All that gave her a .225-point lead heading into the final event, but given the competition, she basically needed Khorkina to falter to have a chance.
After Khorkina's routine, Patterson needed a 9.45 to win, and her vault had a start value of 9.7. It meant she had to be nearly perfect, or try something harder. But her coach, Evgeny Marchenko, said there was no way they were going to change things in the middle of the competition. Her step forward on the landing was the difference. She finished .188 points back.
Finishing third was Nan Zhang, who gave China the bronze it lost in the team competition when her teammate was penalized .2 points for illegally warming up. The teammate, Ye Fan, was supposed to compete in the all-around, but was replaced by another teammate, Xin Kang. No explanation for the change was immediately given.
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