Shawn Johnson Wins Balance Beam Gold, Nastia Liukin Silver

SURE, SOUNDS LIKE YOU ARE A SORE LOSER OR MAYBE JUST A LOSER !!!! TAKE 2 ASPRIN & REST !!!!

Aren't you pathetic! When is your one way flight leaving for
Communist China?

Get a life!!!!

Your country may not have the technology to test for drugs? Tell me, what technology does your country have that was not given to you by the U.S.?

IU love to read ignorant peoples internet comments. One get a basic education (work on your basic vocabulary, spelling, sentence structure, etc) Now the judges in the olympics have been fairly consistent across the various olympic events but to even the untrained eye (not the ignorant, unfortunately or those who are just bias against Americans in general) there were extreme and very notable irregulaities in the overall gymnastics judging (this includes trampoline, men and womens gymnastics, and other gymnastic events. unfortunately, that is just how it is and will need to be addressed after the olympics in order to reach a method of scoring that is more objective. Placing judges in place from countries that have never won an olympic medal in any event is at the very least questionable (reason for debate and change). These athletes work very hard all their lives for this one weeks opportunities and I think we owe them ALL the best and fairest chance to be credited with the results they earn. The international olympics federation has enough monitary support for them to hire and train specialized judges for events like a mni UN for olympics and train them in international events in the interim years. The judging would be more experienced and less people should have cause to complain. The chinese girls ARE underage, the one is only 13 years old and it was recently posted on the web from china on a web site that was discovered then rapidly taken down. The other girl is even younger. I think it is criminal to put those little girls under that kind of stress too early (though they have semmingly handled it very well) I feel sorry for the girls because I believe they were forced into this situation. they are undisputably great athletes but they are too young by international "agreement". They can be proven at their age through a simple independent dental exam. There are teeth that erupt after a certain age and to a specific degree in young people and this could definitivly prove or disprove their age. They should submit and are require to do so by olympic rules. I believe that in the near future (post-2008 olympics) these two youngsters will be stripped of their awards. A travesty but fair. Terrible for the two girls but fair to the world of olympic athletes and the world audience too. Play fair (everyone (( USA included)) or face the brutal consequnnces of justice.

Hey loser, there is a test for the gymnasts, it's a bone test and the USA team is going to call for the test after the Olympics. It's not whether they are better, it's that they broke the rules just like Jones. We are not above the rules and the Chinese shouldn't be either. So obviously you come from a country not medaling so shut the hell up and go back to your pathetic country.

Talk about complaining!!! I can tell by your lack of skill in the English language you are probably spewing sour grapes. Also, if you had been paying attention, you woul dknow that Michael Phelps is estranged from his father, and divorced his mother many years ago. Get the facts before you spew this kind of angst.

Who took your muzzel off?

What a puerile, silly letter you wrote. Grow up some.....oh and by the way .........get an education.

YOU must not think before you open your mouth!!! You cant even speak english so when you learn your FACTS n learn how to write come back and comment... Phelps dont do DRUGS.. the CHINESE are cheaters and they dont even treat their gymnast with respect.... AT LEAST the americans work hard.... so get a life and grow up!!!!

I do not usually comment to these things but you obviously are not a american and any country who takes children away from there parents at age 3 to 6 in order to make the best at any sport should be shot. It doesn't help now does it because ours are still over all the best.
And for his father not being there does not matter. You don't need a man in your life to be great in sports.
You are truely a dick!

why did you have to have a little girl lip-sync in the opening ceremonies? why was your country trying to cover up the story of the dancer getting paralized while practicing for the opening ceremonies? why is all your media censored? and as for gymnastics, you say our girls had more time to prepare, why does your country take your female gymnist away from thier parents at the age of 3 or so and they only see thier family occasionally..why is money so much more important to the families versus thier daughters?....nobody is perfect

We are human,so we have to follow the rule we set. It's a fair game. I don't blame Chinese people because cheating is very common under communist regime.

Come on! We haven't solid evidence to accuse Phelps while you don't have solid evidence to criticize under age performer either. That's equal. Don't you know compared with western girls, eastern girls who have the same age look much younger?
Even if it is true, under age problem is nothing compared with scandals of performance enhancer, some biggest of which happened on US athletes. Thats much, much more shameful. If you want to say China cheats, don't forget US is always the biggest liar in the world.
You're in no position to criticize "communist gymnastic machine" because you know nothing about it. Chinese young athletes chose their way totally on their will, not on government's. The government only serves as a organizing role. If you have any doubt about it, refer to 《Discovery Atlas: China》.
As a Chinese, I'm really happy that Phelps achieved his ambitious goal. I watched every swimming game he participated and was cheering for him. I used to worry that nationalism will be a big problem for the Chinese. But I'm really happy to find their solicitude and tolerance for game losers, especially after Liu Xiang's failure. On the contrary, I'm sorry to find that many Americans just can't afford to lose.

Excellent post... I agree with you 100%... Go America.... I am proud of all Americans competing in the Olympics... Gold, Silver, Bronze or no metal at all...

It is wonderful to live in a country that you have a choice... not like the children of China....

The Chinese girls were great, but they should have waited until they were old enough to enter the competition legally. If everyone else has to abide by the rules, so should they.