[Thrusher]

I have to say I was pretty flabbergasted by the gymnastics judging last night. When that Chinese girl wobbled all over the balance beam on what was clearly not a very difficult routine, and then scored like a 16.1, I was incredulous. And Johnson was way underscored on the uneven bars.

When even the NBC commentators say something about it, you know its bad.

[bereanway]

Yeah that was pretty bad. Not a very exciting routine and she had 4 or 5 balance checks and never really looked anything like the 2 Americans. Fortunately Lukin and Johnson both nailed their floor exercise and ended up where they should have but Johnson should have won the silver in a walk instead of only .05 or whaterver it was.

[nhoward14]

Liuken may indeed have been better than Johnson, but Johnson’s score should have been a lot closer to Liuken’s than 0.6 points.

On the other hand, there is no way the Chinese gymnast’s score should have been within 0.075 points of Johnson’s when you compare the bar routines.

Now Johnson 0.075 behind Liuken and China 0.6 behind Johnson I would have believed.

[Neidermeyer]

When that Chinese girl wobbled all over the balance beam on what was clearly not a very difficult routine, and then scored like a 16.1, I was incredulous.
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You’ve gotta give that Chinese kid a break after all she’s only 14 /s