HOW DID NASTIA LIUKIN GET THE SILVER MEDAL IN THE UNEVEN BARS?”
Nastia Liukin and China’s He Kexin at first tied, both receiving final marks of 16.725. They also earned identical A and B-panel scores of 7.70 and 9.025. The next tie breaker was a calculation that took into account individual marks given by judges on the B-panel and on that tie breaker He was awarded the gold and Liukin the silver. When they have to go down to that level to try to create some sort of difference between two athletes with the same score, I think they should just allow a tie. They do so in many other Olympic sports, why not gymnastics?
