Tuesday, August 12, 2008

What is up with the Chinese scoring in gymnastics?

Ok, not sure how many other people noticed it, and I don't care how
politically incorrect it may be to say to that the scoring is way in
favor for China, but the scoring was in so much favor of the Chinese.
The US men's bar routines were amazing compared to the Chinese and yet
they scored much lower. The US girls team got much lower difficulty
scores on routines that were much more amazing on the beam than the
Chinese. The Chinese lost there balance so many times it was insane.
And then let's not get into the whole age thing! Yeah, they're Chinese
and have different heights and growth stages than the US, but come on!
I've worked with enough girls to notice that these girls are
definitely not 15. Not even the youngest looking going to be 15 this
year US girl I've worked with looks this young. Absolutely crazy and
complete favoritism. I'm more relieved seeing the Chinese floor
scores, but still think the judging is favored in both the men's and
women's gymnastics. Just glad we kicked tailed in swimming. But I'm
partial to the gymnastics events.

So there you go. Another rant by Tory Almond.

1 comment:

Melanie said...

There is no freakin' way some of those little Chinese girls are 16 or even 15! Bella Koroli (spelling?) really had their number though...he was really calling them out! It would be super cool if they were cheating and the US Women got the Gold! I totally agree with you!
Mel