. It's about the difficulty too.  If the landing was the only thing that was being scored, does that mean the gymnasts would just do one flip to stick the landing and automatically get a perfect score?  No, there are other factors leading into the final score, including difficulty and form.

Britt, what about Paul Hamm who completely fell off the vault mat, and nearly hit the judges table?  He ended up winning gold in Athens in '04.  Do you think that's fair then?  Cheng Fei fell on her knees.  Hamm fell of the entire platform and nearly hit the judges table.

Answer 2

Who would call there daughter shawn i wouldnt So yea she got cheated alright:P

Answer 3

I've never witnessed a girl falling on her knees after a vault placing further up the ranks than another girl who only simply takes a small step.  It's VERY obvious the judging was askew this year in Beijing, want more proof?  Nastia Liukin performs a better uneven bar routine and sticks her landing, gets the same score as the c***k that crosses her legs on her landing (and looked awful in her routine)....yet even that came to a tie, and since it's China's homecourt Ling Ling takes the gold, Nastia gets the silver, and everything's fair n square...yea RIGHT!!!  China blows donkey balls, and someone should wake up the Australian judge BEFORE they do their routines next time.....

Answer 4

i agree with qeuy18 stop embarrasing the chinese............ alicia got a .5 deductiona and china got a 1.5 deduction.....

Answer 5

nope, the chinese girl who fell got 1.5 score deducted, and alicia got like 0.5 deduct for her vault. get your fact straight, and stop embarrasing americans.

o, how does having 1.5 deducted still be ahead of only having 0.5 deducted? can there be anything wrong, are you accusing those judges of incapable of doing math? or are you just plain stupid yourself.

Answer 6

Well, if the olympics would have been in America, i'm pretty sure Shawn won 4 golds

Answer 7

it was getting me so mad because they kept giving that chinese girl better scores, when she was the one who fell! overall it was a good turnout because they kept Nastia and Shawn in!!(i mean 1st, and 2nd!!)

They were definately cheated out of some of the scores! I hated those judges.

Answer 8

whatever makes you feel better about losing, my dear.