Word: roterescu
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...being what they are, the beholder can cast a blind or a jaundiced eye, or an indulgent one, depending upon where the gymnast is from. During the compulsory exercises on the balance beam, U.S. Coach Peters lodged four protests over marks given to the Americans by Rumanian Judge Julia Roterescu. But having gone 4 for 6 in the complaint department, Peters went 0 for 4 in the appeals process. Nonetheless, he had his point. Roterescu consistently gave the Americans scores as much as .4 and .5 of a point below those given by the other three judges, yet she gave...
During the second night's competition, the rest of the judges could only agree, if not in such inflated terms, with Roterescu's opinion of the Rumanian team's performance. At the same time, some of the U.S. stars were not at their best. Julianne McNamara, 18, forced to wait for more than five minutes while Roterescu's previous score provoked another judges' haggle, lost her concentration and fell doing a mount that she has not missed in years. Crashes are contagious, and the rest of the American team struggled to remain aboard during their...
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