To Roxic2:

To tell you the truth, i really didn't care who won that night. I believe that if Shawn would've gotten fair scores on beam and bars, it might have been a closer contest. but, honestly i think that nastia deserved it too. She proved everyone wrong and came back to beat the 2007 World Champion. But to tell you the truth, i think it's unfair that on that one night, nastia was just a little bit "better" since shawn has been beating her all this time. And for that matter, where's shawns award for crzy consistenency? she NEVER falls. EVER. and i think she should be rewarded for that. that's a big thing in gymnastics but the media doesn't pay attention to that because, well, they don't know too much about gymnastics do they? they just see the gold medal around nastia's neck and she's an instant hero. while shawn is pushed to the side regretting that stupid step on her amanar. I'm not saying that nastia shouldn't be regarded as a hero either, she should. It's just that the media is regarding her as a hero for reasons that aren't neccesarily reasons to be called a hero. Just because you win a gold medal, doesn't mean you should be automatically a hero. Nastia should be a hero because she was down, badly. She made a huge embarrsassment at the 2007 US Championship. That gave the media time to put her down, count her out, and time for her to prove everyone wrong later. She's worked through the good and the bad, and still came out on top. She is a hero. But the ordinary person at home doesn't know all that... if only they knew...