Posted in Uncategorized, tagged shawn johnson on December 28, 2007 | No Comments »
As it’s the weekend before the New Year, I’m doing a wee bit of housecleaning here…that is to say, I go back over the posts I have made and write addendums to them.
As I have said before, a reader of the blog was kind enough to help me in my search for Shawn Johnson’s Chinese name. And now, [...]
Posted in Gymnasts, tagged 2007 elite canada, allyse ishino, catalina ponor, chellsie memmel, kristina vaculik, peng-peng lee, toyota cup on December 27, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I hope you all had a nice Christmas holiday. Here’s some stuff that happened in the gymnastics world while I was being lazy and not blogging about them:
Olympic gold medalist Cătălina Ponor (ROM) announced her retirement after coming back to help the Romanian team, which is unfortunately still floundering in the post Octavian Belu/Mariana Bitang era. [...]
Posted in Gymnasts, tagged beijing 2008, beijing test event, bridget sloan, chellsie memmel on December 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
NBCOlympics.com interviewed Chellsie and Bridget on their experiences in Beijing.
Said Bridget:
We went and saw the Great Wall (pictured with coach Sharp), which is an experience of a lifetime. To see it with my own eyes and see how beautiful it is … how long it is … I could never imagine building something like that. [...]
Posted in Gymnasts, tagged he kexin, yang yilin on December 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »
In response to my previous entry, reader Katrina pointed me to Gymblog’s mention of He Kexin, member of the Chinese National team, and her uneven bars routine.
Yowza, her release moves! At first I was HOLY CRAP OMG SHE’S FALLING but then she caught the bar as if it were no big deal. Wow.
Just for comparison’s [...]
Posted in Gymnasts, Olympics, World Championships, tagged 2007 stuttgart, 2008 beijing, bridget sloan, ivana hong, nastia liukin, shawn johnson, shayla worley, uneven bars on December 18, 2007 | 8 Comments »
The USA has a gaping dearth in uneven bars, even though Nastia is one of the best bars workers in the world. Uneven bars was one of the events the USA could pack all the points in, and it still is, given the more generous scoring (as it appears to me).
Your Potential Uneven Bars People [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged shawn johnson on December 15, 2007 | No Comments »
Thanks to a reader I have finally found out what Shawn’s Chinese name is.
Knock yourself out.
Posted in Pictures and Montages, World Championships, tagged 2007 stuttgart, montages on December 9, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This montage about the 2007 Worlds Team (sans Bridget) introduced me to Norwegian Recycling, the nom de plume of a guy in Norway who basically melds several pop songs together into one whole.
Posted in Articles, Gymnasts, NCAA Gymnastics, tagged courtney kupets on December 6, 2007 | No Comments »
Because I heart her, even if she is an Interior Design major now (or something like that).
Inside Gymnastics Magazine recently interviewed Courtney, and it’s on their website.
I did have some thoughts about [trying for 2008 Beijing]. I didn’t know much about the Code or anything so I researched some information and looked into it. Right [...]
Posted in Drama and Gossip, Gymnasts, NCAA Gymnastics, tagged courtney kupets on December 3, 2007 | No Comments »
The Kupets Comeback ends here. (For now.)
The Gym Dogs have made it official–Courtney Kupets will NOT try for Beijing.
I expected this, but I’m very sad, all the same. She could’ve been a real asset for the team.
Posted in Olympics, Other Meets, tagged beijing test event, bridget sloan, chellsie memmel, cheng fei, lauren mitchell on December 3, 2007 | No Comments »
Cheng Fei won the balance beam event finals at the Test Event. (What?!) Unfortunately for her, this just might be the only time she gets first place on balance beam. Not when some of her own teammates are better than her at it (i.e., Li Shanshan).
Lauren Mitchell (AUS) got second place. Apparently she is copying [...]
