I personally thought Lauren had the better routine, but congratulations to Beth for winning gold at home after a disappointing preliminary competition.
I think what cost Lauren the gold was that large step on the dismount and her shoddy switch ring. It really needs to go, it was never great and...
my highlights were
YouTube - Ksenia Afanasyeva FX 2009 European Championships AA
YouTube - Ksenia Semyonova BB 2009 Euro AA
YouTube - Ksenia Semyonova FX 2009 European Championships AA
YouTube - 2009 Europeans AA : Anamaria Tamarjan (ROM) BB
Downie UB...
Semyonova is actually recovered mostly from that wrist problem, she did bars at Russian nationals and scored 15.8 (HUGE for this new code!) and was 2nd overall, beaten out by 1994 born Aliya Mustafina, Afanasyeva was like 6th but medaled on UB, BB (tie for 1st), and FX in event finals
Tweddle...
anyone here excited for European championships? They'll be in Italy this year in early April
So far, I think Russia will take most of the golds (but, you know, I thought they'd come away from Beijing will a lot more medals than ZERO)
The Russian team is Kseniya Semyonova, Kseniya Afanasyeva...
excuse me?
and her switch ring deserved credit, she released her head a little early, but she did release it
and as if the Chinese don't have their own problems with piking everything down and cheating leaps
they both have their faults, but that web page is just completely...
from NBC
WAG Preliminaries
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I love Bridget!
Unfortunately, NBC is so biased that until they learned she had a shot for the O-Team, she was merely an afterthought to them. Then when she DID make the team, they left her out of the video they posted on NBCOlympics, they only showed Penny announcing 5 girls.
I'm really happy...
A lot of it was sarcasm
Anyways, where do I post video coverage? I capture quite a lot! Both on YouTube and for download (high quality, *******!!!)
Right now I have
American Cup - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Nationals Championships - 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
2008 Olympic Trials
I also have NBC's...
I don't think smiling should make a difference in a gymnast's score
If they do smile, that's fine, but if they don't want to smile, I don't see how making them would make them feel any more comfortable
this is just from a fan's perspective, and a lover of the Soviets...
if it were up to me, and all the gymnasts were 100% healthy, the team would be
Liukin (UB, BB)
Sacramone (VT, FX)
Johnson (VT, BB, FX)
Memmel (UB, BB)
Sloan (VT, FX)
Worley (UB)
but now, I'm thinking it will be
Liukin (UB, BB)
Sacramone (VT, FX)
Peszek (VT, FX)
Memmel (UB, BB)
Johnson (VT...
my favorite gymnasts from other countries that will be there are
Sandra Izbasa
Anamaria Tamarjan
Yang Yilin
Marta Pihan
Tina Erceg (we definitely won't see her, though)
Daria Joura
Lauren Mitchell
Anna Pavlova
Ksenia Afanasyeva
Ksenia Semyonova
Alina Kozich
Valentina Holenkova (she's a mess...
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