The announcers have constantly made it obvious, whatever the sport, that no country has an advantage with the amount of judges. It was just poor judging that the girl who beat Alicia Sacramone fell flat on her face. It was simply incompetence that kept judges from giving points to Demetrius Andrade for landing punch after punch on his opponent. It is true that no single country can influence these outcomes. However no country is as disliked for our foreign policy decisions right now as the United States is. America is not a well like nation in Europe, Asia, or Latin America. The fact that our foreign policy is that we know best, leaves a bad taste in other country's mouths. Whether it's subliminal or not I'm sure some of the judges in boxing and gymnastics wouldn't mind seeing the US's self-proclaimed superiority knocked down a few pegs. How often do you hear other country's leaders going on and on about how their country is the best in the world? Sometimes people want to put the cocky kid who thinks they are better than everyone else in their place.
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