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Who here hopes that Shawn Johnson finally gets a gold tomorrow? She doesn't deserve to have to wait until 2012 to get a gold. IF there's a God he will rescue her from the evil judges that has been trying to hand china gold medals like it's halloween.
>> Anonymous
Yes.

I'm so tired of these fucking judges. They robbed Canada of a gold in Trampoline earlier.

GIVE SHAWN HER GOLD DAMNIT
>> Anonymous
Shawn better get gold. Nastia just lost hers to that stupid chinese girl. Stupid judges...
>> Anonymous
Both Johnson and Luiken were getting assfucked by the judges during the all around, yet they still got gold and silver. The judging has just been shit this year.
>> Anonymous
Give Shawny her gold. ;_;
>> Anonymous
The sad thing is she will have to wait until 2012 when the judges doesn't have the chinese army waiting in their hotel rooms just in case china doesn't get a mdela per day.
>> Anonymous
really hope she gets a gold
>> Anonymous
shawn johnson is mai waifu ;-;
>> Anonymous
Stupid fat hobbit wants the goldses all to herself
>> Anonymous
Put your messages of support to Shawn here:

http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=8619893116&topic=5569
>> Anonymous
>>268446
hahaha oh wow
>> Anonymous
>>268446
lulz

what is fap?
>> Anonymous
>>268190
>judges that has been trying to hand china gold medals like it's halloween.
this is what Americans actually believe
>> Anonymous
>>268487
Because 4chan is an accurate sample of normal people.
>> Anonymous
>>268457

Finally! I've been looking for those ever since they got the banhammer from the thread here.
>> Anonymous
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facebook spoofing ftw.
>> Anonymous
>>268518
Lol'd a bit
>> Anonymous
im not even american and i want shawn to win. she's too damn cute
>> Anonymous
>>268505
I didn't say that Americans were normal, did I?

:3
>> Anonymous
>>268518
roomed with Nastia? THATS EVEN HOTTER
>> Anonymous
I was the one who started that thread on FB /r/ fake yearbook note for more lulz
>> Anonymous
she has her own day in Iowa..how fucking g is that dawgs????

if she doesnt get gold I'm stealing the Great Wall.
>> Anonymous
She also has a statue of butter made in her image.
>> Anonymous
>>268611
...what?
>> Anonymous
>>268624
the governor of Iowa made October 17 Shawn Johnson day.
>> Anonymous
>>268632
Wow, your own fucking day. That's pretty awesome.
>> Black ? Star !x8ngkAZjXE
>>268632
I would have waited to see if she got gold before giving her a day but w/e going take the day off all the same.
>> Anonymous
>>268650
if she doesnt get gold, the governor said we would send the national guard to invade China...truf
>> Anonymous
Slide show including sexy images of Butter Shawn Johnson

http://www.kcci.com/slideshow/slideshows/17099936/detail.html
>> Black ? Star !x8ngkAZjXE
>>268632
It's october 19th not the 17th
http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/15/olympics2008.olympicsgymnastics
>> Anonymous
>>268664
no its 17th, the video where the governor talks

http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player.html?assetid=9de7c394-8c5d-4bde-bac3-374e80498fe7
http://www.nbcolympics.com/video/player.html?assetid=9de7c394-8c5d-4bde-bac3-374e80498fe7
>> Anonymous
news article..its the 17th.

http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7225091
http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7225091
http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=7225091
>> Black ? Star !x8ngkAZjXE
>>268679
>>268708

Okay last time I use a british site for information.
>> Anonymous
>>268727
lol glad u learned ur lesson. dont trust euros
>> Anonymous
>>268611
Yeah, but remember: It IS Iowa. Not much to celebrate over there.
>> Anonymous
>>268446

rofl, im dying
>> Anonymous
>>268487

That's like on of the most extreme opinions on the American side.
The Americans that actually think China was cheating (not the majority, but if someone is going to complain they're going to go on a popular message/image board and bitch, though I don't expect you to be smart enough to realize that, so I'll let it go) believe that those girls were under 16. That's not very out there, just look at their fucking faces - but most people don't even care that much. Yeah, ALL 200,000,000 OF US THAT CARE ABOUT THE OLYMPICS THINK THAT THE JUDGES ARE ALLL IN ON IT AND ARE JUST GIVING AWAY MEDALS TO CHINA FOR THE $$$ AND THE LULZ.

In a SUBJECTIVE scoring-based sport, there are bound to be many disagreements, like anything else.

But, way to make a huge sweeping generalization, I guess all Eurofags must think the way you do and be as ignorant as you also.

See how easy that was?
>> Anonymous
>>268487

Alicia Sacramone gave a somewhat flawless performance on vault and lost out on bronze to a chinese girl who fell on the floor. It doesn't take a genius to see what's going on here.
>> Anonymous
>>268944
It doesn't take a genius to do research either. She lost because her vault's difficulties were too wide in difficulty differences [a high one and a low one], while the chinese girl's vaults were both high difficulty. So even though the chinese girl fell [and got an 8.5 for execution] her difficulty score cushioned that. America's still trying to play by the old rules of gymnastics, and they're getting punished for it. Scoring has changed, they need to adjust.
>> Anonymous
>>268944
Then tell Alicia to do more difficult vaults instead of the easy shit she was throwing out there.

She got fucking 9.5s on execution for God's sake, and that's with a couple hops and steps. She did the best she possibly could on execution, it's just that her start scores were too low to be a legit medal contender.

The judges have shown time and time again that they are going to reward individuals who perform difficult routines. If Americans are too stupid to realize this and don't adjust their routines accordingly, then that's their own damn fault.
>> Anonymous
>>268944

Wasn't that the performance where she hopped on the vault then fell on her ass? I lol'd at that.
>> Anonymous
>>268446

I love the Uggla reference.

Oh lawd, that was a magical night when Uggla turned /sp/ into /uggla/.

Dan Uggla, trolling the All-Star Game for the lulz since 2008.
>> Anonymous
>>268961

That's so fucking retarded.

She fucking FELL. SHE FAILED HORRIBLY. HOW CAN NOT GET A FUCKING 0.1 FOR EXECUTION?
>> Anonymous
>>268994

Because she still did some pretty neat flips and twists in the air that were more difficult than what Alicia attempted? I dunno.
>> Anonymous
>>268991
I'm a butthurt Marlins fan. But I lol'd at the ASG.
>> Anonymous
>>269008

I get raged by the "difficulty" aspect just on the aspect of "oh you reached for a slightly harder trick but you failed epically? HURR DURR DATS OK, HAVE A FREE .5 ON YOUR SCORE!"
>> Anonymous
>>269022

Metsfag here, I was raging hard at Uggla the first 2 fuckups he had, after that I knew the NL wasn't gonna win anyway. In extra innings, I was laughing my ass off at Uggla.
>> Anonymous
>>268975
>>268994
>>269030

Aug. 18: One thing's for sure, gymnastics scoring must change

Sunday, August 17, 2008 | Print Entry

From ESPN The Magazine senior writer Alyssa Roenigk:

Not to harp on this new gymnastics scoring system (or, more accurately, to harp on it), but after these Games are over, the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) is going to have to re-evaluate the system, beginning with the start values.

Saturday, I spoke with Nadia Comaneci and her husband, 1984 Olympic gymnast Bart Connor, for an espnthemag.com piece regarding the new system. Nadia scored the first "perfect 10," at the 1976 Olympics, so I wanted to know what it was like for her, and Bart, to watch the first Olympics without the possibility of an athlete scoring a 10.

Their thoughts didn't surprise me. They feel the new open-ended scoring detracts from the average fan's understanding of the sport, as well as robs gymnastics of its brand identity. They also fear that with this new system, as Bart put it, "the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer." Meaning athletes who have the ability to learn extremely difficult maneuvers will continually up their start values (A score), but won't have to worry about their execution (B score) of these skills. And they will win doing it.
>> Anonymous
Those who don't have the ability to increase their start value (difficulty) with impossible maneuvers will instead continue to perfect the skills they are able to perform. But this will create such a marginal change in their overall score that they will land perfect routine after perfect routine and lose to someone who hucks their way through a routine with a high start value. Bart said his biggest fear with this new scoring is that he will see an athlete fall and win a gold medal.

That came darn close to happening Saturday night in the women's individual competition on vault. Fe Cheng of China fell to her knees on her second of two vaults and took bronze. Oksana Chusovitina of Germany performed both of her vaults with separation in her legs and imperfect landings and took silver. Hong Un Jong of North Korea took several steps on her landings and stepped out of bounds, and won gold. Alicia Sacramone performed two beautiful vaults with solid landings and finished fourth. All because of start values.


The indecipherability of this new system never hit me as hard as it did during that competition, as I spent the event sitting in the stands with three members of the U.S. BMX team, Donny Robinson, Kyle Bennett and Jill Kintner. All three are gymnastics fans. Donny is a former gymnast, and Kyle says he watches gymnastics any time it's on TV. But none of them had a clue what was happening. And, like most fans, they got angry when the scores popped up and yet another fumbly-bumbly athlete moved into the lead. It didn't take long for them to understand the mechanics of the new scoring system. But they still couldn't understand the scores. As each athlete took the floor, Bennett leaned over and asked, "OK, what's her start value?" followed by, "What B score does she need?"

That's when I realized something must change.
>> Anonymous
>>269033
ESPN is trash and garbage.

Fucking MTV of the sports world.
>> Anonymous
>>269046

Who the fuck cares?

The article makes a good point:
The new scoring system is bad for athletes, bad for spectators, and bad for the grace of the sport.
>> Anonymous
>>269034

>That came darn close to happening Saturday night in the women's individual competition on vault. Fe Cheng of China fell to her knees on her second of two vaults and took bronze. Oksana Chusovitina of Germany performed both of her vaults with separation in her legs and imperfect landings and took silver. Hong Un Jong of North Korea took several steps on her landings and stepped out of bounds, and won gold. Alicia Sacramone performed two beautiful vaults with solid landings and finished fourth. All because of start values.

THIS is exactly what I'm talking about. SACRAMONE GOT FUCKING JOBBED. JOBBED.

>The indecipherability of this new system never hit me as hard as it did during that competition, as I spent the event sitting in the stands with three members of the U.S. BMX team, Donny Robinson, Kyle Bennett and Jill Kintner. All three are gymnastics fans. Donny is a former gymnast, and Kyle says he watches gymnastics any time it's on TV. But none of them had a clue what was happening. And, like most fans, they got angry when the scores popped up and yet another fumbly-bumbly athlete moved into the lead. It didn't take long for them to understand the mechanics of the new scoring system. But they still couldn't understand the scores. As each athlete took the floor, Bennett leaned over and asked, "OK, what's her start value?" followed by, "What B score does she need?"

Fuck yeah US BMX team.
>> Anonymous
>>269034
It's not indecipherable, this woman's an ass. It's slightly rageable to see, but it makes sense to anyone with half a brain. Do something a lot more adventurous, and have bigger room to mess up instead of sticking with the simple things you're good at.
>> Anonymous
>>269055
Its indecipherable for the writer because she failed grade school arithmetic
>> Anonymous
>>269055

You do not fully understand the new scoring system.

Gymnastics ALWAYS rewarded risks, but now it does so disproportionately. In the past, a gorgeous routine with a high degree of difficulty would blow everyone away. However, taking the risk and FAILING to execute the routine well was punished.

Now, you can pick a ridiculously hard routine, and as long as you can maintain basic form, you'll outscore people who are perfect, but unable to do such complicated maneuvers. This isn't rewarding risk, it's encouraging a lack of grace.
>> Anonymous
They can keep the current scoring system but they're going to have to rebalance start value vs. deductions. I don't fucking care if she can add an extra 0.2 points to her starting score, if she falls on her face doing it, that means she failed and should not get those extra points!

But look. They can keep their big starting score bonuses. Instead, to balance it out, double ALL deductions. Step on the landing? Not a tenth, but two tenths. Both feet out like the Korean girl? Not an almost inconsequential 0.3 point deduction, but a massive 0.6 point hit that knocks her out of medal contention. Fall down? Take off 1.6 points. As long as she's down there, make her suck it.
>> Anonymous
Hay guise I can do fancy flips in the air and land on my ass.
Should I try out for 2012 olympics?
>> Anonymous
>>269069

yos
>> Anonymous
we need the olympics out of commie and socialists countries (srry britfags). bring it to America!
>> Anonymous
>>269049
The new scoring system is a direct result of a South Korean Gymnast getting robbed by Paul Hamm in Athens in 04 because of what was termed at the time a "flawed scoring system".

Funny how none of the ESPN writers were BAWWWing over the American screwing over the Korean 4 years ago. Instead Hamm was a national hero.

But I am surprised they took time away from reporting on what Farve ate for lunch to write an article bitching about gymnastics.

ESPN = fucking sports tabloid.
>> Anonymous
>>269074
Well stop being such cheap asses and actually build some awesome Olympic stadiums then.
>> Anonymous
>>269079

Olympic stadiums, in my USA?

Sure, pick a fucking city. We've got it covered.
>> Anonymous
>>269094

New York City.

On 2nd though, fuck it. We have enough tourists year-round, no need to add another 5 million & congest streets & public transportation everywhere.
>> Anonymous
>>269094
football stadium =/= Olympic stadium.
>> Anonymous
i keep calling the Olympic committee to bring it to Miami but they say call back later. It would be so splash....if any hurricanes come along Phelps would swim to the center and swim against it making it go back to Cuba.
>> Anonymous
It's fucking stupid. Why not just make your start value a fucking 10 and just fall straight on your face. You could get a 7 on your execution and still get a stupid 17. They are way too lenient with the execution scoring, if they land completely out of bounds, they barely get penalized for it. Dumb as hell
>> Anonymous
>>269103
LA Coliseum
>> Anonymous
>>269114
Coliseum is old as shit.

Fucking eyesore would embarrass America in front of the entire world if that was the Olympic stadium for America.
>> Anonymous
>>269109
FUCK YES MIAMIFAGS
>> Anonymous
>>269109

i lold
>> Anonymous
>>269124
not the point I was making?
>> Anonymous
>>268664

>Shawn Johnson is just 16, and a mere 4ft 9in tall.

ZOMG. She needs to be a plushie.
>> Anonymous
if she doesnt win, we should destabilize china.
>> Anonymous
>>269198
I wanna just wrap her up and carry her around in a backpack or something :3
>> Anonymous
definitely need to make a shawn johnson plushie
>> Anonymous
Miami would need a little more of a decent stadium, Dolphin Stadium could get it done, but only if they revamped the hell out of it. It has the screens at least.

Also, London will be an awesome venue for the 2012 Olympics. And if you couldn't tell, I'm American. I wish people would stop the whole country discrimination, since they're making their own country's citizens look like ignorant pricks.
>> Anonymous
New Orleans would make for a good Olympics venue. If not for Katrina.
>> Anonymous
NASTIA WILL GET GOLD

She's the best on beam.

Unless judges give it to china...

/shrug
>> Anonymous
I think the judges hate Shawny because she's not like those anorexic gymnasts.
>> Anonymous
My wife shawn will get the gold.
>> Anonymous
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>>268660

Whut. Looks nothing like her or any other person for that matter. Someone should do a better one.
>> Anonymous
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>>269607

That's just the work in progress, although the finished one doesn't look that much like her either.
>> Anonymous
>>269635
i bet that guy jerked off on her at least once during the process
>> Anonymous
>>269479

No she won't. China is like the Ferrari of the Olympics.
>> Anonymous
>>269635
God I'd love to carve out her pubic bone
>> Anonymous
I wonder if the guy thought about carving her some camel toe.
>> Anonymous
Does Paula Deen have one?
>> Anonymous
>>269075

You mean the guy that wasn't given the mandatory 0.2 penalty for having an extra hold in his routine and then still bawwed when he still fucking lost?
>> Anonymous
I need a shawn johnson doll with a fleshlight built in. Is someone working on this?
>> Anonymous
>>270101

Do want
>> Anonymous
>>270101
contact her agent and try to get a mold cast of her. They need to make bigheads for her and Nastia.
>> Anonymous
>>269099
I know it's late...

BUT FUCK YOU, YOU NIGGER. I WANTED THE OLYMPICS HERE IN 2012 BUT NOOOOOOO SOME JEWS DIDN'T WANT IT PLUS YOU FUCKING CANADAFAGS HAD TO GET THE WINTER ONE, WHICH PRETTY MUCH PUT US OUT OF CONTENTION.

FUCK YOU ALL. FUCK YOU ALL.

YES, I'M BUTTHURT. AND IF CHICAGO GETS IT, IT'LL BE UNTIL I'M FUCKING 60 OR SOMETHING BEFORE NYC WOULD HAVE A CHANCE AGAIN.
>> Anonymous
>>270609
I want Miami to have it, that would be SO splash.
>> Anonymous
>>270643

Do you really think the city of Miami could ever put that shit together? Our politicians would fuck that up so bad it would be the biggest embarrassment of all time. They can't even build a baseball stadium here.
>> Anonymous
>>270609
I'm still pissed at losing the 2012(?) ones.
Freaking IOC.
NYC would have made the olympics pimptastic.
>> Anonymous
>>270653
Shit woulda been a terrorist dream, not to mention the greasy ass italians and puerto ricans who reside there really didn't want it in the first place.
>> Anonymous
>>269064
>Gymnastics ALWAYS rewarded risks, but now it does so disproportionately. In the past, a gorgeous routine with a high degree of difficulty would blow everyone away. However, taking the risk and FAILING to execute the routine well was punished.
Judging like that is actually more arbitrary and leaves even more room for bias.

Now they have it set with specific point values and deductions, it's the fairest way.

I think the reductions for falling on your ass are too low, though.
>> Anonymous
Which is why Salt Lake was the almost perfect place, even if we bribed a few people. It was still JAWSOME