"U.S. Gymnast Liukin Loses in an Upset
Defending Gold Medalist Nastia Liukin Settles for Silver at World Gymnastics Championships" -
http://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory?id=2592288&CMP=OTC-RSSFeeds0312
Nastia:
[quote]"I guess it's a little disappointing, but a silver is still great," she said. [/quote]
Martha Karolyi on Nastia's uneven bars routine:
[quote]"I feel a little frustrated," Karolyi said. "Her routine was so exquisite, her form and technique was, by far, the best. It's getting frustrating. There are a lot of European judges, and you start to feel like they're saying, `America was too good at last year's worlds, let's go out there and prove Europe is just as good.'" [/quote]
Difference in sticking the landing....
[quote]There was one small mistake for Liukin, a tiny step forward on the landing. Yet she got execution scores of 9.1 through 9.3 from a panel composed of judges from Germany, Uzbekistan, Island, Russia, North Korea and Brazil. Tweedle, who finished third on bars at last year's worlds, didn't misstep on her landing and got marks as high as 9.5.[/quote]
China, more medals:
[quote]"The biggest stars of the first day of event finals were, once again, the Chinese, who added three more golds to their stash from Xiao Qin on pommel, Chen Yibing on rings and Cheng Fei on women's vault. They now have six, including both team golds and the all-around men's won by Yang Wei."[/quote]
