Thursday, August 14th, 2008
Sore Losers
The other night Erica and I watched the women's team all around gymnastics competition. We loved it. What those girls (most are under 18) can do is amazing. I swear my butt cheeks clinch every time they perform a pass on the floor exercise and when they vault off those spring boards. Scary! Anyway, it was disappointing that we received the Silver Medal, but that's pretty good to be 2nd in the world. Not to the USA, we have to be the best in everything and if we're not, we'll find an excuse as to why we lost the event. The past couple of days the news stations have been saying that the Chinese gymnasts are underage even though their passports and official documents say that they're fine. Why wasn't this looked into before the games began? Why can't we lose with grace? The whole thing is silly to me.
Sore Losers
The other night Erica and I watched the women's team all around gymnastics competition. We loved it. What those girls (most are under 18) can do is amazing. I swear my butt cheeks clinch every time they perform a pass on the floor exercise and when they vault off those spring boards. Scary! Anyway, it was disappointing that we received the Silver Medal, but that's pretty good to be 2nd in the world. Not to the USA, we have to be the best in everything and if we're not, we'll find an excuse as to why we lost the event. The past couple of days the news stations have been saying that the Chinese gymnasts are underage even though their passports and official documents say that they're fine. Why wasn't this looked into before the games began? Why can't we lose with grace? The whole thing is silly to me.
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Ha!!!
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080814/ap_on_...nderage_ch...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/olympics/2...