Beijing Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin finished in an unenviable position for an Olympian on “Dancing With the Stars,” fourth, missing the three-couple finale by being eliminated Tuesday.
Here’s video of the elimination announcement.
Liukin was later asked if it compared to missing the 2012 U.S. Olympic team, four years after she won five medals at the Beijing Games.
“Not really,” she told “Access Hollywood” after the show, attended by her parents.
“As a gymnast, I was always so used to focusing on scores and placements and trying to be at the top,” Liukin told AfterBuzz TV.