<p>Tiny Deng did a great floor. Could get bronze.</p>
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<p>There was no political propaganda in the opening ceremony. I assume you’re referring to the NHS segment with all the hospital beds? There was nothing political about that, British people love their NHS and we are very proud of it, why shouldn’t we celebrate it as part of our culture?</p>
<p>Well, I know which gym I would NOT enroll my child in!!!</p>
<p>I don’t know the law in Virginia, but in many states, a child under 18 (or in some states 16) can’t enter into a binding contract. That goes double for an agreed share of future earnings. The way around this in some states is for a court to appoint a guardian ad litem to represent the child and have a court review and approve the contract in advance.</p>
<p>Yes, a parent can sign a contract to pay for her child’s lessons or a gym or any other type of instructional service can require payment before the lessons or set up a payment plan. But it’s ONLY the parent, NOT the child, who is responsible. </p>
<p>If this is a professional gym, then I’m sure it was well aware that any–apparently oral–contract with Ms. Hawkins for a future share of her DAUGHTER’s earnings might not be enforceable . </p>
<p>The RIDICULOUS article slams Hawkins for not producing a written agreement that Gabby was on a scholarship at Excalibur, but says NOTHING about the fact that Excalibur can’t produce any written contract requiring Gabby to pay it a share of her earnings. Apparently, the paper also didn’t bother to ask any attorney whether the contract Excalibur claims to have with Ms. Hawkins is legal in Virginia. </p>
<p>Frankly, if I were the state prosecutor in Virginia, I think I’d be checking the statute book to find out if Excalibur is engaged in illegal practices.</p>
<p>'Well, I could add something to the gymnastics conversation if my live feed wasn’t constantly freezing up!!! Grrrrr!!!"</p>
<p>This. I’m only getting bits and bobs. :(</p>
<p>Gabby notched a 15.033 on floor. Komova has the best chance of passing her up for all-around gold needs a 15.36 win.</p>
<p>Wow Komova was excellent but got a 15.1</p>
<p>Raisman and Mustafina are tied!</p>
<p>^ and she was very good but they have been very conservative on scoring floor.</p>
<p>Douglas wins! Don’t know about bronze. Do they allow ties now?</p>
<p>Aly was awarded 4th. Evidentially not.</p>
<p>I hope at some point they explain that…</p>
<p>My feeds frozen, sigh. How did they figure out who got 3rd? </p>
<p>Well done to Gabby.</p>
<p>I have no sound on (at work) - how does a tie make her fourth?</p>
<p>I know they now allow ties in the apparatus finals. But they are showing Mustafina as bronze. I guess Aly is shut out. Creepy disappointing karma…Jordan not in due to a rule; Aly out of medals due to a rule.</p>
<p>Gabby is the first female gymnast from the U.S. to win both a Team Gold and an All Around Gold in one Olympics.</p>
<p>Raisman lost out on the podium due to a tiebreaker. According to Associated Press reporter Will Graves on Twitter- The combined execution scores from the events are the tiebreaker and then it’s followed by the difficulty scores.</p>
<p>From twitter:</p>
<p>“Just talked to FIG. Say combined Execution scores are the tiebreaker. Followed by the Difficulty scores”.</p>
<p>Don’t like that one bit. My joy for Gabby is ruined by my disappointment for Aly.</p>
<p>This should help explain it…</p>
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<p>[London</a> Olympics 2012: New gymnastics tie-break rules allow shared metals - London Olympics 2012 - Sporting News](<a href=“http://aol.sportingnews.com/olympics/story/2012-06-19/london-olympics-2012-new-gymnastics-tie-break-rules-allow-shared-metals]London”>http://aol.sportingnews.com/olympics/story/2012-06-19/london-olympics-2012-new-gymnastics-tie-break-rules-allow-shared-metals)</p>
<p>Note: The title of the article is deceiving as it starts with an explanation regarding event finals which now allow ties.</p>
<p>Wow - Gabby! That’s so terrific. The folks on here who were saying they didn’t know how she qualified to be on the team must be happy now that she was! Did she even get below 15.0 on any apparatus during any part of the competition so far?</p>
<p>[Olympic</a> gymnastics tie-break rules changed](<a href=“http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2012/06/20/sp-gymnasts-will-share-medals-due-to-new-tie-break-rule.html]Olympic”>http://www.cbc.ca/sports/story/2012/06/20/sp-gymnasts-will-share-medals-due-to-new-tie-break-rule.html)</p>
<p>It is what it is, but it probably should not have gotten to a tie. The scoring was typical of the Olympics.</p>
<p>It should be difficulty then execution. It is like getting straight A’s taking an easy courseload of doing a little worse with a more challenging courseload. Why should someone who does the easier routine get the bronze while someone who challenges herself be left off the podium/</p>
<p>I watched the 3rd round of this boxing match. It was unreal. You wonder how the ref thought he could get away with that. Fortunately, they reversed the decision on appeal.</p>
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