J'Adore!

Who does nawt love Omel? 10.000! Hahah! Take that Shushunova! Hahaha!
I super prefer Omel to Shush.

Two Perfect 40.0 AA Totals

Seriously awesome:
1. Olga Mostepanova (URS) - 1984 Alternate Games - AA Winner (Du-uh)
2. Ekaterina Szabo (ROM) - Some meet some where - Compulsories

Impressive! I am planning to track more of these down...

Thank You To....

These very kind people on youtube:
www.youtube.com/Lyssenk0
www.youtube.com/Ashkeyakaflipper
www.youtube.com/resurrecthis
www.youtube.com/skata524
www.youtube.com/postlemonkey
www.youtube.com/khorkina
www.youtube.com/khorkiFan
www.youtube.com/dionnewarwick
www.youtube.com/LBLGymnasticsCom
www.youtube.com/OlympicGymnast5
www.youtube.com/GYMBOOST
www.youtube.com/GYMANGELS
www.youtube.com/xLaurenGrahamx
www.youtube.com/Yangyun4ever
www.youtube.com/rodmius10
...and many more who I cannot name of the top of my head...

Hong Su Jong

Hong Su Jong was not in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. WHY??
Everyone wants to know the answer to this question.
EVERYONE!
And I'll tell you why.
It's nawt a big surprise.

Hong was training a 2.5 Twisting Tsukahara (only seen in the men's side previously). It's worth a 6.7. With her Amanar, she'd have more VT difficulty than Cheng. And guess what. She was injured. She would have gone (probably) in place of Cha Yong Hwa. It would have been close. She might have even gone in place of Un Jong.

HONG SU JONG IS NOT THE OLYMPIC VT CHAMPION!
She is the 2007 WC VT Silver Medalist.
Hong UN Jong is the vault olympic champion.
And yes, they are related. Hong SU Jong is UN Jong's Older sister.
got me here?
xD, confusing, I know :).

Gymnasts That Should Be Combined

Seriously, I have some good trios.

1. Anna Pavlova + Shawn Johnson + Nastia Liukin
2. Andreea Raducan + Carly Patterson + Tatiana Gutsu
3. Catalina Ponor + Courtney Kupets + Elena Zamolodchikova
4. Mary Lou Retton + Ksenia Semenova + Svetlana Khorkina

What do you think?
I'll try and get them into a poll.

Full-Length Goody

Thanks Yezzie, AGS, chocdave, and tigermilk74 for this rare thing.

1968 - Soviet Nationals


What do you think!?

2009 Comaneci Invitational

Izbasa won the senior side. She had difficulty with her UB set though.
Results can be viewed at:
http://gymnasticsresults.com/2009/usa/nadia2009wag.html

They are shown here:

2009 Nadia Comaneci Invitational

Seniors All-Around VT UB BB FX Total
1 Sandra Izbasa ROU 14.400 12.000 14.100 15.050 55.550
2 Yana Demyanchuk UKR 13.700 14.050 13.150 13.550 54.450
3 Daniela Druncea ROU 12.950 12.400 14.000 14.000 53.350
4 Roni Rabinovitz ISR 13.350 13.400 13.600 12.300 52.650
5 Hazuki Tazoe JPN 13.400 12.550 12.200 11.800 49.950
6 Tali Liak ISR 13.750 12.500 11.100 12.550 49.900
7 Brittany Harris USA 13.450 11.100 12.800 12.400 49.750
8 Madison Mooring USA 13.400 10.850 12.900 11.650 48.800
9 Naama Bernstain ISR 13.600 11.500 12.400 11.150 48.650
10 Victoria Harrison USA 12.700 9.300 11.900 12.700 46.600

So um...
- Sandra had a very nice FX routine. She stuck her full in.

I don't have much to say about this meet. I haven't watched it yet.
Thanks to amygym on youtube (www.youtube.com/amygym) for the videos.