Brown Eyed Girl wrote:What I don't understand is why the US isn't protesting this crap in gymnastics. It's not bad form or poor sportsmanship to challenge something that is clearly wrong, like the vault scores. If protests aren't filed and the judging not challenged, this kind of stuff will continue. Why would anyone even want to compete for the US in gymnastics in the future if their own organization doesn't step up and show the level of support that they should?
I think after these games you might see a modification of the entire scoring structure as they've recently done in figure skating. Which will probably mean a lot of similar routines, all doing the required elements for x amount of points, with little attention paid to "artistic value." All because judges can't score in an unbiased manner. How can you see obvious mistakes that add up to a 2-point deduction, then only deduct 1.5 points? Crazy.
...and I completely forgot that they're delaying the broadcasts on the west coast.
It won't happen again...only took me a week to figure that out.
Brown Eyed Girl wrote:What I don't understand is why the US isn't protesting this crap in gymnastics. It's not bad form or poor sportsmanship to challenge something that is clearly wrong, like the vault scores. If protests aren't filed and the judging not challenged, this kind of stuff will continue. Why would anyone even want to compete for the US in gymnastics in the future if their own organization doesn't step up and show the level of support that they should?
I think after these games you might see a modification of the entire scoring structure as they've recently done in figure skating. Which will probably mean a lot of similar routines, all doing the required elements for x amount of points, with little attention paid to "artistic value." All because judges can't score in an unbiased manner. How can you see obvious mistakes that add up to a 2-point deduction, then only deduct 1.5 points? Crazy.
...and I completely forgot that they're delaying the broadcasts on the west coast.
It won't happen again...only took me a week to figure that out.
That's why we've been watching it on Canadian TV. Live on the West Coast|!!!!
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blackjack wrote:The good news is, the U.S. gets even on the balance beam tonight!
Not trying to spoil anything, but I just read the results.
apparently Mal's first post has been ignored.
I agree, but this isn't the first time a post has given away the results
No kidding. I learned the hard way that once it's live on the east coast, no one cares that the west coast hasn't seen anything yet. But Mal did ask that spoilers be posted in white.
I didn't realize that I wouldn't see the Nastia/tiebreaker debacle on TV until last night.
I saw the stupid results of the beam competition accidentally on CNN.com today too.
springparrot wrote:Ya'll see the runner from Bahrain
She might look funny, but she can run
That's awesome. Good for her to uphold the respect to her religion in her racing clothes. I love the Nike-branded head cover!
can you buy those in the stores?
if she does well not only will they be available in stores but all the women will be wearing them in the next olympics to take advantage of the aerodynamic advantage.
springparrot wrote:Ya'll see the runner from Bahrain
She might look funny, but she can run
That's awesome. Good for her to uphold the respect to her religion in her racing clothes. I love the Nike-branded head cover!
can you buy those in the stores?
if she does well not only will they be available in stores but all the women will be wearing them in the next olympics to take advantage of the aerodynamic advantage.
They should just borrow a uniform from the speed skaters in the Winter Olympics.
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still haven't watched any of it
