How on earth did Sacramone not make the individual event floor exercise final? ?

Question

We don't get to see the preliminaries, but those scores determine who gets to complete in future events. She was much better than some of the gymnists who made the finals in floor exercise, based on their performances in the finals. The highest finals score was 14.125, and the Brazil girl kept going out of bounds. I don't get it. Either they crashed the finals after having done great in the prelims, or Sacramone crashed the prelims, which doesn't make sense since she made the all-around finals. Her floor exercise in the all-around finals should have had nothing to do with the scoring to see who goes into the individual event finals...that should have already been determined after the prelims. Am I wrong?

Answer 1

actually she didnt even make the all-around finals to be exact. to qualify for an event final, your score from the first day they performed, which was aug 10, when they had the team qualifying. alicia was reigning world champ on the floor but the night of qualifying, she recieved a 14.425. she ended up going out of bounds, and then she landed out of bounds so she had an automtic deduction of .5 off of her execution score. also the highest finals score was not 14.125 because the top 3 scores were 15.65, 15.5, and 15.425....they just messed up in finals thats all. all these girls know that on qualifying night they have to go out and hit theyre routines because not only does it get theyre teams to the finals but it also gets them to all-around finals and event finals, and alicia screwed that up on qualifying night. thats how it has always been to get to the finals

Answer 2

No, you're not wrong. I feel the same way, and I had to quit watching out of disgust.

Answer 3

Only two gymnasts per country can make the individual finals for each event.

Answer 4

Like others said, you have to qualify and I don't know how much confidence she has in floor exercise after the crucial mistake she made in the team event.