There is something fishy about the Olympic judges for balance beam.?

Question

I can't understand why the chinese girl didn't get +0.5 bonus points for falling off. Every US newspaper i read tells me the chinese get special scoring rules but why werent they applied!!

i think they were american judges >:(

also during the russian girl's routine, someone kept playing a beeping sound to distract her.

Answer 1

I hope it was sarcasm.

Chiness didn't deserve extra points for falling.  

The top 3 were the top 3.  

Answer 2

He is clearly being sarcastic.  He is asking why the Chinese girl doesn't get EXTRA POINTS for falling off.  Just like how people are whining that the chinese girl who landed on her knees still won the bronze (ignoring the fact that her first jump was perfect+difficult).

Answer 3

Why are you just trying to come up with problems? What do you have against the US?

~AtA~

Answer 4

why does it it matter? The girl who fell off didnt place and USA won 1, 2

Even when USA wins you still feel the need to complain?

Answer 5

uhh alot of people got the beeping sound... i heard at least once during everyones turn

Answer 6

I actually think the chinese girl was judged fairly for her routine, including the fall off the beam. She recieved a very low score, and her start value was quite high. That was right on. I however think the first Chinese girl did not get enough points taken off for all over her obvious balance checks. I also feel that the Russian Anna should have recieved a higher score.

Answer 7

you can vent now, but it won't change anything.. the olympics don't take medals back or reissue them, unfortunately. i think the judges are unfair, s***w the 'new scoring system,' i swear there's money involved or something.. the olympics are so screwed up i mean first the FIG or whatever c**p company isn't checking up on those chinese woman (did i say woman? i meant children) but i gotta say, it's hard to be fair in gymnastics.. this is why i stick to mens gymnastics, there's no way there could be an age problem, the judges aren't high and it's more.. fair.  

Answer 8

To the poster above, people shouldn't just complain when they are losing. They should complain if there are anomalies. That is the right thing.