Response to He Kexin Age Falsification Claims

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 [...]

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 [...]

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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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 [...]

Updated thoughts on Event Finals

So now that we are only two weeks from the start of the Olympic Games, I thought I would update what and who of the Event Finals.  After all, we know who is competing minus two spots on the Russian Team which will be announced shortly.  Remember guys, this is just my opinion!
So here is [...]

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!

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 [...]

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!

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 [...]

The Pressure is on…

So I have been thinking about all the pressure that must be amounting to gymnasts around the world right now. I’ve said it before and I will say it again; this isn’t football, where there are games every week, playoffs (NFL not NCAA which NEEDS a playoff system but don’t get me started on that [...]