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** If there ''were'' event finals at Nationals, calling up an alternate to compete in one of the finals after it's already started (as is done with Tricia on beam) would be wildly irregular and probably a violation of multiple rules -- alternates are only allowed to come in to replace athletes who withdraw ''before'' the start of the competition, not those who scratch in the moment. At most they could put Tricia out to do an "exhibition" routine just to give the crowd something to watch, but an exhibition routine explicitly means it's not an official part of the competition[[labelnote:*]]this famously happened to Gabby Douglas at the 2012 American Cup, where she technically got the highest cumulative score for her exhibition set but as she wasn't an official participant, it didn't "count" for medal purposes[[/labelnote]], so Tricia wouldn't be in contention for a medal even with all the other routines being scratches. Theoretically, it's ''maybe'' possible that the judges and the people running nationals conspired to disregard those rules due to the situation, but if that were the case, surely someone would have at least commented on it (if only to comment on the hypocrisy of the judges being willing to disregard a rule after being so strict with the rules for everyone else), but no one says a word about it.
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** If there ''were'' event finals at Nationals, calling up an alternate to compete in one of the finals after it's already started (as is done with Tricia on beam) would be wildly irregular and probably a violation of multiple rules -- alternates are only allowed to come in to replace athletes who withdraw ''before'' the start of the competition, not those who scratch in the moment. At most they could put Tricia out to do an "exhibition" routine just to give the crowd something to watch, but an exhibition routine explicitly means it's not an official part of the competition[[labelnote:*]]this famously happened to Gabby Douglas at the 2012 American Cup, where she technically got the highest cumulative score for her exhibition set but as she wasn't an official participant, it didn't "count" for medal purposes[[/labelnote]], so Tricia wouldn't be in contention for a medal even with all the other routines being scratches. Theoretically, it's ''maybe'' possible that the judges and the people running nationals conspired to disregard those rules due to the situation, but if that were the case, surely someone would have at least commented on it (if only to comment on note the hypocrisy of the judges being willing to disregard a rule after being so strict with the rules for everyone else), but no one says a word about it.
