Bummer that the US didn’t win the gold, but their program has brought home so many medals. The Chinese are incredibly hard working gymnasts. I’m glad they earned the gold in their home country!
La presión saco lo mejor de Fei. Aunque no se llevo una medalla Fei en el ejercisio de suelo o la medalla de oro en el salto de caballos, es una campeona en mi libro.
I LOVED LOVED LOVED watching China win this gold medal. Their performances were electrifying on all 4 pieces and they were just breathtaking on the day. Loved this Chinese team!
I am from the USA but I am happy for China. The gymnast put medals on their coaches. At 5:31 the Chinese woman wanted Shawn and the US to step on the podium but she and they went to shake hands with the others instead. And Alicia did smile and laugh at some points.
It's sad to see Alicia looks almost ashamed :( I know she didn't win any medals on her own, but the way she looks here, it's like she's feeling she was responsible for USA not winning team gold. Is that the way others saw it too or is this me misinterpreting the whole thing? Either way, I hope she can look back and still be proud she made it to the 08 Olympics!
yes please i really want to see the team final and event finals.. from NBC... because i already watched the BBC ones.. please please please!! :)) great videos
@@joeyhawkins1870 at the time, a fall was only a 0.8 deduction, and the gap between USA and China was over 2 points, so mathematically, Alicia could have not possibly costed her team gold since adding the 1.6 that she lost for the team would have made no difference. China still would have won by 6 tenths if Alicia didn’t fall twice, and Cheng Fei of China also had a fall on beam, so China had on average much higher difficulty than USA, so Alicia not falling twice would have made no difference.
Medalists often do that when they pose for a picture. It's just a tradition. And it's not just the Olympics or even sports-people do it whenever they get any kind of medal.
And her falling twice would have made no difference. My heart breaks for Alicia but at the same time, you can’t help but to see how tough of a competitor she is.
And despite that, she is a 2x bronze Olympic team medallist, Olympic champion on vault and on floor (I was 5'5 when I was an elite, so I have the utmost respect for Izbasa).
J Buda and where's the truth? It's been 9 years since the 2008 olympics...ha China got cleared in 2000 and ur still trying to fight it. The girls are all in their 20s now...calculate....do math....and use that brain. They deserved to win and because the USA didn't win doesn't mean other countries automatically are cheating or bribed the judges. Ha good one
@@jbuda4263 Have you been living under a rock all these years? There has been an entire investigation for this! If an investigation can’t find out that they’re underage then they were not underage! Learn facts before you comment shit.
J Buda and good luck with a Cheetos head for president. Where's the truth? Did it come out yet? It's been 9 years since the 2008 olympics and China was cleared for the underage thing back in 2000. The truth is the Chinese team deserved to win because they were outstanding in every event while the USA...Alicia fell more than once and that cost the team more than just one point. The USA got 2nd because two of the team members pulled the score back up. Just because the US didn't win doesn't mean other countries were cheating or bribing the judges
J Buda well....when? It's been 9 years so...are u going to investigate and show actual evidence or what? And I'm glad ur not American cuz then America will have one more disgrace along with that Cheetos head.
J Buda I'm a troll? Ha says the one who wants these talented women to be stripped of their medals because they can't accept the fact that some Asian country won...and btw I'm pretty sure my government is pretty democratic....
gowreesh nath oh look another person who knows nothing but how to curse at people...okay I just hope ur not the one who does it cuz sorry buddy I ain't gay
americans fell twice and went out of bounds plenty of times in this final. they fucked up- the only reason they got second were because nastia and shawn were so good. the chinese team was thoroughly amazing and deserved their gold.
livinlikeamy I think the American girls just not good enough. I don't want to juge them but just performed so bad. I can't understand if they are Chinese. Like this kind of performance just so bad.
@@Josh-zn3gn Yang Yilin is not pathetic. She was only 0.075 away from Shawn with a mistake on floor. If she didn’t make the mistake on floor than she would have won the silver medal.
