First off, 8 days left!!! I am writing this post due to the comments being written over my last post about He Kexin and the Age Controversy.
Please take all of this message in a friendly tone, because that is exactly how I am trying to write it….
I will give you my updated opinion here, and [...]
Entries from July 2008
July 30, 2008
Response to He Kexin Age Falsification Claims
July 28, 2008
Paul Hamm Withdraws
I seriously am in shock. Paul Hamm just withdrew his spot on the Olympic Team.
Read it here on International Gymnast.
I can’t stop thinking the following things:
1. Seriously, wow. Is this somehow a joke? I DID NOT think this was going to happen.
2. Will Raj Bhavsar finally get his chance and [...]
July 27, 2008
Another Article With Proof He Kexin is Underage
Oh wow. This is getting crazy when publications like New York Times and USA Today take interest. EDIT- It is now on NBC’s site, as well as Yahoo.
USA Today releases this article:
Are Chinese gymnasts too young for Olympics?
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July 26, 2008
Age Falsification Debate Gets Crazier!
The New York Times released this article. This is the most information received thus far about the Chinese Age Debate. Very interesting stuff, check it out….
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/27/sp…in&oref=slogin
Issues of Age Seem to Follow Chinese Gymnasts
By JERÉ LONGMAN and JULIET MACUR
Published: July 27, 2008
China named its Olympic women’s gymnastics team on Friday, and the inclusion of at least [...]
July 25, 2008
Chinese Team Announced Officially
And they are indeed:
Cheng Fei
Jiang Yuyuan
Yang Yilin
He Kexin
Deng Linlin
Pretty much what we expected as it is the same as the nominative roster. I assume the alternates are Xiao Sha and He Ning
This is going to be one INTENSE team battle! Two weeks from today the Olympic Games begin!
July 21, 2008
First Four Members of the Russian Olympic Team Announced
And they are:
Ksenia Afanasyeva, Yekaterina Kramarenko, Anna Pavlova and Ksenia Semyonova
The big surprise of course is that Yulia Lozhechko will be left off the team. Read all about it here on International Gymnast Magazine.
The last two spots are between Svetlana Klyukina, Daria Yelizarova and Lyudmila Yezhova Grebenkova.
My vote is for Grebenkova, and I am hoping [...]
July 19, 2008
USA Women’s Olympic Team
So congratulations to the following girls-
Shawn Johnson
Nastia Liukin
Alicia Sacramone
Chellsie Memmel
Samantha Peszek
Bridget Sloan
Alternates- Jana Bieger, Ivana Hong, Corrie Lothrop
Go to NBCOLYMPICS.COM or GYMNAST.COM for commentary and info. I can’t blog right now, I want to go out and I have been sitting here for hours waiting.
Congrats girls!
July 18, 2008
Selection Camp Information! Shayla Worley Will Not Go to the Olympics and Other updates
There are a sort of ‘quick hits’ being done by NBCOlympics.com Click here to receive the updates.
Word is that Shayla Worley has pulled out due to a lower leg problem. This is NOT AT ALL GOOD FOR HER. Plus, if it is a leg problem, DO BARS ONLY. After all, this [...]