She was unable to perform her vault and fell a full twist short, landing awkwardly and delivering an uncharacteristically low score. The three-time Olympian previously announced that he would be retiring after the Tokyo Olympics. He finishes his career without an Olympic medal. American Brody Malone narrowly missed the podium in the men's horizontal bar final, finishing fourth with a Japan's Hashimoto Daiki Skip to content. Simone Biles. Simone Biles returned in spectacular fashion Tuesday morning.
Our redesigned local news and weather app is live! The BBC announcers also pointed out that the combined execution score determines tiebreakers. How Mustafina could have a higher execution score after falling off the beam is beyond my expertise, but she was simply able to drop that even though Raisman seemingly had a better day overall. Regardless of the apparently confusing tiebreaking method, would it have been an affront to Olympic competition to simply allow Raisman to get on that podium alongside Mustafina?
Judo awards two bronze medals in each event! This is all not to mention the fact that Raisman actually outscored Mustafina in three of four events. This was not the first time during the Olympics an American has been left out in the cold because of ill-conceived rules.
An online petition was even created to abolish a rule that left Jordyn Wieber out of the all-around final entirely. Wieber posted the fourth-best individual score during qualifying—a score that would have won a bronze medal outright had she matched it in the final—but she could not participate in the all-around final because only two gymnasts per country are allowed through. The reigning world champion could not compete for an Olympic title because of an arbitrary limitation.
She was not the only one affected. In other words, women's gymnastics left four of the world's top gymnasts out of its biggest individual event. The rule should be eliminated, though it would be far too late to save the tears that streamed down Jordyn Wieber's face.
In alignment with the International Federation of Gymnastics :. If that doesn't break the tie, additional apparatus scores will be dropped, one at a time, until there is a winner. If no winner emerges, the tie stands. There is a similar formula for the all-around final. But if no winner has emerged following the dropping of apparatus scores, the execution score total for each gymnast serve as the tie-breaker, followed by his or her total start value.
If that doesn't establish a winner, the tie will stand. While the odds of this happening are very rare, under this rule, Mustafina dropped her lowest score of Mustafina had a For what it's worth, had the tiebreaker gone to two apparatus scores or one, Mustafina would have won those tiebreakers, too: of the eight scores recorded by both gymnasts in the all-around competition, Mustafina's best score, on the uneven bars American fans will be mad about the tiebreaking procedure, but it should also be noted that there is historical precedent for dual bronze medals in the event: in , Romanians Simona Amanar and Lavinia Milosovici tied for bronze.
The tape-delayed version of the event will be broadcast on NBC during their primetime show from 8 p. For more on Olympic gymnastics, follow the Olympic gymnastics section. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
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