My favorite is Carly Patterson of women's gymnastics. Even after her off day in the team competition, she came through and won the individual for the US of A.
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I honestly missed out on most of the last week of the Olympics, but since I always seemed to see Carly Patterson and Michael Phelps on tv, I'll have to say that they came across as my favorite athletes.
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Looking at all the deleted posts, I'm guessing suggestive comments were made about Carly.
Her performance in the all around was historic, but I'm going to throw you a few curveballs.
My favorite is Yuri Chechi of Italy. He was known as "The Lord of the Rings" in nineties because for six years nobody could beat him. He came out of retirement to take the bronze.
Next would be Alexei Nemov. He was not the only one screwed by bad scoring (Jordan Jovtchev comes to mind), but he was such a class act the entire time. For those who don't know, he is a gymnastic legend and performed SIX release skills in his high bar routine.
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Come to think of it, Jordan Jovtchev got screwed over by bad scoring at the 2003 World Championships in the men's ring finals. He shared the gold with Demothenis Tampakos (sp?), even tho Jordan stuck his landing,had more difficulty and had an overall better look to his routine (he didnt shake or tremble as much as Tampakos did)... Tampakos took a hop AND a step on his dismount, and shook through the whole routine, and even though I dont know much about men's gymnastics, his routine wasnt as difficult as Jordan's... Jordan should have gotten the gold to himself at Worlds, as well as the Athens Olympics.
*Dani
Tampakos also hopped at the Olympics. Jovtchev or Yuri Chechi should have won the gold. Chechi had the most stable exercise, but Jovtchev probably should have been ahead by virtue of his routine, even with equal start value.
Furthermore, since Tampakos had a nearly identical routine to his 2003 one, Hiroyuki Tomita should have been third with Tampakos in fourth tied with Matteo Morandi.
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I don't have Nemov's routine on tape, so I cannot comment. However, Tim Daggett and Al Trautwig did agree with my position. How did Igor Cassina catch low and who do you think deserved the gold?
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