Is it just me or did alicia sacramone deserve a medal in her individual event?

Question

the chinese girl fell and got a better score! i dont know anything about gymnastics but i thought if you fall then that is bad

Answer 1

She deserved a medal. I love her.

Answer 2

Nope

Came 4th and didnt deserve one.  She probably wouldve came 5th if Pavlova didnt faulted.

Also in regards to scoring

Andrei Gueisbuhler, secretary general of the International Gymnastics Federation, said Cheng won because her vaults were harder. The start values for both of Cheng’s vaults were 6.5. Sacramone’s first vault had a 6.3 start value, but her second was just a 5.8.

“The difficulty of the two vaults added up together was a huge difference between third and fourth place,” he said. “(Cheng’s) execution scores were as low as 8.5, which tells me that the necessary deductions were made. It might look strange at first sight, but if you look at the rules and the regulations, everything is as it should be.”

Answer 3

Without a doubt.  The Chinese girl's score should have been much lower.

Answer 4

Yeah, she didn't even fall =[

I feel so bad for her, she deserves better.

Answer 5

Of course she deserved better!

Once again, I think that they are biased since that girl is Chinese.

Answer 6

yeah i got the same question on my mind. i just finished watching the gymnastics and im wondering why alicia dint get a medal when she didnt even stumble

Answer 7

I know they ripped her off!! F*** CHINA!