Catalina Ponor..... She has a glorious 2004 Olympics, pushing her team to the gold medal, winning the floor and beam gold in 2004. She was dominant, but she retired for a little bit, missing out in 2008. But she did come back for 2012. But, she had some problems in qualifying, including a ton of balance checks on balance beam, bailing out a tumbling pass on floor. She also had a HUGE beyond HUGE balance check on beam on the finals, losing the bronze to Aly, who had a much better performance. Getting the bronze on D value above Cat. And on floor, it was obvious that Aly had the better routine, sticking every landing, and getting a massive (for floor at least) 15.600. Catalina followed that with a 15.200 floor routine. Giving Aly a 5/10 lead. So, Catalina lost everything.
1. She lost the team final gold medal to the Americans
2. She lost any hope of a beam medal to Aly Raisman
3. She lost her floor gold medal to Aly Raisman.
I wish Catalina was still in the sport, she could have redeemed herself in Rio.
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