If Alicia Sacramone and/or Chelsie Memmel had been on the 2004...?

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U.S. Olympic gymnastics team, don't you think we would have won the gold instead of the silver behind the Romanians? I know Memmel was injured, but she was the main reason why we won the gold at the 2003 World Championships (along with Carly Patterson of course), literally being flown in at the last minute when others got injured. And Sacramone, who didn't even qualify for the 2004 trials because of a bad performance at nationals, ended the year at the 2004 World Cup Finals by winning the gold on vault, defeating the Olympic gold medalist Monica Rosu of Romania. I know it's 4 years past, but considering who we did send to the Athens games, and how they did there (namely Courtney McCool, who had a horrible Olympic competition), I think we would have won.

Update:

Obviously when I say "we" I mean the U.S. I forget that not everybody in this forum is American, please forgive me.

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

Maybe. We'll never know. Both Memmel and Sacramone could have had a bad meet at the Olympics. Or not. If they were on the team and did well, I have no doubt that we would have won.

Let's just hope they're both on the team this year (I'm sure they will be)...

Lauren w · Answer

Alicia Sacramone didnt make it to the 2004 trials because she messed up.... that obviously showed that she was either not mentally or physically prepared. What if she had made a mistake and did the same thing at the olympics? 

Chelsie Memmel was obviously injured and might have not been able to fully recover so fast if she was training for the olympics.She cold have potentially done some harm to her body that she may not have been able to recouperate from

So to answer your question NO but this year with both of them on the omlypic team (hopefully and proabaly) we should be able to take home the gold

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