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The TVClubHouse: General Discussions: 2004 Aug - Oct: Olympics: Gymnastics: Archive through August 19, 2004 users admin

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Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Monday, August 16, 2004 - 7:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
WARNING - SPOILER, DON'T READ IF YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW

Well, I just got through watching the men's team finals, and I can't say there's any disputing the results. Japan was awesome - at least what NBC let us see of them. For anyone who hasn't seen it yet, watch the high bar portion of the competition - that's where the U.S. and Japan really squared off. The U.S. team was wonderful, and really pulled themselves out of an early problem. It would have been nice if NBC had let us see a little more of the talent on the other teams, however.

Also, Gatson goes last for the U.S. on parallel bars, and it's worth watching the entire night just to see that one routine. He was both traditional and very unique - almost like a throwback on the apparatus.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Monday, August 16, 2004 - 7:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just want to say that I am totally smitten with the Hamm twins. They rise to the occasion and handle themselves with class. Their parents must be so proud of both of them. I sure am glad that Morgan has a cowlick or I would never be able to tell them apart.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Monday, August 16, 2004 - 9:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Now that's how to behave at the Olympics! Good for Paul Hamm (and his brother).

The interviewer even pointed out how Paul was applauding the Japanese as they completed their last rotation. Paul just pointed out how amazing they were, and that they were the best team out there today.

The news anchor (sorry, I'm not really paying attention to who the anchors and interveiwers are), summed up the night about Paul Hamm as "not only excited, but very gracious."

I'll second Mary's comment on how classy these two young men are. What a treat to be represented by such wonderful young men.

And, have to say I'm glad NBC finally realized there are more men on this team than one.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, August 16, 2004 - 9:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That Japanese team was awesome on that bar!! Wow, I was totally captivated by their routines. Their release moves were something else!

Ocean_islands
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 3:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I was disgusted that NBC showed so little of the Japanese effort.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 4:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I agree LadyTex, they were breathtaking to watch!!!

Vsmart
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02-10-2003

Tuesday, August 17, 2004 - 3:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
The Japanese clearly won the gold. And with normal looking arms & shoulders!

Hamsterlady
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07-03-2003

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 8:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wow is all I can say!

Hamm won the Men's All-Around gold! Wooohooooo!!!!!!

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BTW, I stayed away from Spoilers on the internet today just so I could be surprised tonight. Wow, what an interesting Men's AA Finals tonight.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 8:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
what an unbelievable ending! if this was a movie it would have been scoffed at!

Egbok
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07-13-2000

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 8:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
YESSSS!!!! Ummmm.....which Hamm??

I'll guess Paul because the pic looks like him (he has less freckles than Morgan)


Texannie
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07-16-2001

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 8:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
well, since Morgan wasn't in the all around finals...........

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 - 9:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What a fantastic night of gymnastics! Way to go Paul!

Bandit
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07-29-2001

Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 7:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
That was phenomenal--his high bar routine was out of this world. I have to say that I was actually surprised the judges gave him the score that they did, knowing he would win the gold medal with that score.

I just figured the Olympic judges would not feel he deserved the gold after that horrible fall.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 7:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I really, really enjoyed watching last night's AA competition. I had avoided the spoilers all day, but inadvertently learned from a news scroll that Hamm had won the gold (this was right before he took his spill during the vault). Instead of ruining the outcome for me, it made me intensely curious to see how he pulled off the victory. I figured we were going to see some spectacular gymnastics out of him from that point on (along with some choking from the other athletes), and we sure did!! Although I feel bad for the South Korean men who came so close (as do I for any athlete who reaches so high and fails to meet his ultimate goal), Hamm was in a league of his own on at least three of the apparatus, and presented a vastly different vision of the Olympic gymnast than that presented by the South Koreans. While talent, training and skill were evident among all three medalists, Hamm was a study in pure power and guts. His resiliency certainly didn't hurt in the scoring, either - he could easily have folded up camp and whimpered off with his broken pieces. Instead, he threw every ounce of his determination into making what everyone else thought was impossible happen. That's a champion. In counterpoint, the South Korean men were very flexible and light, which made their routines look very deftly handled and almost possible for we lesser mortals. Every bit as good as Hamm on some levels, but a very different presentation. Hamm provided one major mistake - the others pieced away at their margins with multiple smaller mistakes. Any way you look at it though, Hamm is just a pleasure to behold - they should make a poster of him swinging around on that highbar by one hand. Congratulations to him for a truly thrilling victory.

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 8:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
What a great headline on the news this morning with him winning the gold. I watched from 7 until they were finished with the swimming, I knew if I watched any more I would have to stay up until it was over, and with getting up so early in the morning I knew better. Dang I sure do wish they would show the entire thing at one time instead of a few rounds and than switching to something else. It seems like they keep the good stuff until the last hour of the evening which sucks for us early morning risers.

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 8:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jagger, I feel sorry for the kids who get so excited about watching these competitions and don't get to see them because they end so late at night and they're on school hours now. Outside of the fact that I've stayed up way too late watching the comps (LOL - I like my sleep).

Jan
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08-01-2000

Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 8:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Too bad NBC doesn't show them live. In Canada we got to see him win yesterday afternoon, then a repeat that evening.

ETA: we have almost 24 hour coverage here though.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 9:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
GAL, that's been a big problem here with my daughter. Her bedtime is 9, I have fudged it till 9:30, but with this the beginning of school she's still not adjusted enough to let her stay up. I may though tonite cause she just loved the girls gymnastics.

Midlifer
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04-16-2003

Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 9:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I, too, was absolutely THRILLED to see Paul win. I actually stayed up until the END (MIDNIGHT!) just to see him get it (and I have to get up early for work, too, but it was worth it). I knew going into it that he had won because NBC Nighly News announced it, but I'm glad that I DID know because I would have gone to bed, thinking that he had NO chance after the vault event. I got teary eyed when they told him he had won, could read his lips and see his disbelief. This will be the story of the Olympics.

Dahli
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11-27-2000

Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 9:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Quite a difference in the way the coverage is handled by CBC compared to NBC,eh? () luckily we have the option to see more of the talent than NBC chooses to carry.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 9:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
very true, dahli, but, in fairness, NBC is in the business of making money and getting ratings. CBC is a government operation with a different mandate.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 12:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
A bit of a bummer, looks like both Koreans and the 4th place (Romanian) are all whining about how everyone was scored fairly, except "the USA got more than they deserved."

Poor sports.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 12:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I like to watch CBC's coverage during the day. That way I get to see events I might not otherwise see, and I get another slant on everything. And OT, I stayed awake and saw Paul win the gold! Oh my, how exciting was that!

Goddessatlaw
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07-19-2002

Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 1:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Figures, Whoami. Wouldn't occur to them that they all had a wide open door and failed to walk through it. It's also apparently our fault that the Greek sprinters failed to show for their drug test, faked a motorcycle crash to cover and withdrew from the Olympics before having to appear before a board of inquiry, thus humiliating the entire country of Greece. The U.S. is said to have had the temerity to protest the failure of the Greek athletes to show for their drug tests, causing the chain of events in its entirety. Go figure.

Marysafan
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08-07-2000

Thursday, August 19, 2004 - 1:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, they can complain all they want...he ain't giving it back!