Last night, controversy cohttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gifntinued at the Beijing Olympics when China's He Kexin received the same score as Nastia Liukin for her routine on the parallel bars, even though by all accounts, Nastia's routine was superior. The drama only continued when suddenly Kexin was placed 1st over Liukin and ultimately given the gold medal, even though both competitors received the same scores. Apparently, due to some convoluted tie-breaking algorithm (making no sense to even the competitors) Kexin was on top.
This comes after the controversy over whether Kexin should even be competing due to her age, and of course, the vault with Alicia Sacramone of Saturday night, when Sacramone was given huge deductions for a tiny hop, while the Chinese competitor was given only a fraction of a deduction for landing on her knees, ultimately placing her in third place, and pushing Sacramone out of medal contention.
While some contend that it was just the way the tie-breaker worked that placed Kexin on top, Kexin acted as if she knew she was going to win all along, before the ranking, and the scores has been posted.
Once again, things are just a little bit smelly.
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