tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428443.post4239780189569515778..comments2023-07-06T04:55:31.144-07:00Comments on Axels, Loops, and Spins: The Infamous TieAaronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12064343000309585083noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428443.post-331405262611448972008-08-21T09:12:00.000-07:002008-08-21T09:12:00.000-07:00Nastia was robbed! The interesting thing is that ...Nastia was robbed! The interesting thing is that other Olympic sports don't mind ties...I wonder why gymnastics is so averse to it? It's too bad, because the tie-breaker they finally had to use to award the gold to He was pretty obscure...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428443.post-43175063894395781582008-08-19T21:19:00.000-07:002008-08-19T21:19:00.000-07:00They didn't file a protest because American team k...They didn't file a protest because American team knew what the tie breaker deal was. Unfortunately for Nastia, she got the bad end of the stick. The ruling went by the book. I think what would have made better sense would be whomever scored higher on the prelim would get the gold instead. Kinda like Vaulting. They had to do two and if it is a tie, then whomever got the highest vault score of the two wins. Since they don't do two uneven bar routines, it then makes sense to go back to the prelim and count that one as the backup routine in case of a tie.<BR/><BR/>In any case, I'm not sure why Olympic doesn't allow dual gold. I bet if the Chinese had gotten the silver in this case, IOC would have no choice but allow 2 golds. Host country always get the advantage. Especially when the host country like China that has huge economic power (and potentially surpass US in 10 or 20 years). The only reason why IOC rewarded the Canadian figure skater gold was because Americans protested and since American companies are the ones that pay for the existence of IOC, IOC had no choice but give 2 golds. Essentially whomever holds the moola holds the power.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428443.post-42934869489776321442008-08-19T11:54:00.000-07:002008-08-19T11:54:00.000-07:00It's so funny, you would think that when that happ...It's so funny, you would think that when that happens the judges themselves would be like "whoa...somethings not right because we all just saw those routines" and fix it...but they just sit there as if all is well!<BR/><BR/>And why didn't they file a protest?Aaronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12064343000309585083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17428443.post-40792033859590390242008-08-19T09:50:00.000-07:002008-08-19T09:50:00.000-07:00I agree with you, Aaron! I thought Nastia rocked l...I agree with you, Aaron! I thought Nastia rocked last night.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the insight on scoringIce Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05639175462486739483noreply@blogger.com