One crowd doesn't represent a whole county! In Atlanta gymnasts couldn't even hear their floor music because of the crowd. Montreal Canadiens fans booed the American anthem. Sometimes their are just rude people in the crowd.
I'm glad Mexico won 3rd. They should start seeking Mexican talent and prepare for the Pan Am that will be here. Mexico needs a team going to the Olympics.
The "booing" had nothing to do with being beaten by The US team - actually, Brazilians really admires the US team. They booed Bush. I know that it seems weird...but brazilian people do not aprove Bush policy, so they were like showing that through teh american athlets. Very unpolite, I know, but the intention wasn't being rude with the athlets
@ElizaMiranda So what does not like our President or our foreign policy have to do with booing innocent athletes ? This really shows that the people in your country are ignorant.
This was the wrong venue to protest Bush, this crowd should of marched in front of the American embassy ...I mean really.
The US sent a team of amateurs and an injured veteran, while the Brazilians literally assembled their "all-star" team. You bet the crowd is pissed, seeing their "all-stars" being beaten by a group lacking international experience at the time (except Nastia).
@BoeingRules Sorry, but our injured veterans and "amateurs" still would beat your best Brazilian team 10 times out of 10 no matter what they competed. Look at the history of gymnastics, for crying out loud.
I'm brazilian,and i have to say that i'm ashamed of my country since when i watched that. Those people is just 5% of brazilian people. Don't judge all people because it's worse than boo your team.
I love so much all american gymnast of this team and I'm super happy to see them win on this event. So please,more respect with whom has nothing to do with this.
Those countries (latin american) always boo the north americans. Always. They have no manners whatsoever. They should never be awarded a major competition again. They don't deserve if with such 'fans' representing their country at such events.
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My gran had a name for people who were blatantly rude and obnixious.
Ill-bred creatures. That is exactly what that Brazilian crowd was. I don't care what country it is. Proper bad manners they showed. Bad form. Utterly. I'm ashamed for Brazil just watching this fiasco-and I agree about the Olympics. Goodbye bid for the Olympics.
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lmfao you realize every country in south + central america does this. and you can BET the olympics will be in Rio in 2016. we already hosted the Pan American games, were gonna host the World Cup 2014, were hosting something else, and the olympics are next. lol ill save this post for when that time comes :D
Justifying booing the U.S. because you hate our president shows a complete lack of intelligence. This is sport, not politics. Second, how many of the people competing at Pan Ams were even ELIGIBLE to vote??? It is completely illogical to boo a bunch of teenagers because you don't like their government. Have some class, please.
okay . . . to the people that said "do you watch the news?" and "nobody is jealous of the USA and your president bush" . . . the real question is do you watch the news??? obviously not or you would KNOW that over half of americans disapprove of bush. and you can't honestly tell me that everyone in america is a bad person because of him. believe it or not there are plenty of good people who want our country to change so that we don't have so many people who are mad with us.
Brazilians were lucky to get silver. They never do well as a team in any competition other than Pan Ams, at least not well enough to get on the medal stand.
The same thing happened to the gymnasts who competed in 1991 in Havana, only worse. Read the accounts of the U.S. gymnasts who competed in 1991. There is a BIG difference between being loud and pumping up your team, and showing an UTTER lack of class and sportsmanship. The people of Brazil should be truly ashamed.
But as I said, WE're not like that... not ALL of us!
Oh, and if you thought the crowd was bad, think twice when choosing between BrazilxCuba for host!!!! I don't know if you guys saw that, but cubans are kind of... stupid... REALLY! They don't just boo, they don't respect anyone!!! So there are countries worse than mine, ok? And thanks, SweetheartGymnast22, for the agreement... being realistic is so painfull!!!
I gotta say it's ridiculous... sometimes I'm ashamed of being Brazilian. But it's not everyone like that, the reporter said that Brazil is the only country where this kind of thing happens, behind the TV we got angry with this cheer...
Foriegners make me SICK. You guys tell us we are ignorant, closed minded, and racist yet YOU people boo and hate us and treat us all like dirt because of our nationality (being American) so you hate ALL Americans because of one man...is that NOT ignorant? Boo all you want, we are PROUD to be American just like you are proud to be where your from.
We are ignorant too, and we admit it. But I can't agree with you when you said that WE HATE ALL OF YOU BECAUSE OF ONE MAN... it's nothing to do... I think people booed just because you were one step ahead the Brazilian team... Brazilians seem patriot just at this time, I hate this ¬¬
Yeah, where did you get this information??? Do you know anything about this country before saying that?? Probably not... most of you think we speak Spanish as well.... So I agree with you, viick93, go study if you want to "be the best of the world" as you said.
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Nobody is jealous of the USA and your president bush! The only reason the Americans won is because they cheat. I heard Shawn was on anti growth hormone her coach gave her, with the parent consent to keep her short for Beijing!
wat a load of ball shit, nah dey dnt an if ur implyen shawn takes den lmao nah she dnt shes just naturaly small u no gymnastics slows dwn ur growth for most gals!!
wat a load of ball shit, nah dey dnt an if ur implyen shawn takes den lmao nah she dnt shes just naturaly small u no gymnastics slows dwn ur growth for most gals!!
wat a load of ball shit, nah dey dnt an if ur implyen shawn takes den lmao nah she dnt shes just naturaly small u no gymnastics slows dwn ur growth for most gals!!
wat a load of ball shit, nah dey dnt an if ur implyen shawn takes den lmao nah she dnt shes just naturaly small u no gymnastics slows dwn ur growth for most gals!!
Brazilians are very unsportmanship, first at WCfinal they started to cheer when Cheng fell, that was really rude!! and then this booing team USA ¬¬ i don't know if they also booed the three usa girls yesterday, i wonder if they are going to boo every non-brazilian girl who wins a gold medal
Thats just bad sportsmanship. They should be embarressed. I do how ever find it funny that they thought they could beat the US, the US won because they were the best, no doubt about it. Now just imagine how pissed they were at the all around results, lol. Go USA!!!
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The USA was booed because they deserve it. It would have been nicer for the Brazilian to throw some tomatoes at some of the American girls, and Marta! What they have done to gymnastics deserved boos..and other things.
What did they do to gymnastics? Why did they deserve to be booed? If you are going to make such a bold statement like that, you need to be able to back it up.
One crowd doesn't represent a whole county! In Atlanta gymnasts couldn't even hear their floor music because of the crowd. Montreal Canadiens fans booed the American anthem. Sometimes their are just rude people in the crowd.
theurbansoul 1 year ago
What an uncivilized manner booing other athletes! At least we never saw something like this in the Olympics.
aric2007 1 year ago
Brazil SUCKS!!!!!! Poor losers!
adventuregirl76 1 year ago
I'm glad Mexico won 3rd. They should start seeking Mexican talent and prepare for the Pan Am that will be here. Mexico needs a team going to the Olympics.
alexzjay 2 years ago
I know! They had plenty of chances with Magaña, Moreno, and Denise Lopez to get a team to the Olympics, but that never happened unfortunately...
saltlakecity2002 2 years ago
The "booing" had nothing to do with being beaten by The US team - actually, Brazilians really admires the US team. They booed Bush. I know that it seems weird...but brazilian people do not aprove Bush policy, so they were like showing that through teh american athlets. Very unpolite, I know, but the intention wasn't being rude with the athlets
ElizaMiranda 3 years ago
Even though, that shouldn't have happened.
I also disapprove Bush and almost every American president for the last decades since WWII.
But this is sport, not politics, Brazilian should have behaviours with sportsmanship.
Booing athletes is very unclassy indeed. Shows lack of conciousness from the Brazilians in the crowd.
If Brazilians intend to do that again, I would be glad Rio doesn't make it to Olympics 2016. Even though I'm Brazilian
rafaelsouzasp79 2 years ago 4
Lol, they were throwing TRASH at the girls...
complainer101 2 years ago
@ElizaMiranda So what does not like our President or our foreign policy have to do with booing innocent athletes ? This really shows that the people in your country are ignorant.
This was the wrong venue to protest Bush, this crowd should of marched in front of the American embassy ...I mean really.
FL74USA 1 year ago
The US sent a team of amateurs and an injured veteran, while the Brazilians literally assembled their "all-star" team. You bet the crowd is pissed, seeing their "all-stars" being beaten by a group lacking international experience at the time (except Nastia).
BoeingRules 3 years ago
@BoeingRules Sorry, but our injured veterans and "amateurs" still would beat your best Brazilian team 10 times out of 10 no matter what they competed. Look at the history of gymnastics, for crying out loud.
adventuregirl76 1 year ago
so what if they booed? who cares!
congratulations to shawn, nasta, and the rest of the team. and good for them for hugging all the other girls!
dreamissbehaved 3 years ago 4
I'm brazilian,and i have to say that i'm ashamed of my country since when i watched that. Those people is just 5% of brazilian people. Don't judge all people because it's worse than boo your team.
I love so much all american gymnast of this team and I'm super happy to see them win on this event. So please,more respect with whom has nothing to do with this.
GuinDidone 3 years ago 17
No-class low-lives. Those Brazilians are a disgrace to their country. Just shameful. May Brazil NEVER be awarded the Olympics after this spectacle.
audie83 3 years ago
How classless of the Brazilian crowds to boo the American athletes. I have lost my respect for Brazilians. What scum!
m4j67 3 years ago 5
Those countries (latin american) always boo the north americans. Always. They have no manners whatsoever. They should never be awarded a major competition again. They don't deserve if with such 'fans' representing their country at such events.
audie83 3 years ago 3
the pan ams before this were held in santo domingo and the crowd was very polite
mistybabe5489 3 years ago 2
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Fuck you then :D
angelo1405 3 years ago
This is exactly why brazil should not get the olympics... no class.
chicagoguy19 4 years ago 2
no class? have you ever came to Brazil? Shut up, your stupid!
m3mar 4 years ago
exactly my point.. you have no class either i suppose.
chicagoguy19 4 years ago
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My gran had a name for people who were blatantly rude and obnixious.
Ill-bred creatures. That is exactly what that Brazilian crowd was. I don't care what country it is. Proper bad manners they showed. Bad form. Utterly. I'm ashamed for Brazil just watching this fiasco-and I agree about the Olympics. Goodbye bid for the Olympics.
audie83 3 years ago
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lmfao you realize every country in south + central america does this. and you can BET the olympics will be in Rio in 2016. we already hosted the Pan American games, were gonna host the World Cup 2014, were hosting something else, and the olympics are next. lol ill save this post for when that time comes :D
angelo1405 3 years ago
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the pan ams before this were held in santo domingo and the crowd was very polite
mistybabe5489 3 years ago
Justifying booing the U.S. because you hate our president shows a complete lack of intelligence. This is sport, not politics. Second, how many of the people competing at Pan Ams were even ELIGIBLE to vote??? It is completely illogical to boo a bunch of teenagers because you don't like their government. Have some class, please.
adventuregirl76 4 years ago 12
rio is just killing its chances for the olympics.
csjones06 4 years ago 2
but anyways. . . i love shawn johnson she's amazing!!! =]
and i definitely agree with yamechan1 and sunshinestar.
SweetheartGymnast22 4 years ago
okay . . . to the people that said "do you watch the news?" and "nobody is jealous of the USA and your president bush" . . . the real question is do you watch the news??? obviously not or you would KNOW that over half of americans disapprove of bush. and you can't honestly tell me that everyone in america is a bad person because of him. believe it or not there are plenty of good people who want our country to change so that we don't have so many people who are mad with us.
SweetheartGymnast22 4 years ago 2
I also agree with you, over than 90% of us disapprove this crowd! =/
yamechan1 4 years ago 2
quase que a Rebecca cai na hora de subir ao pódio... pelo menos lá pode cair a vontade que não desconta mais ponto!!
TcheBom 4 years ago
Brazilians were lucky to get silver. They never do well as a team in any competition other than Pan Ams, at least not well enough to get on the medal stand.
adventuregirl76 4 years ago 2
The same thing happened to the gymnasts who competed in 1991 in Havana, only worse. Read the accounts of the U.S. gymnasts who competed in 1991. There is a BIG difference between being loud and pumping up your team, and showing an UTTER lack of class and sportsmanship. The people of Brazil should be truly ashamed.
adventuregirl76 4 years ago
Brazil didn't even have suport for PanAm!
But as I said, WE're not like that... not ALL of us!
Oh, and if you thought the crowd was bad, think twice when choosing between BrazilxCuba for host!!!! I don't know if you guys saw that, but cubans are kind of... stupid... REALLY! They don't just boo, they don't respect anyone!!! So there are countries worse than mine, ok? And thanks, SweetheartGymnast22, for the agreement... being realistic is so painfull!!!
yamechan1 4 years ago
I gotta say it's ridiculous... sometimes I'm ashamed of being Brazilian. But it's not everyone like that, the reporter said that Brazil is the only country where this kind of thing happens, behind the TV we got angry with this cheer...
yamechan1 4 years ago 2
Foriegners make me SICK. You guys tell us we are ignorant, closed minded, and racist yet YOU people boo and hate us and treat us all like dirt because of our nationality (being American) so you hate ALL Americans because of one man...is that NOT ignorant? Boo all you want, we are PROUD to be American just like you are proud to be where your from.
Sunshinestar 4 years ago 2
We are ignorant too, and we admit it. But I can't agree with you when you said that WE HATE ALL OF YOU BECAUSE OF ONE MAN... it's nothing to do... I think people booed just because you were one step ahead the Brazilian team... Brazilians seem patriot just at this time, I hate this ¬¬
Well, I'm just telling you the truth.
yamechan1 4 years ago
"USA. We are the best. If you don't like us, it is because you are communist."
Communist ?
Go study guy/girl !
viick93 4 years ago
USA. We are the best. If you don't like us, it is because you are communist. Or Al Queda.
Now, go eat your humble pie, because the Lord blessed us and granted us victory.
;)
ApolytonGP 4 years ago
COMMUNIST????? HAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
Yeah, where did you get this information??? Do you know anything about this country before saying that?? Probably not... most of you think we speak Spanish as well.... So I agree with you, viick93, go study if you want to "be the best of the world" as you said.
yamechan1 4 years ago
oKAY.. PPL gOD HAZ NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS!!!
Anywayz it'z bad sportsman ship that we got booed!
We can first becuse everyone on our team did thier best!
mlmj1994 4 years ago 3
They're just jealous. We have better athletes, a better country. God loves us more.
ApolytonGP 4 years ago
I don't think your country is loved by God or the whole world right now.Don't you read the News?
danielagerazo 4 years ago
Please tell me that was a joke.
levlava 4 years ago
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Nobody is jealous of the USA and your president bush! The only reason the Americans won is because they cheat. I heard Shawn was on anti growth hormone her coach gave her, with the parent consent to keep her short for Beijing!
smiFromBelarus 4 years ago
lol what???
can1052 4 years ago
I need to laugh ¬¬
raphaelmassi 4 years ago
A lot of USSR gymnasts were giving drugs to stay short, why don't you complain about that?
KarenLovesGymnastics 4 years ago
wat a load of ball shit, nah dey dnt an if ur implyen shawn takes den lmao nah she dnt shes just naturaly small u no gymnastics slows dwn ur growth for most gals!!
cwgcGymnast 3 years ago
No, I was implying that he didn't point THAT out. But yes, gymnastics makes you short, very short.
KarenLovesGymnastics 3 years ago
ino i shud no haha im bout 5ftish lol
cwgcGymnast 3 years ago
wat a load of ball shit, nah dey dnt an if ur implyen shawn takes den lmao nah she dnt shes just naturaly small u no gymnastics slows dwn ur growth for most gals!!
cwgcGymnast 3 years ago
wat a load of ball shit, nah dey dnt an if ur implyen shawn takes den lmao nah she dnt shes just naturaly small u no gymnastics slows dwn ur growth for most gals!!
cwgcGymnast 3 years ago
wat a load of ball shit, nah dey dnt an if ur implyen shawn takes den lmao nah she dnt shes just naturaly small u no gymnastics slows dwn ur growth for most gals!!
cwgcGymnast 3 years ago
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God loves USA more? So why happens so many earthquakes in you country?Brazil do not have earthquakes.
What about the terrorism attacks? And the violence in schools?Young students shooting others...this NEVER happened in Brazil.
USA is a "better" country cause they always steal from the others, and i guess the devil, not God, loves you more.
m3mar 4 years ago
no there is just heavy drug and human trafficing.
chicagoguy19 4 years ago 2
human trafficing ??? In Brazil ?? Where. I´ve never heard of it in Brazil. The drug traffic is a thing.
Rogerioapsandrade 4 years ago
Bad things happen to good people ALL the time
KarenLovesGymnastics 4 years ago
Brazilians are very unsportmanship, first at WCfinal they started to cheer when Cheng fell, that was really rude!! and then this booing team USA ¬¬ i don't know if they also booed the three usa girls yesterday, i wonder if they are going to boo every non-brazilian girl who wins a gold medal
kleonstar 4 years ago 2
Thats just bad sportsmanship. They should be embarressed. I do how ever find it funny that they thought they could beat the US, the US won because they were the best, no doubt about it. Now just imagine how pissed they were at the all around results, lol. Go USA!!!
surfer5111 4 years ago 2
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The USA was booed because they deserve it. It would have been nicer for the Brazilian to throw some tomatoes at some of the American girls, and Marta! What they have done to gymnastics deserved boos..and other things.
smiFromBelarus 4 years ago
What did they do to gymnastics? Why did they deserve to be booed? If you are going to make such a bold statement like that, you need to be able to back it up.
can1052 4 years ago
No Bruno Grandi made all these gymnasts get lazy because they just stopped dancing. Not just the U.S, ALL the countriesl.
KarenLovesGymnastics 4 years ago 2
Mexico wasn't booed, it was the US. Why would Brazil boo someone who placed behind them. The US was booed because they placed ahead of Brazil.
Penguin888 4 years ago 2
why would they boo mexico??? it was a great effort to get that medal
krizju 4 years ago
é
os Estados Unidos sempre está em 1º
ok, o esforço dos norte-americanos é fantástico
tudo bem merecido...
bebela182 4 years ago
I dont hear anyone booed, and if someone got booed thats the united states not mexico.
apollo14444 4 years ago
..what are you, deaf? Listen when they announce Nastia's name or when they first announce the US team.
burntsunshine 4 years ago