baron-pierreIV Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Nguyen = likely Vietnamese immigrant or immigrant family thereof. Wow. He's actually very nice-looking. So his dad must be Vietnamese and his mother German?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=6YRMRqPQIvI Or a Vietnamese family adopted a German kid?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gotosy Posted August 2, 2012 Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Women All Around Gabrielle Douglas wins gold Victoria Komova 2nd Aliya Mustafina 3rd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2012 Women All Around Gabrielle Douglas wins gold Victoria Komova 2nd Aliya Mustafina 3rd Douglas of the United States; Komova of Russia; and, Mustafina of Russia. Link: http://www.london2012.com/gymnastics-artistic/event/women-all-around/phase=gaw024100/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 3, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Gymnastics takes a break for August 3 and 4. After that, it is the medal rounds for various individual events for men and women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slgames Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Why a tiebreaker in gymnastics? The tiebreaker seemed arbitrary, taking the sum of the top 3 apparatus scores. Why not the top 1 or the top 2? If other sports can have shared medals, why can't gymnastics? Another question I have is they seem to allow practice vaults right before your official vault. Do they allow practice runs for the other apparati, and they just don't show them on TV? If not, why not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethnalGreen Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Why a tiebreaker in gymnastics? The tiebreaker seemed arbitrary, taking the sum of the top 3 apparatus scores. Why not the top 1 or the top 2? If other sports can have shared medals, why can't gymnastics? Another question I have is they seem to allow practice vaults right before your official vault. Do they allow practice runs for the other apparati, and they just don't show them on TV? If not, why not? I can't answer your first question, but to the second - yes they all get three minutes practice on the other pieces. The vault takes a little longer so maybe that is why you tend to see that on TV and miss the others practicing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athensfan Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Why a tiebreaker in gymnastics? The tiebreaker seemed arbitrary, taking the sum of the top 3 apparatus scores. Why not the top 1 or the top 2? If other sports can have shared medals, why can't gymnastics? I completely agree. Especially when the scores are so vulnerable to subjective distortion. Those microscopic margins are not sufficiently objective to warrant a tie-breaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir Rols Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 I can't answer your first question, but to the second - yes they all get three minutes practice on the other pieces. The vault takes a little longer so maybe that is why you tend to see that on TV and miss the others practicing? Exactly. They explain it all before the event. I think it was 30 seconds practice time for every competitor on all the apparatus, and 50 seconds for the vault (actually, for the men it was the parallel bars with the 50 seconds, because it is allowed to be adjusted for the individual competitor). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotguy Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 I may be totally in love with Danell Leyva Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SupportingCH Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 In my point of view Douglas got a better mark than she deserved at beam ... 9.00 at execution... is to much , she made some errors there... and the Difficulty 6.5 for such a "cheap" exercise is to much... Komova exercise was harder and she got only 6.4 at Difficulty ,she was "robbed" here by the judges. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athensfan Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 In my point of view Douglas got a better mark than she deserved at beam ... 9.00 at execution... is to much , she made some errors there... and the Difficulty 6.5 for such a "cheap" exercise is to much... Komova exercise was harder and she got only 6.4 at Difficulty ,she was "robbed" here by the judges. You can contest the execution if you want, but the D score is objectively determined by the code of points. Komova was overscored on vault after all those steps to the side. Even if we concede your point about beam (which I don't), the vault evens it all out. Mustafina was overscored on beam as well and Raisman was underscored on floor. There will always be an inescapable subjective element. The superfine distinctions are artificial. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 I may be totally in love with Danell Leyva Agreed. He's very good-looking; and the profile of his nose is so beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethnalGreen Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Do you guys watch sports to oggle at the men or because of the sports lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faster Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Do you guys watch sports to oggle at the men or because of the sports lol A little from column A and a little from column B. I love watching sports, but watching attractive people compete makes it a lot better. I don't want to watch the 125kg+ women's weightlifting, but the 64kg ok then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethnalGreen Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 A little from column A and a little from column B. I love watching sports, but watching attractive people compete makes it a lot better. I don't want to watch the 125kg+ women's weightlifting, but the 64kg ok then. lol a nice compromise if ever there was one. I switched over to Judo just before and thought I was about to watch the sumo - the guy was enormous! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Do you guys watch sports to oggle at the men or because of the sports lol Well, the sports, but the eye candy factor doesn't exactly diminish the viewing experience either. Sometimes, I find it even distracting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BethnalGreen Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Well, the sports, but the eye candy factor doesn't exactly diminish the viewing experience either. Sometimes, I find it even distracting. Just sometimes lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cslopes54 Posted August 3, 2012 Report Share Posted August 3, 2012 Why a tiebreaker in gymnastics? The tiebreaker seemed arbitrary, taking the sum of the top 3 apparatus scores. Why not the top 1 or the top 2? If other sports can have shared medals, why can't gymnastics? Another question I have is they seem to allow practice vaults right before your official vault. Do they allow practice runs for the other apparati, and they just don't show them on TV? If not, why not? The judges drop the lowest score and considerate the other 3. If there's still a tie, the execution score determines the winner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Athensfan Posted August 4, 2012 Report Share Posted August 4, 2012 The judges drop the lowest score and considerate the other 3. If there's still a tie, the execution score determines the winner. Yeah. I know those are the rules. I just think they fail to sufficiently acknowledge the margin of error that exists in such a subjective sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2012 After a 2-day break, the gymnastics competition continues. This time, on August 5, Olympic medals are at stake for the following individual events: - Men's Floor Exercise; - Women's Vault; and, - Men's Pommel Horse. Link: http://www.london2012.com/gymnastics-artistic/schedule-and-results/day=5-august/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Final medal results for the following events on August 5. Men's Floor Exercise: - GOLD: ZOU Kai (China) - SILVER: Kohei Uchimura (Japan) - BRONZE: Denis Ablyazin (Russia) Link: http://www.london2012.com/gymnastics-artistic/event/men-floor-exercise/phase=gam001100/index.html Women's Vault: - GOLD: Sandra Raluca Izbasa (Romania) - SILVER: McKayla Maroney (United States) - BRONZE: Maria Paseka (Russia) Link: http://www.london2012.com/gymnastics-artistic/event/women-vault/phase=gaw002100/index.html Men's Pommel Horse: - GOLD: Krisztian Berki (Hungary) - SILVER: Louis Smith (GREAT BRITAIN) - BRONZE: Max Whitlock (GREAT BRITAIN) Link: http://www.london2012.com/gymnastics-artistic/event/men-pommel-horse/phase=gam006100/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NY20?? Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Gutted about Maroney. Perfect vault was not perfect today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slgames Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Wow, they really need to get rid of the tiebreaker. Quite a few deserving athletes were robbed in these games. Other sports allow shared medals, so gymnastics can too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guardian Posted August 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 August 6 sees that Olympic medals are handed out in the men's rings, women's uneven bars, and men's vault events. Link: http://www.london2012.com/gymnastics-artistic/schedule-and-results/day=6-august/all-day.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baron-pierreIV Posted August 6, 2012 Report Share Posted August 6, 2012 Gutted about Maroney. Perfect vault was not perfect today. Those SURE, SURE gold medal predictions are certain they will NOT happen. Those stupid SURE predictions jinx the whole thing. Do NOT tempt the gods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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