US Gymnast Alicia Sacramone has had a pretty rough go at the Olympics in Beijing, who blames herself for the US Gymnastics team having to settle for Silver due to her falling off of the balance beam. In yesterday’s vault competition, Alicia was had at least the third best performance, but was robbed of her Bronze medal when judges gave China’s Cheng Fei a higher score than Sacramone, even though Fei landed on her knees in the second vault.
Former Olympic Gymnastics coach and NBC Analyst Bela Karoly was pretty fired up about the judge’s decision and told everyone watching that it was a “rip off.” It was.
Alicia Sacramone doesn’t walk away from the Olympics empty handed as she has the team Silver, but she’s not ready to appreciate that just yet.
“I’m sure someday I will appreciate it for what it is,” Sacramone said. “But I still have to get to that point.”
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