Medal bid for Aly Raisman slips away on beam

On Thursday night, the world watched as 16 year old Gabrielle Douglas became the fourth female American gymnast to win the coveted Olympic All-Around title. But viewers also saw something else. American Alexandra Raisman was in a tie for bronze withInstead, the American teenager was dropped to fourth place in the women's gymnastics individual all-around competition at the London Olympics — agonizingly out of the medals — on account of a quizzical and controversial tie-breaking rule that mostGold medal winners Missy Franklin and Aly Raisman's parents talk about their experience

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