Posted in Articles, Gymnasts, tagged alicia sacramone, chellsie memmel, nastia liukin, shawn johnson on March 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Hope you all had a happy Easter.
So if you hadn’t heard already, Nastia, Shawn, Chellsie, and Alicia were in the most recent issue of Vogue, I assume as some sort of promotional thing for the Olympics. It’s not like they haven’t done it before; during the run-up to the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Vogue did a photoshoot that [...]
Posted in NCAA Gymnastics, Pictures and Montages, tagged terin humphrey on March 22, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in Uncategorized on March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Some useful words to know when talking to gymnastics fans:
DTY: Yurchenko vault with 2.0 twist. Known as a Baitova to gymnastics snobs.
Form: noun. The prettiness with which a gymnast does her skills.
FTY: noun. Yurchenko vault with 1.0 twist.
Handstand: noun. Uneven bars; In which the gymnast is perfectly vertical (or at least within 10 degrees) above [...]
Posted in Drama and Gossip, Other Meets, tagged darlene hill, ivana hong, jana bieger, jordyn wieber, lyudmila yezhova, nastia liukin, rebecca bross, samantha shapiro on March 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
For some reason they’re calling this the Pacific Rim something-or-other. Oh well.
All right people. Here’s the word on the street on who’s going:
Seniors
Jana Bieger (yay!)
Darlene Hill
Nastia Liukin (eh?!)
WHAT NO CHELLSIE.
Apparently Darlene’s gotten another assignment. That’s more than can be said for poor Lou Stack-Eaton and Amber Trani. But then both of them are injured. (The [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bridget sloan on March 20, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Dear International Gymnast,
I appreciate that you did a feature on Bridget Sloan. I love her.
But did you really have to use a picture that shows her leotard riding up so that the reader can see her underwear?!
Signed, A fan.
Posted in Drama and Gossip, Olympics, tagged lavinia miloşovici, shannon miller, tatiana gutsu on March 20, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Before anything else is to be said, I must direct you to the wonderful tribute the Gymblog featured on Miss Terin Humphrey. God I miss her. (sob)
Now, then…
The Real All-Around Champion of the 1992 Olympic Games
Who was it? Shannon Miller or Tatiana Gutsu?
Those who support Gutsu say that it came down to difficulty between her and [...]
Posted in NCAA Gymnastics, tagged terin humphrey on March 18, 2008 | No Comments »
NOOOOOOOOO!!! Not Terin!
Tide gymnastics suffers a huge setback
Are they telling me I have to deal with an NCAA Championships without Courtney K. and Terin?!
Now who will win the NCAA uneven bars title? (Maybe Anna Li and her ZOMG Tkatchev?)
EDIT: Now that I have recovered sufficiently from the shock, I realize that this should not really [...]
Posted in Drama and Gossip, Gymnasts, tagged mirela tugurlan, sandra izbasa, steliana nistor, yelena produnova, yelena zamolodchikova on March 17, 2008 | 3 Comments »
It’s Russia-Romania Day…
Feel free to answer all, some, or none of the questions in the comments. I enjoy reading the answers.
1. How tall is Sandra Izbasa (I’ve heard conflicting reports)?
2. What happened to Zamo’s mother? (I heard she sadly passed away, but when and how?)
3. Where in the world is Mirela Tugurlan (ROM)?
4. Is Produnova still [...]
Posted in Other Meets, tagged australian gymnastics, daria joura, lauren mitchell on March 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The awesome Aussie duo of Dasha Joura and Lauren Mitchell were in the USA today, rocking the boat at the Friendship Classic in Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
Dasha and Lauren went 1-2 in the all-around, although both of them only did a Yurchenko 1.0 twist vault…Dasha is certainly capable of vaulting more than that, but I suppose she [...]
Posted in Other Meets, tagged alina kozich, beth tweddle, dariya zgoba, european championships, iryna krasnyanska, jana komrskova, stefani bismpikou, suzanne harmes on March 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(Personal Rant: This morning I was riding the train and some pervert across the aisle from me was playing with his private parts, which were hanging out for all to see. It would be an understatement to say that I do NOT approve of this behavior.)
I’m psyched for the upcoming European Championships. I’m even more excited by the [...]
