A Confused Liukin Takes Silver
I'm not sure what Olympic sport this position is for but I'm not shooting it. Period. Last night there was tons of confusion over Nastia Liukin's silver medal on uneven bars. I'm still not clear on how somebody can get the same score and still get second. Read Liz Clarke for a full explanation.
Nastia Liukin stands in between the Chinese gymnasts after she won silver in the uneven bars Monday night.
Nastia Luikin looks on at the scoring with her dad and coach Valeri Liukin. She won silver in the uneven bars Monday night.
Nastia Luikin wins silver in the uneven bars Monday night. Right are Chinese gymnasts Kexin He and Yilin Yang.
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Posted by: Anonymous | August 19, 2008 8:56 PM
HAHAHAA!!! (I just put the "not sure, NOT shooting..." caption with the "toilet" photo, and realized the joke. Hah!) And yeah, poor Luikin. "Lost" in a bunch of bureaucracy. They DID do the tie breaker math correctly, it's just a ludicrous mathematical procedure in the first place. Kills the spirit of the whole event in my opinion. =Matt=
Posted by: Matthew Saville | August 20, 2008 4:31 AM
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"I'm not sure what Olympic sport this position is for but I'm not shooting it. Period."
A misplaced caption? Does this belong with the toilet underwater photo positions???