Nastia Interview - Long Form

[Doug1233]

Anyone know what routine she’s referring to at @25:30 - must be either worlds EF UB 2006 or 2007.

 

[Passion]

2006
1. Beth Tweddle GBR 16.200
2. Nastia Liukin USA 16.050



2007
1. Ksenia Semenova RUS 16.350
2. Nastia Liukin USA 16.300



My guess would be she's referring to 2007. It was a higher score and a tighter difference between 1st and 2nd. She says in the interview that they retooled things afterwards and she went from 7.1D to 7.7D from 2007-2008.

 

[Passion]

Wasn't there a story about that AUS judge? I can't remember what it was but I remember there being something. She was on the panel in '08 too? Doesn't seem to have made a difference here since her score was thrown out for both athletes. Semenova won with the +.1 in D.

That had to have been the judge Valeri questioned, because all the others scored Nastia equal or higher to Semenova.

 

[Matilda23]

Not the same AUS judge in 07 to 08.
The Australia judge in Beijing reportedly got death threats and email harassment.

IIRC there was accusations that Australian judges scored Nastia low. Starting with 05 Worlds in Australia AA silver.

 

[Doug1233]

Not the same AUS judge in 07 to 08.
The Australia judge in Beijing reportedly got death threats and email harassment.

IIRC there was accusations that Australian judges scored Nastia low. Starting with 05 Worlds in Australia AA silver.

Ironically, the AUS judge was merely taking the 0.5 deduction for the half turn on the low bar that all the judges should have given her.

 

[RichardL]

Ironically, the AUS judge was merely taking the 0.5 deduction for the half turn on the low bar that all the judges should have given her.

Doug, I love when you reemerge just to set us right. Long live the .5 low bar pirouette deduction!