Anna Pavlova - 2008 Beijing Olympics - EF VT

[eugvh18]

great copy of this fine piece of art video, its so clear to see very hd, not too many video in gymnastics have them, they should at least give her a chance, but rules are rule, she so great, Anna got drama I love it, you need it in this sport, thank you for sharing

[Tesuz11]

Such a shame for anna!! :(

[LaVoix555]

It takes guts not to cry at a thing like that...to see that you get 0!

[kras118]

this is tough to watch....love Anna!

[msms68]

aww she went all out on that first vault but wouldnt she know better than to go at the wrong time

[mortella23]

@msms68 the head judge put her hand up, which your supposed to look for, anna thought that it was the signal to go. It's not completley her fault

[10nim]

:(

[crsitianvol]

lop

[crsitianvol]

nooooooooooooooooooo x ? 0.000

[yiudiumui]

=(

[markoth97]

Yeah....If any Chinese at these games went before the light,i know that the score wouldn't be 0.000!

[mfsx5ip2]

@markoth97 Pavlova was my favorite gymnast competing at these games and I am not pleased that she was given a 0.00, but to say any of the Chinese would have got a different decision is just ridiculous. The Chinese won the team final because they preformed the best. In the event finals Cheng Fei and Li Shanshan made mistakes and were punished fairly for them. They didn't get any special treatment for being Chinese, and Anna didn't get harsh treatment for not being Chinese.

[markoth97]

@mfsx5ip2 Okay,say it like that,but the judging at these olympics was ridiculous as well.

Look at Anna's floor from prelims,and in the AA.Obviously,the AA routine was better and deserved at least 15.4,she got a 15.05,and in prelims for under rotated DLO,she got 15.150. And it doesent seem like a very big difference,but it was wrong.

Im a fan of Cheng fei,but i have to say that she didnt deserve to medal in vault or beam,in vault it should have been Sacramone,and beam - Pavlova.My oppinion.

[markoth97]

@mfsx5ip2 And Anna WAS punished at these games,at least deserved that one medal on beam,or in the TF,but she didnt.

And another thing: Anna performed brilliantly in AA,especially on beam and floor,but she finished behing,what a coincidence,Jiang Yuyuan,who is chinese,and had a fall on vault. Im not saying that Anna deserved a medal in AA,and im not saying as her fan,im just saying,looking at her performance,what should have been.

[Missnewyork28]

@markoth97 Agree ! Pavlova should have finished far ahead of Yuyuan, Semenova and Niston to some extent. Semenova as lovely as shewas had crappy form on FX and VT and finished 4th because of her bars SV. Same with Nistor. Yuyuan got good scores on bars too. in 2008 Good bar workers= AAers. Nastia, Yilin, Semenova, Nistor, Yuyuan. Shawn had decent bars but it prevented her from winning; Pavlova is the only one to be weak on bars along with Izbasa on the top 8..A SHAME

[markoth97]

@Missnewyork28 I agree completely ...

[sqekcx]

@markoth97

things have changed now. the russians are the favourite again and I'm sure if any one of them does this again she won't be punished, while if a chinese or a romanian does this she'll definitely be punished as hard as possible

[markoth97]

@sqekcx Yes,but its not like the games in 2012 will be in Russia,so they would try to sweep all the medals,even if they perform worst,because that happened in Beijing in 4 places,AA,VT,BB,UB.

I mean,who beats an almost perfect routine,with a routine with thousands of wobbles and mistakes?

No,Russia was never like that,they were always fair,they would perform they're best to get medals,and they would not hope that the judges will help them get it.And im not talking about TF...

[sqekcx]

@markoth97

I'm not so sure about winning fairly.

[gymnasticsfreak9911]

i felt so bad when this happened.anna might have had a chance at a medal

[pUnKrOcK94Mex]

ella es tan bonita!!!

[Zamolodchikovafan16]

Poor Anna.... I felt for her so much!