Sunday, August 17, 2008

No, that's no problem if you fall on your face. We'll still give you a medal. Because you're Chinese.

Oh honestly, what is going on here, people? I know it's really important to stick your landing when vaulting in gymnastics, but I was under the impression that it was even more important to actually land your landing.

I'm just going to have a Bela Karolyi-type outburst here and say that I'm about sick of the favoritism being shown to the young ladies and pre-pubescent 12 year-olds that make up the Chinese gymnastics team. You can talk about start values all you want. The girl FELL ON HER FACE.

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousAugust 18, 2008 at 3:01 PM

    I think that you may need a break from the games!

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  2. AliAugust 18, 2008 at 3:12 PM

    Sacrilege!

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  3. AmandaAugust 18, 2008 at 3:29 PM

    Chris - HUSH! I am furious over this chinese/gymnastics crap, too - and I don't watch nearly as much Olympic coverage as Allison does.

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  4. AliAugust 18, 2008 at 4:03 PM

    I love it when you tell people to "hush!"

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  5. KristenAugust 18, 2008 at 4:05 PM

    That was ridiculous. Falling on your knees. Stepping out of bounds. Falling on your knees AND stepping out of bounds. I really feel like they all got together and schemed on how terribly they could do and still walk away with a medal.

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