China Suspected of Foul Play in Olympic Gymnastics

Haha, good one.

I think to speculate about what advantage may or may not be gained through lying about age is to miss the point. They violated the rules. It's like questioning if 3 year olds really have the best chance to win the Kentucky Derby - completely irrelevant because that's the age they have to be.

That would only matter if it was the US that had cheated this way. Otherwise it is fine. Just our sour grapes.

Did anyone see the pommel horse final yesterday?

The competitors get two attempts and their final score is the average of the two.

So, the US girl lands twice and takes a step or two for minor deductions. The Chinese girl falls on one of her attempts. Yet, she somehow got bronze, and the US girl got 4th. :confused:

Not saying this is China's fault. Just some shitty judging if you ask me.

Did anyone see the pommel horse final yesterday?

The competitors get two attempts and their final score is the average of the two.

So, the US girl lands twice and takes a step or two for minor deductions. The Chinese girl falls on one of her attempts. Yet, she somehow got bronze, and the US girl got 4th. :confused:

Not saying this is China's fault. Just some shitty judging if you ask me.

Are you talking about the vault? 'Cause that was effed up.

Yeah - Bela Karolyi was fired up about that.

Did anyone see the pommel horse final yesterday?

The competitors get two attempts and their final score is the average of the two.

So, the US girl lands twice and takes a step or two for minor deductions. The Chinese girl falls on one of her attempts. Yet, she somehow got bronze, and the US girl got 4th. :confused:

Not saying this is China's fault. Just some shitty judging if you ask me.

Her name is Alicia Sacramone, she is smokin hot! http://www.faniq.com/images/blog/Picture%2038(6).png

Yeah, it was vault. My bad... can't keep the names straight -- d'oh!

And yeah stacks, she is pretty hot ... gotta thick neck, but still hot nonetheless.

Yeah, it was vault. My bad... can't keep the names straight -- d'oh!

And yeah stacks, she is pretty hot ... gotta thick neck, but still hot nonetheless.

I was a little ticked that the North Korean won the gold despite clearly committing a violation by landing outside the designated area. She had at least one foot out of bounds and the second was on the line.

They said on the line is in, so she got one foot in (still a deduction, but not as bad).

I was a little ticked that the North Korean won the gold despite clearly committing a violation by landing outside the designated area. She had at least one foot out of bounds and the second was on the line.

Yeah, the judges really screwed up on that event.

It seems like they try to make the scoring as objective as possible, but for some reason it's just not consistent. It makes it really confusing and frustrating to watch. It sounded like Bela Karolyi was almost about to cry, he was so disappointed.

Did anyone see the pommel horse final yesterday?

The competitors get two attempts and their final score is the average of the two.

So, the US girl lands twice and takes a step or two for minor deductions. The Chinese girl falls on one of her attempts. Yet, she somehow got bronze, and the US girl got 4th. :confused:

Not saying this is China's fault. Just some shitty judging if you ask me.

I saw this.

The American girl did 2 clean vaults, MAYBE a slight hope on one landing but it still looked clean.

The Chinese girl did a vault and landed on her butt! Still ahead of the U.S.

The German lady (33 YO) did the same vault twice in a row and while they were done well, were the same vault! Finished ahead of the U.S.

The other girl (Korea?) landed out of bounds once and on the line on the second vault. What happened? Finished ahead of the U.S.



On top of the Chinese cheating, it looks like the judges are corrupt too.

It's so frustrating watching any event that is judged rather than scored or timed.