jessyjane15 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Well, there's a fine line between gold and silver, but someones got to be second, and that was it for Nastia. I bet if she had gotten gold people would have been like, oh well whatever for yang yilin.

Adorel (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

i accept the result!i think yang yilin uneven bar even better than liukin ... he kexin can won the gold medal is because her routine is more difficult but not as pretty as yilin

GreenSabbath69 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Thank you.

modoturan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Bravo. Instead of owning your mistake, you're actually trying to defend your ignorance, because it's cool to not know anything. And randomly insulting the other guy too, good job.

Minacious (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Gee Wiz sorry I'm not a gymnastics nerd. No I don't know what a rolling hippopotamus somersault frying pan is, and I don't care. I wrote that comment a long time ago when people actually cared about gymnastics and the olympics. Get over yourself.

69tails (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

Minacious, Yilin's routine only looks simple if you're a yokel who knows nothing about gymnastics who's watching it for all the pretty flips. Tell the truth now. Know what a pak salto is? El grip? Cowboy? Know how many tenths of a point are deducted for what errors? Then kindly hush, and think carefully about how a routine with the SAME START VALUE could possibly be "A LOT MORE SIMPLE."Sheesh.

cutiiegalo0 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

ya, i also tot yang yilin would win gold. in my opinion, she executed her routine better than anyone.

gymn0brunette0hanley (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

I think I see what ejwc is saying about releases. She sometimes gets too close to the bar on her pak salto but has good height. Her gienger is high + connected w/ pirouette series so its awesome but her Tkatchev isnt as high. I think she has beautiful form though and love her Ono and pirouetting. She works hard on those bars and her routine and He's are awesome. But I agree with alexgym since He and Nas have more variety so they are awarded even w/ minor form errors in such a close competition.

ejwc10 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

she does a nice pak but i never thought she got that high on her gienger or especially her tkatchev. i guess my last comment made it seem like i don't like nastia. i think she's a great gymnast and bar worker & i was pulling for her in the AA. i just don't like her bar work as much as others. youre right that it was so close it came down to the judges preference which makes since b/c kexin and nastia's routines are more unique. i just thought yilin executed her routine better than both.

alexgym09 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)

really? because I have never seen another gymnast get more height on a gienger or pak than nastiaI think because those three were so close, that what made the difference in the end in terms of medals was simply the judges preference, i.e. originality and routine composition. Even though yang yilin performed very well, she doesn't have as much variety as nastia and he and that's why I think the judges didn't favor her