Exactly... I actually liked Olaru (one of the few tolerable Romanian's) but this score was outrageous. This should have been no higher than 9.40. She should have lost SV for the mistake at the beginning. If I was Ukraine, Russia, and China I would have complained to the FIG at every chance I got. At least this was one of the last years of Romania's overscoring. It seemed to finally calm down by 2004 but not completely.
How did this get a 9.575 ☠️ Had she been Ukrainian, or Chinesse she would have gotten a 9.300 without question or hesistation
Exactly... I actually liked Olaru (one of the few tolerable Romanian's) but this score was outrageous. This should have been no higher than 9.40. She should have lost SV for the mistake at the beginning. If I was Ukraine, Russia, and China I would have complained to the FIG at every chance I got. At least this was one of the last years of Romania's overscoring. It seemed to finally calm down by 2004 but not completely.
Some judges gave it a 9.60. Probably impressed by her world title.
The score is a joke. Way too high.