Friday, January 7, 2011

2000 Fail

I rushed back to watch the 2000 Olympics documentary last night, and while there were inspirational stories of equestrian and much track and field, there was NO GYMNASTICS.

But upon reflection, I wonder: Were those Olympics good for anyone?

Consider:
  • The USA finishes in fourth place, much to the chagrin of USAG, and ten years later earns the bronze after a Chinese athlete was found to be underage at the Games.
  • Andreea Raducan stripped of the all-around gold after testing positive for using cold medicine.
  • The vault:


And some more vault:


Perhaps the gymnastics was best left out of this one.
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3 comments:

  1. UnknownJanuary 7, 2011 at 6:27 PM

    thankyou very much! my back, ankles and ACLS are throbbing right now!

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  2. EmskiJanuary 8, 2011 at 1:53 PM

    We used to watch that video of Allana Slater before our high school meets. Kinda messed up, I know, but she captured the spirit of our high school team: lots of effort, usually a disaster.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 22, 2011 at 12:26 PM

    I'm sorry, but when EVERY gymnasts smacks their legs into the ground on this vault, they *THINK* something might be wrong with the vault? It probably broke some legs that day. RIDICULOUS.

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