Comments on: In the Wake of the European Championships

By: mohammad

mohammad — Thu, 29 May 2008 08:22:54 +0000

good luck Sandra Izbasa

By: amy

amy — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:49:59 +0000

if nastia nails all her routines she can give shawn a run for her money

By: memyselfandi

memyselfandi — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:25:08 +0000

im so tired of people giving these athletes medals in the olympics and they have not even qualified yet! ANYWAYS
i think this olympics should be a good one with all the upgrades and everthing.

By: Apple

Apple — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 12:40:23 +0000

if only cheng fei were competing in the all-around. she could give johnson some good competition.

By: Kristoffer

Kristoffer — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 07:38:36 +0000

honestly you really have the point about alicia. its true that shes poweful and all but it just doesnt look that she can pull to win the floor. and there are already many gymnasts who are looking better in the floor compared to alicia. like cheng, izbasa, shawn, beth,yuyuan and even myzdrikova(if she can be a russian member in the olympics). I also like anna pavlova to win atleast bronze in the floor. her new routine in just beautiful but she need lots of work especially in upgrading her routine’s A score.
about beth, i really dont think she can medal in the UB. yes she is beautiful bar worker but the game in the olympics will be A scores. it will definitely a battle between nastia,semenova and the two chinese girls.
its true that at this point, there is no clear gymnast who can challenge shawn. Izbasa can step up if she cleans her UB. nistor needs a lot of work on her UB. she has the big A score but the B panel will give her a lower score.Jade also need to work her UB i mean a lot of work.it seems that the event that she can score high is only the vault.ferrari also need lots of work and i really don’t see her doing the amanar. but ofcourse she is really determine to win so she will definitely do everything. Jiang yuyuan can also medal with her new amanar vault. she can score atleasr 16+ in the UB and 15+ on the floor and BB. WHy dont He kexin try for the AA, she is also said to have the amanar vault. with the sky high score on the UB and a decent BB score and floor.
my heart also goes to patrascu. she is very useful for the romania especially on UB and she can also givew a decent score on the BB and floor. And by the way the romanians have upgraded their vaults to DTY.
Anna pavlova also showed her amanar vault but wasnt close enough she has a lot of work to do to make that vault.
I really thought that afanaseva can really give a great score and can even compete on the olympics but she was just inconsistent and made errors in all the apparatus she did.
im still wondering about lozhecko especially the updrades she did in her BB and floor anr especially the vault because she is said to be trying the produnova vault.
Kramarenko may also go to the olympics because aside from semenova there is no longer gymnast who can deliver on UB except her. this situation can also be applied with worley.aside from nastia there is no longer american gymnast who can score that high not even shawn and memmel.

By: jimena

jimena — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 06:48:50 +0000

i have to say tha the romanians are in the battle for the olympic gold!!! they gave a great performance at the european championships with one injured, one new comer and with nistor,isbaza and tamarjan back from injuries!! i think that by the time of the olympics all the team will be at great form and they will win the olympic medal!!!

By: spiffer81

spiffer81 — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 01:24:32 +0000

Can I just say that looking at the Europeans championship makes Jana Bieger, Chellsie Memmel kind of “big”?
The Europeans seemed so skinny and yet have some power. It makes the whole thing looks better..
\I just started following gymnastics since 2004.