Women's Gymnastics ??- Page 2

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 12:09am

A fellow North Texan won the Gold!!!

But I felt sorry for Anna Pavalova. I was cheering for her to win.

[shlamdiddly]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 12:17am

I was cheering for everyone besides carly to mess up.

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 12:17am

She looks too perky.

I, unfortunately, have a problem with overly-perky people and child stars.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 12:18am

Her interview with Bob Costas was painful.

Updated On: 8/20/04 at 12:18 AM

[shlamdiddly]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 12:23am

if i were her i'd want to just go to bed, and not have to talk to the guy.

[ckeaton]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 12:25am

Yay Carly!

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 11:48am

Bravo carly! I was soo excited for her!

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 1:20pm

She is going to have a crazy life for a while when she gets back home.

[broadwayguy2]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 1:22pm

that she is. that. she. is.

[saddle shoe side kick]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 1:56pm

I'm so happy she won I was rooting for her from the start. I started crying when she was crying, lol. Imagine how that must feel! Congratulations, Carly! -Penny

PS- Michael Phelps is hot! My goodness...

[NYadgal]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 2:17pm

I was so happy for Carly, also.
And, I was thrilled that Svetana appeared to embrace her silver medal.

I have one general comment about the women gymnasts - they seem so serious and so much more childlike than the men gymnasts. I don't know if the men are, in fact, older on average, but I worry about the women/girls. (And what's up with the glitter this year? I would think it would be distracting, and perhaps dangerous if they sweat and got it in their eyes...)

[shlamdiddly]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 2:20pm

men's requires more upperbody strength than womens. The Women reach their peak before the men. most female gymnasts arein their teens, while most male are in their twenties. Some are late 20's...like 29...or even 30.

[newyorkuniq]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 4:36pm

They really amaze me. I can't imagine throwing myself into the air and doing flips. How do they do it? It's so cool!

[mamamia sammy]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 4:41pm

I can imagine throwing you in the air.

[Plum]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 5:18pm

So the most blandly perky of them all wins the competition. Bleh. I liked the gymnasts who were a little different- Khorkina with her impossibly long and skinny legs, the "elderly" Mohini Bhardwaj, and red-head Allana Slater of Australia were my favorites.

And am I the only one who finds the dance elements in the floor exercise (and the balance beam, too, ammit) to be stupid? Why do the women have to bounce around to music, but not the men? It skews the balance away from athleticism and towards artistry too much. I like artistry- I watch figure skating all the time. But seeing gymnasts do incredible tumbling passes, then mess up trying to execute choreography that looks like an unholy mix of ballet and the Macarena, really pissed me off.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 5:23pm

oh please, khorkina? can we say anorexia? she looked like she was going to break at any moment. when they showed her in 2000 i could finally understand references to her modeling because as is the girl makes calista flockhart look positively obese.

i thought the chinese were the most fun from what i saw, and the russian girl was the hottest, yummy pavlova. sh*t she's probably 12...great.

[StickToPriest]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 5:28pm

Anna Pavlova is 17, only one year older than me.

I thought she was gorgeous, but uncommonly so. Which makes her all the more attractive. I wish she would have gotten the silver instead of Svetlana.

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 5:32pm

"And am I the only one who finds the dance elements in the floor exercise (and the balance beam, too, ammit) to be stupid? Why do the women have to bounce around to music, but not the men? It skews the balance away from athleticism and towards artistry too much. I like artistry- I watch figure skating all the time. But seeing gymnasts do incredible tumbling passes, then mess up trying to execute choreography that looks like an unholy mix of ballet and the Macarena, really pissed me off. "

Khorkina herself even said in an interview that now it's all about pixiness, artistry, and the younger you get, the better.

That is why she still believes herself an Olympic Champion, even though she has the silver, because she believes that she personifies the champion- athletic and graceful, but more athletic than anything.

But I agree with you. And they don't even look like they're putting their heart into the dancing, it's just there and they want to get it over with.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 5:37pm

I heard Mary-Kate Olsen took one look at Khorkhina and ran for the Devil Dogs.

[Plum]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 5:43pm

I think Khorkina's height and long limbs made her look even skinnier- she seemed downright gangly whenever she wasn't flipping through the air. But when she was flipping through the air, she looked amazing. A long frame is good for one thing in gymnastics, I guess. :)

[Jon]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 7:54pm

Doesn't Carly just have the nicest teeth?

[jacobtsf]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 9:37pm

Isn't it great how every four years you get to look at beautifull underage girls in revealing clothes and not be called a perv.

[Plum]

Posted: 8/20/04 at 9:47pm

You're a perv.

:)

[boborunstheshow]

Posted: 8/22/04 at 1:42am

I was told that due to extensive training all during their puberty years, there was none. They are all underdeveloped, thats why they all look thirteen and below, and sound it. Anyone remember when Kerri Strugg first talked on TV?

[shlamdiddly]

Posted: 8/22/04 at 1:56am

me and my friend on AIM...its about sex and gymnasts...i fugured it fit...
me:theres a funny article about condoms...h/o
him" (1:00:44 AM): lol
me: click the two link farther down...
me: links*
him: omg that's CRAZY
him: too much sex
him: who is f***ing?
me: I'm thinking...EVERYONE
him: a lot of them are two young to drink
him: too*
me: is the drinking age in greece 21?
me: its probably 18
him: prolly not
me:or lower
him: but australia is prolly 21
me: well...just like in the us...UNDERAGE DRINKING
him: who do they f***, each other?
him: what a one night stand
me: sure
me:yeah...butch women
me: WOO
him: id go for the gymnasts
him: lol
me: they're all illegal!
him: who cares
me: most are probably 16!
him: lol