Also, while she may have had what the media may have thought was going out of bounds, first, the media isn’t the judge and the judge may have seen it differently, second, her routine was far more complicated than the others who seemed at times to play it safe.
Exactly, especially about the difficulty level - that does count for more.
She was out of bounds big time. There is a pic, btw she continued going out of bounds all the way to the pink. Judges hit her hard for the mistake, but her scores on the other 3 events were good enough to give she a second in the all around.
That really sucks is the girl that finished 4th overall and the current world champion does not get to compete since each team can only send 2 girls to the finals.
It is not just based on who made fewer mistakes, but the start value of the routine; i.e, which routine contained harder, more difficult to execute tricks and then you start deducting from there. Yes, Gabby Douglas made an obvious big mistake, but the judges make those deductions from the “start value†of her routine which gives you the final score. Her start value was higher than Jordyn Wieber’s. Gabby Douglas has already beaten Jordyn Weiber twice. I also agree that limiting each country to 2 athletes in the all-around part of the competition is a stupid rule. The top 24 should complete period. Lets hope that this episode will change that rule in the future.