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| Maria smiles as she learns she has won a well deserved bronze medal. (Left) silver medallist Maroney reflects. RGF |
Lupita translates a short interview with Olympic bronze medalist on the vault, Maria Paseka
The
judges at the vault Olympic final could have given McKayla Maroney a
lower score and not the silver medal, said to Ru-Sport bronze medallist
Maria Paseka.
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”.
Happy for Paseka, at least she won an individual medal, it shoudl give her confidence.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to Paseka for winning the individual bronze. I think it's obvious she should have won the silver, especially since Maroney hardly landed on her heals.. It's not fair that someone elses reputation - not performance - beat Maria. But nonetheless, her performance in the individual vault should instill some confidence moving forward. GOOD LUCK, MARIA!!
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