Posted in Other Meets, tagged american cup, nastia liukin, samantha peszek, shawn johnson, shayla worley, xiao tingting on February 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I won’t be watching the American Cup due to midterm exams, but for the rest of you, here are podium training videos, provided by GymDish (who does some commentary in the videos if you listen carefully).
Miss Johnson and Her Amânar
Miss Johnson and Her Ray
Miss Liukin on bars [...]
Posted in Gymnasts, Olympics, tagged 2008 bejing, anna pavlova, Olympics, yulia lozhecko on February 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Blythe at the Gymblog reported that Yulia Lozhecko (RUS) who had been kicked off the Russian national team after screwing up her beam dismount at the 2007 World Championships preliminaries (therefore knocking herself out of the event final), surged back to reclaim her spot as one of Russia’s foremost Olympic hopefuls.
Hurrah for her! Lozhecko (or [...]
Posted in Gymnasts, Olympics, World Championships, tagged steliana nistor on February 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Take a look at this picture:
I am sure many of you are thinking OMGWTF HOW DID SHE WIN ALL-AROUND SILVER SHE DID NOT DESERVE IT! And you know? I thought the same thing. I used to lump her with Shawn and Vanessa, both of whom I don’t prefer.
Until I got to know a little [...]
Posted in Articles, Gymnasts, Olympics, tagged 2008 beijing, daria joura, Olympics on February 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The awesome Aussie Dasha Joura has just begun writing a regular column for PerthNow, which is powered by the Sunday Times. This column will run in the leadup to Beijing.
Dasha Joura, Beijing Test Event–Uneven Bars Event Final:
Notice that the byline calls Dasha an “Olympic gymnast”. Apparently, she is Australia’s best hope. Next to Miss [...]
Posted in Drama and Gossip, Other Meets, tagged amber trani, american cup, bridget sloan, daria joura, jana bieger, lauren mitchell, nastia liukin, pacific alliance, samantha peszek, shawn johnson, shayla worley, vanessa ferrari on February 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m not excited for the American Cup, which is coming next week.
Mostly because I’m not interested in watching Shawn Johnson dominate the meet. Not even if Shawn throws her Amânar vault, which she probably won’t.
However, what I am pleased about, is that this is the time when Nastia, Shayla, and Shawn will likely unveil [...]
Posted in Gymnasts, tagged svetlana khorkina on February 24, 2008 | 2 Comments »
(Before anything else is to be said, Elfi Schlegel MUST BE REPLACED. Thinking about watching gymnastics on NBC and having to listen to her commentary makes me want to scream. Even Tasha does a better job than her. But my dream replacement would be Kathy Johnson-Clarke, who in my mind, does a much better job [...]
Posted in Gymnasts, tagged anna pavlova, gina gogean, ionela loaies, nastia liukin, svetlana boguinskaya, yelena zamolodchikova on February 22, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Feel free to answer all, some, or none, in the comments.
1. If Boguinskaya is the Goddess and Khorkina is the Diva, then who’s the Queen?
2. Will we see Anna Pavlova (RUS) in Beijing?
3. Does Gina Gogean’s escargot taste good (she farms snails)?
4. Where in the world is Ionela Loaies (ROM)?
5. Does Nastia Liukin really use [...]
Posted in Drama and Gossip, Olympics, Pictures and Montages, tagged mariana bitang, octavian belu, romanian gymnastics, simona amânar on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I love women’s artistic gymnastics, because it might very well be one of the toughest sports in the world and it looks amazing when it’s well done. But what fascinates me more is the stark contrast between what these ladies do, and who they really are.
I like seeing how human they are, even if I don’t like what I see. [...]
Posted in Gymnasts, tagged oksana chusovitina on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We all know Oksana Chusovitina (GER) as the devoted mother who stayed with elite gymnastics out of love for the sport, and most importantly, for her son.
However, she does have another side to her:
This took place in 1995, if you really wanted to know.
Posted in Olympics, Pictures and Montages, tagged catalina ponor, montages, romanian gymnastics on February 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
If you hadn’t noticed, I’m on a bit of a Romanian Nostalgia Kick right now. Ah, for the glory days of Milo, Răducan, and yes, even Ponor. I was amusing myself watching old videos of her and found that I am really quite fond of Miss Cătălina, or at least her pre-2005 self. She is [...]
