{"id":3344,"date":"2024-08-08T18:23:57","date_gmt":"2024-08-08T18:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3344"},"modified":"2024-08-08T18:23:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-08T18:23:57","slug":"simone-biles-coach-hits-out-at-olympics-judges-after-giving-team-usa-gymnast-harsh-penalty-in-the-balance-beam-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=3344","title":{"rendered":"Simone Biles\u2019 coach hits out at Olympics judges after giving Team USA gymnast \u2018harsh\u2019 penalty in the balance beam final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Biles\u2019 coach didn\u2019t shy away from criticizing Olympic gymnastics judges after her star pupil was penalized over an apparently minor transgression.<\/p>\n<p>Biles\u2019 penultimate performance in Paris ended with a fifth-place finish on the balance beam due to a rare tumble in the event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Later her score of 13.100 reflected a 0.3-point deduction for failing to conclude her routine properly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The issue, it turns out, was that Biles neglected to properly acknowledge the D1 judge at the end of her performance. According to International Gymnastics Federation\u2019s Code of Points, gymnasts must \u2018present themselves in the proper manner (arm\/s up) and thereby acknowledge the D1 Judge at the commencement of her exercise and to acknowledge the same judge at the conclusion of her exercise.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1554392\" data-uid=\"042bb\">\n<div id=\"mgw1554392_042bb\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox card-media\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\">\n<p>Afterwards, coach Cecile Landi questioned the decision along with many disappointed American gymnastics fans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1554390\" data-uid=\"078be\">\n<div id=\"mgw1554390_078be\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"mgbox\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simone Biles\u2019 coach didn\u2019t shy away from criticizing Olympic gymnastics judges after her star pupil was penalized over an apparently minor transgression. Biles\u2019 penultimate performance in Paris ended with a &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3344"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3346,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3344\/revisions\/3346"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}