#tie breakers

“I still find it ridiculous that Aly didn’t win the tie breaker in London. Look I understand how the tie breaker works in stuff but I think they need to change the tie breaker for the all around. Instead of the lowest score being taken away take away the highest, so that way gymnasts who rely on one event to score high don’t win. Aly outscored Alyia on vault, floor and beam. Alyia had the better bars. Just saying”

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“Personally I think they should go back and Unbreak all former ties that pushed someone off a podium. Send them their deserved medal you cowards”

“FIG should do us all a favor and get rid of tiebreakers once and for all. If two gymnasts tie, they should both get the medal.”

“Concept: Instead of the current AA tie breaking rules (dropping the gymnasts lowest scoring event), the gymnasts who tie get to redo their lowest scoring event. This way, the gymnasts can be placed rightfully and it creates more anticipation for the media and viewers.”

“OK Nastia and He Kexin's tie breaker ws ridiculous. I get it if it was all around. But they were competing JUST BARS. AND GOT THE SAME SCORE. If they had different D and E scores it would be almost tolerable. But they literally managed the exact same thing. (then again He Kexin was the rightful winner in my mind so who cares about the score she still won. It's like, who cares if Simone gets a 65 aa. SHe would win anyway.)”