Thread:Alica123/@comment-2219055-20120827003515/@comment-2219055-20120829020840


 * ahem*

Well, to kick things off, Jordyn Wieber, 2011 World All-Around Champion, did not make the all-around final. Aly Raisman and Gabby Douglas qualified higher than her, and each country can only send two gymnasts to the all-around.

Then came the team final. And the best freaking vault McKayla Maroney has ever done.



THE AMERICANS SLAYED. NOT ONE MISTAKE. ALY CRIED AS SOON AS SHE HIT HER LAST PASS BECAUSE SHE KNEW SHE HAD DONE ENOUGH TO WIN THEM GOLD. MY BABIES ARE PERFECT.

Then came the all-around. Aly and Gabby were up against Russia's Viktoria Komova, who won silver behind Jordyn at Worlds, and my queen Aliya Mustafina. Unfortunately, Viktoria had a rough landing on her vault, then Aliya fell on beam, then Aly almost fell and had to grab the beam to stay on (a five-tenth deduction). Originally Aliya and Aly tied for the bronze until THEY USED A FREAKING TIE BREAKER UGH. Aliya won the bronze. Viktoria had probably the best floor exercise of her life, but her botched vault landing prevented her from getting gold. She cried about getting silver again. AND MY BABY GABBY WON GOLD SHE WAS SO FREAKING AWESOME AND DIDN'T MAKE ANY MISTAKES AND DIDN'T RELINQUISH THE LEAD THE ENTIRE NIGHT AND I'M SO PROUD.

Then came event finals, vault first. McKayla hit her first vault no problem THEN SHE FELL ON HER SECOND. AND SHE NEVER FALLS DKGFSHDKJFD. She still medaled, which I don't particularly like. I don't think it's fair for a gymnast to medal with a fall, especially in event finals. Romania's Sandra Izbasa won the gold and Russia's Maria Paseka took bronze.

Then came bars. Gabby qualified but I knew she wouldn't win. Her start value isn't high enough. My queen Aliya took gold, China's He Kexin won silver, and my girl Beth Tweddle from Great Britain won the bronze. This was Beth's third Olympics and she was on home soil. She had to win a medal on an event in which she is two-time World Champion.

Balance beam was a little interesting. Originally, I wanted Catalina Ponor of Romania to win until she stumbled. Then Aly scored just below a 15, and the US national team coordinator and her husband started yelling at Aly's coach to file an inquiry about her score, which he did. The judges then changed her score so that she tied with Catalina, then used another tie breaker and gave Aly the bronze. China's Deng Linlin and Sui Lu won gold and silver.

THEN CAME FLOOR WHICH WAS DKFHSDKJFD. Aly scored a 15.600, the highest score on floor of the entire Olympics. Her opening tumbling pass in INSANE.



She became the first American to be Olympic champion on floor. Catalina Ponor's routine was wonderful but I think she was underscored by maybe two tenths. She won silver. Aliya originally tied for bronze on floor with Italy's Vanessa Ferrari until they used ANOTHER GODDAMN TIE BREAKER and Aliya took the bronze.

So over all, a really great Olympics. Three gold, one silver, one bronze for the Americans. But the moral of the story is: I HATE TIE BREAKERS.