Complicated tie-breaking rules cost American gymnast Nastia Liukin a gold medal on the uneven bars Monday, and she finished second to China's tiny He Kexin, right, despite being given the same score of 16.725. Kexin, you might remember, is one of the Chinese gymnasts of doubtful age. She's supposed to be 16.
Liukin and He remained even when the first and then second tie-breakers were applied. The third one — the average of the three lowest of the four counting judges' deductions — gave the edge to the Chinese.
Columnist Gil LeBreton of the Star-Telegram in Fort Worth offered a better tie-breaker — birth certificates.
http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/columnists/gil_lebreton//story/842829.html
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment