Dominique Dawes - 1996 Olympics AA - Floor Exercise
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@ants2876 thats crazy...Shannon was better and had harder elements that Lilia did...its a joke that Lilia scored better than Mo or Khorkina. Judging was crazy at this AA no doubt about that. I mean did you see Khorkina's beam..should have been a 9.8 and her vault should have been a 9.8...the russians were underscored and the Romanians even worse...I do agree that Lilia had a great competition but clearly there was such crazy judging we will never know.
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@Timic83pronc well her vault just wasn't that exciting but she could have won gold...judging was all over the place in this AA
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@audie83 I agree. But if she had hit on FX and scored between a 9.8 and 9.850 she would've won silver.
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@rfillangi She is a professional and knows she has to do it, even if there is no chance of a medal. It is also a matter of pride to show the world that you don't quit or give up.
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I also think Lilia would have won all around gold, but I believe Dominique could have at least would a medal.
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Such graceful and entertaining choreography. Completely different from what we see now, yet this was not that long ago.
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@Jasonisthedon In the current scoring system you can win with a fall but back in the old scoring system if you make one mistake just like Dawes did here you are competley out of the competition and it would be impossible to make the top 5 so basicly its not a disgrace its reality and that is sport for ya!
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If she scored 9.85 as she did in the team finals, she will win the SILVER MEDAL in the AA, and like everyone had said, people will try to be a DOMINIQUE DAWES.
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@Jasonisthedon ""for Dawes to finish out of the top 5 is a disgrace""
what do you mean? it was Dawes' fault, it wasn't the politics or the judging that made her lose, it was HER FAULT. so how is it a disgrace?
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i really dont like this music
How she got through this routine I'll never know. I'm sure she just wanted to quit after that 2nd pass knowing for the 3rd time a stupid mistake had cost her a chance at being the best in the WORLD...Still love her. My favorite gymnast of all time.
rfillangi 4 years ago 11
I think Lilia would have still won. I feel the judges liked her gymnastics better. jmo.
audie83 3 years ago 7