Was Alicia Sacramone ripped off?

It's all about the judging system. Even if the vault was executed much more accurately, the current judging system also takes into account the difficulty of the vaults. So, if a gymnast makes a perfect vault, but the vault is not so difficult, the medal can go to another gymnast that misses a part of the vault, if the vault is more difficult. I think they must work on this system... Also, maybe the Chinese gymnast got some extra points because she represented the host nation too... that often happens.

I think she was. I saw her vault today. She was so much than Cheng Fei, the girl who stole her bronze medal in the event.