Disappointments continue for Sacramone
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Sacramone finished fourth out of the event, coming in behind bronze medal winner Cheng Fei, who actually landed one of her vaults on her knees. But both of Fei's vaults had higher difficulty values than Sacramone's. "It's time I get a vacation," Sacramone said after the event, according to the Dallas Morning News' Kate Hairopoulos. "I definitely had to pull myself together a little bit, and the last couple days have not been easy," Sacramone said, when asked about her error-plagued performance in the women's team finals last week. "But I went out there and finished my Olympic Games the best way that I could." Fei got the bronze with a total score of 15.562, Germany's Oksana Chusovitina got the silver with a total score of 15.575, and North Korea's Hong Un Jong took the gold with a total score of 15.650. Sacramone, 20, who finished with a total score of 15.537, will resume classes at Brown in January. 
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Alicia we are all so proud of you. You got back on the horse after falling off. You've got guts, kiddo, and the respect of the world.
You must must bury any disappointment with thanks to God an appreciation of what you did to get to China.
Be proud, be humble, be thankful. You have much to teach others. You have so much to give.
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They used difficulty of the format as an excuse and contribution of "start values". There has to be a way to eliminate this start values due to poor execution!
The Korean went out of bounds TWICE and got ahead because of "start values". Cheng Fei fell on the knees but won it anyway because of "start values".
Then why not pretend you are able to do the movement difficulty at start values 9 or 10 and then skip or mess the last movement and get 7 as execution. You will win gold at 16/17 scores!
Yes, the score was unfair and there's a loophole in the start values.
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ALICIA YOU CAN HOLD YOUR SWEET HEAD HIGH BECAUSE YOU ARE THE TRUE WINNER OF THE BRONZE AND EVERYONE IN WORLD SAW YOU MY DEAR!! AND I HAVE A VERY STRONG FEELING THAT YOUR LIFE IS JUST BEGINNING!!
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ALICIA YOU CAN HOLD YOUR SWEET HEAD HIGH BECAUSE YOU ARE THE TRUE WINNER OF THE BRONZE AND EVERYONE IN WORLD SAW YOU MY DEAR!! AND I HAVE A VERY STRONG FEELING THAT YOUR LIFE IS JUST BEGINNING!!
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ALICIA YOU CAN HOLD YOUR SWEET HEAD HIGH BECAUSE YOU ARE THE TRUE WINNER OF THE BRONZE AND EVERYONE IN WORLD SAW YOU MY DEAR!! AND I HAVE A VERY STRONG FEELING THAT YOUR LIFE IS JUST BEGINNING!!
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alish, only simple beautiful girl.
i like her so much.
i hope someday meet her.
peace.
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