In this event the Olympic champion was the Romanian Sandra Isbasa, who,
after two vaults, got a score of 15,191. The silver
medal went to Maroney (15.083) and the bronze to Paseka (15.050).
"I expected to be one of the medallists because I
tried very hard. At the beginning, independently of Maroney’s fall I thought I
would win bronze. Later, when I watched the video, I thought I could have been
second. But the judges decide everything. Nobody wins crashing his or her vault,
and even less a medal", told Paseka in an interview organized in the
framework of the BTV project at The Bosco Club.
Paseka won an individual bronze and the silver medal
in the team final.
"I could have performed my vault better in the
final. Nastia Grishina and Ksiusha Afanassieva made mistakes. We didn’t
perform very well on vault and floor. Without those mistakes, we could have won
gold", said Paseka.
The gymnast added that, according to their
calculations, with an ideal performance in the team final, they could have lost
one point to the Americans. “It’s a pity that we didn’t win gold, but I think
that silver at the Olympics tells something. Although we want gold, we always
want to be first. It means that we have to work to be first because nothing is
easy”.
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