A good final for the USA. Shawn had fallen TWICE on Beam — but came back to get the highest score on Floor. Good experience for the Olympics, I’d say. Never give up.
Floor exercise is one of her favorite routines, and it’s easy to see why. Her bubbly personality comes out as she dances across the floor, playing to the crowd and the judges. So, too, does her power. She gets so high on her tumbling passes it would take a very large ladder to reach her, yet she lands them with ease.
Her score of 15.250 was good enough for first place, but Cheng, the defending champion, and Sacramone, the 2005 gold medalist, were still to go. Cheng’s chances ended when she went so far out of bounds, she practically toppled off the podium.
Sacramone did her usual dazzling routine that’s a mix of sass and power. But she had a slight skid at the end of one tumbling pass, and that was the difference between silver and gold.
Sacramone finished 0.025 behind her younger teammate and was crying afterward.
“Alicia worked so hard, she deserves everything,” Johnson said. “She deserves the gold just as much. I thought her routine was priceless, couldn’t be replaced. It deserved the same amount I got.”
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