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I disagree - I also felt the Romanians were ridiculously overscored on bars in this entire Olympics games. Olaru's AA bars was just one example. There is no way any of them should have scored within 2 tenths of the Chinese athletes. I think if they had been scored fairly on bars in the team fi...

@nacchi13 Completely agree - Sveta as for example was definitely in it to win it, so I can't imagine her mental status was where it needed to be when she got to bars. By then she must have figured that all hope was lost, and so it's no wonder she fell again on her release move. In my mind this ...

@tmwalkerm Agreed - I loved Dawes on FX, but never understood her capacity to score so high on bars and beam since her form was so ragged. It wasn't just in Atlanta - she won silvers on bars and beam all the way back in 93 and with even less difficulty. Her Hindorff was great but otherwise her ...

@BoraBoraGirl2001 Agreed - the Russians were never considered the "favorites" to win the gold medal here, as they were weak in optionals. The Romanians were the team favored to win, but they faltered badly on compulsory beam. I think the commentators just wanted to make it more exciting - "the ...

Great yurchenko 1 1/2. I think she should have gone for this during the Olympic AA, but since it was the last rotation and she was already out of medal contention after a bad FX I can understand Nunno wanting to play it safe. If she had done this vault anywhere near as well during the Olympics...

Sort of ironic - Shannon was so shaky on optional beam here, and yet so solid on beam in all of her routines at the Olympics. She was by far the most consistent beam worker at the Olympics. On the other hand, she was way better here at nationals on floor and vault at nationals compared to the O...

With the exception of the ragged form on the DLO at the beginning, probably the best floor routine of Shannon's entire career. That was by far the best full-in she ever did at the end of a routine, and all of the landings were solid. By far the most mature choreography of the US squad. She cer...

I bet the two judges who didn't give her 6's for presentation needed armed guards just to get out of there alive :) Many athletes can execute technically, but few have ever performed with such passion and emotion as Kwan. One of the best performances by any athlete in any sport, period. I conc...

No one could match Bea Arthur in making those priceless facial expressions. I know of few people in entertainment that can envoke side-splitting laughter with just a look as she did time and again. I've probably watched this scene 100 times and still crack up every time. I miss quality shows l...

I concur - though I'm a huge fan of Miller, Phelps should have beaten her here. I'm sure the judges wanted a "name" gymnast to be national champ heading into the Olympics, and with Dawes faltering in compulsories and Moceanu's leg injury Miller was the next choice. Still a fun meet to watch as ...