It must be hard to be in the shoes of U.S. gumnast Alicia Sacramone, right now. Imagine being in the headlines because you pulled your team down. What a disappointment. You can't cry for yourself because the shame is much bigger.
Four years ago, Sacramone did not make it to Athens because she fell out of the balance beam. I saw a footage on this during the U.S. gymnastics trials. But now, it's the same balance beam that caused her to stumble. Her mount is too ambitious? I would guess so. Too crushed to perform for the floor exercise? I would think so.
The domino effect: Nastia Liukin and the ever-expolosive Shawn Johnson could not pull back the team in front of China as they both fell out of bounce of their rather stellar floor exercise routines.
Sacramone's hurdle now is how to get past the ugly memory of last night.
About TVmomma:
I created this blog a few years back when I used to watch television 14 hours a day. I was getting highly-opinionated with what I see on TV and I wanted to spare my husband from my rantings so I thought of blogging about them instead.
I have called TV as my amusement park -- right in my own home. But now, things have changed and my TV viewing has been limited. I still post on this blog but only when I felt so strongly about what I've seen, and when I have the time.
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I have called TV as my amusement park -- right in my own home. But now, things have changed and my TV viewing has been limited. I still post on this blog but only when I felt so strongly about what I've seen, and when I have the time.
For reprint and for anything else, please leave a message on the comment area. Thank you.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
A Gymnast's Fiasco
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Olympics 2008,
Shawn Johnson
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