US womens gymnasts screwed over?

Rayne46

Shared on Tue, 08/19/2008 - 07:34

Does anyone else who has been watching the Olympics and saw the individual event finals think that Alicia Sacramone and Nastia Liukin had their medals taken away by the scoring judges?  I sure as hell do, and when Bob Costas interviewed Bela Karolyi, I agree with Bela that it was a "rip off"!

Here's the story for Alicia Sacramone who should've had the bronze in the vault:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=228180.html#more+disappointment+sacramone

You can read more about Nastia Liukin who should've won the gold in the uneven bars.  She and He Kexin both received the same score in the event, which led to the tie-breaking process where He was awarded the gold and Liukin the silver, but Liukin had a better routine making fewer errors so her score should've been higher in the first place.

http://www.nbcolympics.com/getinthegames/news/newsid=234233.html#who+should+have+gold+bars

http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=230935.html#tough+math+leaves+liukin+silver

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