Vanessa's dream was shattered at 18pm when Aliya Mustafina scored the same on floor exercise: 14,900. The Russian thus wins the bronze medal, thanks to a better assessment of the exercise by the judges. The result is in fact the sum of the difficulty coefficient, higher for Vanessa, together with the judgment on the execution. Mustafina's exercise, an undoubtedly elegant gymnast, seemed more precise. Wooden medal therefore for the good blue gymnast, who fails to crown her Olympic goal. London sends Italy home in artistic gymnastics with just one medal and two near successes, a meager booty for the commitment and skill shown by the athletes.
As forecast the gold went to the American Alexandra Raisman and the silver to the Romanian Catalina Ponor, a gymnast of great experience and talent, who created a perfect floor exercise. Chapeau also for Raisman, he specifies, very "gymnastic" athletics as the American school wants.
With the women's floor exercise final, the curtain falls on this sport, which offered ten days of entertainment and great emotions. The most beautiful final took place today, on the barre where the golden boy was Epke Zonderland. The "Flying Dutchman" performed a fantastic exercise, full of difficulty and dynamism. But what made this pyrotechnic competition was the growing skill of the athletes, all at the top of their form and possibilities. Silver for the German Fabian Hambuechen, who had the only limit of finding the young Dutchman on his way. Third place for the outgoing Olympic champion, the Chinese Zou Kai.
The final on beam was also good, where the Chinese Linlin Deng and Lui Sui prevailed, first and second, also revealing a considerable amount of rivalry between them. Third place for Alexandra Raisman after an appeal accepted by the jury. In this way the Romanian Ponor left the podium, leaving the audience at the Arena and the television audience speechless. Unfortunately, the great limit of gymnastics lies in the judgment of man, always arbitrary by nature, always questionable. No chance for Victoria Komova, now not very concentrated and that she has fallen twice.
China's Feng Che finally won gold in the uneven bars, second place for the German Marcel Nguyen, silver also in the all around. Bronze to the Frenchman Hamilton Sabot.
