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Fran:
This article offers a glimpse into the gymnastics training program in China for girls who show promise:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/05/sports/gymnast.php
--- Quote from: Kelda on August 13, 2008, 03:33:05 pm ---Apparently there was a 30 something gymnast in the german womans team?
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Yeah. Her name is Oksana Chusovitina, and she was born in 1975. This is apparently her fifth Olympics. She defected to Germany from Uzbekistan to get medical treatment for her son who was diagnosed with leukemia.
She has qualified for all-around and vault, so hopefully we'll get to see her compete in the next couple of days.
Here's more info on her: http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=801/qa/index.html
And here she is on vault at the 2008 World Cup competition:
[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyWBDWBM028[/youtube]
Pretty amazing. I hope she does well in Beijing.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 12, 2008, 10:07:47 pm ---Eighteen. Whew! ;D (And great abs. ... ;D )
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Owwwwwwwwww!! ;)
But I see what you mean - finally caught the men's synchro diving. OMG!!! [pant pant]
Is it just me or is there no real reason the women's beach volleyball team
1) wear bikinis
2) that are all a size too small for them?
I really don't like watching them because I keep getting distracted by their asses hanging out the bottoms.
The men wear baggy shirts and shorts. Either put the women in t-shirts and shorts or put the men in Speedos. >:(
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Fran on August 13, 2008, 05:15:27 pm ---This article offers a glimpse into the gymnastics training program in China for girls who show promise:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/08/05/sports/gymnast.php
Yeah. Her name is Oksana Chusovitina, and she was born in 1975. This is apparently her fifth Olympics. She defected to Germany from Uzbekistan to get medical treatment for her son who was diagnosed with leukemia.
She has qualified for all-around and vault, so hopefully we'll get to see her compete in the next couple of days.
Here's more info on her: http://www.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=801/qa/index.html
And here she is on vault at the 2008 World Cup competition:
Pretty amazing. I hope she does well in Beijing.
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Good for her! She's small and has that boy body. My goodness, I can't imagine being her age and having to go through the rigorous training gymnast at the world level have to go through. She definitely feels it every single morning.
Laughably, the American girl gymnast who injured her ankle 'shocked' viewers by telling everyone that her ankle was actually broken but didn't tell anyone and performed anyway. This isn't unusual. You can't see the hairline spinal fractures and other injuries some girls can suffer and I wonder what the bandages and wrist supports the other gymnasts signify. I read how a few years ago one gymnast broke a bone in her foot, but didn't want to give up her place on the team or training for the months it would have taken her to heal properly, so right before she performed, she bounced up and down on her injured foot to 'deaden' it, so she could perform. I watch the girls with ankle wraps and wonder when they jog up and down if they're just warming up or doing something more desperate. :P
Jeff Wrangler:
--- Quote from: delalluvia on August 13, 2008, 09:11:46 pm ---Is it just me or is there no real reason the women's beach volleyball team
1) wear bikinis
2) that are all a size too small for them?
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I've been wondering about that myself. ???
At least the women could wear something like bike shorts. ... :-\
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on August 13, 2008, 09:41:03 pm ---I've been wondering about that myself. ???
At least the women could wear something like bike shorts. ... :-\
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I was thinking the same thing about 'women's' gymnastics. The men are in shorts and tank tops. The women are in little leotards cut way too high for their muscled asses. They're obviously all too young to need a bikini wax so when they spread their legs for the international world to see, the hedge isn't showing.
Put 'em in fucking shorts for the gods' sake. >:(
Even Martina Navaritalova started to wear shorts instead of skirts on the tennis courts.
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