Were inquiries always so common? I remember when it happened for Aly for the 2012 beam event finals, it seemed like such a huge deal with Bela standing up and shouting to Mihai and Mihai running around. But there were quite a few inquiries during today's beam EF.
But I also remember the whole issue with Paul Hamm winning the gold AA in 2004 and the Korean gymnast who got bronze had an incorrect start value on an event, and would have won gold had he been given the correct start value. But the protest wasn't filed until days later, and it was determined that the start value was incorrect, but the final results remained the same. After that, I think I'd rather always file an inquiry and be safe, rather than figure out after the fact that there was a mistake and realize that not filing an inquiry cost you the gold medal.
But I also remember the whole issue with Paul Hamm winning the gold AA in 2004 and the Korean gymnast who got bronze had an incorrect start value on an event, and would have won gold had he been given the correct start value. But the protest wasn't filed until days later, and it was determined that the start value was incorrect, but the final results remained the same. After that, I think I'd rather always file an inquiry and be safe, rather than figure out after the fact that there was a mistake and realize that not filing an inquiry cost you the gold medal.