Gymnasts produce same score in uneven bars final, but only one gets gold.

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    I'm mentioning this because the rules seem so random and inadequate in this case.
     
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    That's bull. You can make the same case that Nastia executed better.
     
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    China gets another questionable benefit... What does Bela Karolyi have to say?
     
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    No doubt he is steaming right now, and frankly he should be.

    I wouldn't mind a little probe into these cheap tactics, I doubt anything gets done though.
     
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    Just watched both routines. What bull. Nastia's was clearly better.

    They both started with the same difficulty score, but Nastia didn't make as many mistakes as the Chinese girl did. Even still, I don't see how you can in any way justify only one getting the gold when they both received the same exact score. They should have a tie-breaker round or something. Crazy gymnastics.
     
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    Home-field advantage.
     
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    booya. USA USA USA
     
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    Just because the games are in Beijing does not mean that 13 year olds can compete and win Gold medals in the Olympics. What fucking bull.
     
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    Dude, you know way too much about gymnastics.
     
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    I'm just using my eyes. The Chinese girl's dismount wasn't even close to Nastia's. Nastia's was essentially perfect. Anybody can see that. But most of the time, I just go off of what the announcers are saying.

    Bella Karolyi calling the Aussie judge incompetent. Classic. He thinks they both should have received gold.
     
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    Boooooo

    Nasty Liukin should've gotten that damn medal. Screw those judges for siding with the home court advantage

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    Not that the IOC would have the balls to do anything significant...
     
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