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Are You Planning to Watch the Olympics?
Shasta542:
I enjoyed seeing the U.S. men's swim team win the 4 X 100 relay! That was great. :) They didn't get "smashed" at all.
optom3:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on August 10, 2008, 08:25:52 pm ---Cannot believe the announcers of the women's gymnastic are lamenting the "good ole days" of Romanian gymnastics when Karolyi was in charge.
Karolyi is a martinet. His training regime back in the days of Nadia was brutal and cruel and did not take into account the mental, physical or emotional health of the young girls in his charge.
He's a shit.
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Agreed !!!
On the subject of gymnastics anyone else think half the Chinese team are closer to 12 than 16??
Because my daughter is a gymnast we are glued to it and also the tennis for son. But there is no way some of the Chinese gymnasts are 16. Or do they just hit puberty several years later in China?
Brokeback_Dev:
I voted. My answer was watch it some of the time. Ill watch it mostly while my husband is home with it on. He's a sports fan of all kinds.
The Chinese men's gymnastic were incredible.
The Americans' swimming was awesome too.
Katie77:
--- Quote from: optom3 on August 11, 2008, 02:28:44 pm ---
Agreed !!!
On the subject of gymnastics anyone else think half the Chinese team are closer to 12 than 16??
Because my daughter is a gymnast we are glued to it and also the tennis for son. But there is no way some of the Chinese gymnasts are 16. Or do they just hit puberty several years later in China?
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Yes the do look like "little" girls dont they.
I remember reading a story of that Romanian girl who was the first to get 10 out of 10 some years back, Nadia Komenichi (i think it was), and the story revealed that she actually had her puberty chemically held back. Obviiously, it must make a difference to how they perform at gymnastics.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: optom3 on August 11, 2008, 02:28:44 pm ---
Agreed !!!
On the subject of gymnastics anyone else think half the Chinese team are closer to 12 than 16??
Because my daughter is a gymnast we are glued to it and also the tennis for son. But there is no way some of the Chinese gymnasts are 16. Or do they just hit puberty several years later in China?
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Yep, they looked closer to 13 than 16.
Yes, I believe the Iron Curtain countries used growth inhibitors and kept the girls' weight so low they were delayed in entering puberty so they could excel at the skills they needed to win (getting hips and boobs and body fat slows and weighs the female body down in performing the fantastic tumbling you see. To do such tricks you have to have the body of a child or a boy to compete at the elite level). I wouldn't be surprised if the Chinese gymnasts were given such things. They're doing the drug testing aren't they? Who is checking their testing?
The girls probably have no clue. I remember watching a PBS special where some former East German female athletes never realized they had been given steroids in their competitive days - despite the body hair, bigger muscles, etc., - they were told they were getting vitamin shots and they never questioned their coaches.
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