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Teams that impressed me the
most:
Women - (Tie)UKR and
UZB: No Lilia or Karpenko, but Tyryk, Teslenko, Sheremeta
and Shkarupa all competed counting all of their scores
and came in 4th! Yay! Chussy was not there due to injury,
but the VERY young UZB girls came in 12th and sent three
to the AA! Had Chussy been there, they would have probably
easily broke the top 10! And Chussy would have easily
gotten into AA and EFs. As it was, however, the UZB women
were pleased as punch with their team performance! Go
Svetlana Kuznetsova!
Men - CUB: They had big
time moves and strength, but just need the polish. I was
most impressed by Eric Lopez Rios who went on to the AA
and placed 8th!! They may be the ones to watch in the
future!
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Most disappointing teams:
Women - Belarus: Hands
down! :^( They all seemed lethargic, with watered down
routines. I think they could have been 6th if they wanted
to.The most disappointing female gymnast was Piskun. She
just had a bad meet entirely! Poor girl :^(
Men - UKR: Must have
attached a fuse to themselves and lit it! Self destruction!
Male gymnast- Zhang Jinjing: My darkhorse for AA, but
he blew it.
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Highway robbery award
Dmitri Karbanenko(FRA): I (and many others
there) think he should have medaled in AA and thought
he was better than Nemov in FX finals. And not just because
he was local favorite either!
Kui Yuanyuan on beam finals. Just the
difficulty alone was amazing, very slight bobbles and
a hop on the dismount aside.
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Goofy new rule award
What's up with this no
tie thing???? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of new life????
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"You're kicked off the team!" award
Elena Grosheva: I think she took a seat
on ALL her vaults! (Both prelims and team finals). Fell
on prelim FX and was very shaky on beam. Did somewhat
better on those two events during team. Leonid was not
pleased though. I hope she can redeem herself somehow!
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The "I'm too sexy for my
shirt" award
Ivan Ivankov and Jani
Tanskanen. Also some Italian gal who unabashedly changed
clothes right there on the floor sidelines!
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The "Wow! I didn't know you were so short!"
award
Everyone!! Except for the "Wow!
You're tall!" award winner: Jani Tanskanen(FIN).
They had to put shims under the HB apparatus for his routines
and he still almost touched the floor!
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The "Wow! I don't know
you were so short *AND* skinny award
Svetlana Khorkina. Close
second to Anastasia Dzundziak(UZB).
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"Most painful move" award
KAZ girl who hyperextended both knees
on her UB dismount on her first rotation, knocking KAZ
out of team qualification. Runner up to the LAT girl who
dove headfirst into the block on her first vault. I'm
sure glad she didn't do her second!
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The "Most fearsome and
unforgiving judge" award
My old male gymn idol,
Li Ning as head vault judge.
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Team that has a looooooooong way to go award
Saudi Arabia: They reminded me of me
on the pommel horse! (*shudder!*). No wait!! They were
better! Kudos to them for showing up and playing with
the big boys though!
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The "I should have set
the uneven bars farther apart" award
Kathleen Kern(GER). Hits
her feet TWICE on the lower bar and falls TWICE on her
release moves during prelims. She kind of had a bad meet
overall.
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Friendliest gymnast
Ruth Moniz! Just say
'Hi!'
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The Kim Gwang Suk award
Un-Hui Sok(PRK). OK, maybe she is 16
years old (by the Chinese calendar!:^)
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"Most unusual warm up spotting
pair" award
Leonid Arkayev spotting
Yvonne Tousek(CAN), who is a protege of former Soviet
coach Elvira Saadi.
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"That's why women's leotards have LONG sleeves!"
award
Adrienn Varga. Big strong burly forearms!
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Caught eating an ice cream cone
award
Eugenia Kuznetsova. Bad
girl! J/K!
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Raciest street clothes award
Eugenia Kuznetsova. Black
leather shorts and top. Baaaaaad girl! J/K!
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The "I can't get that STUPID
music out of my head!!" award
The women's march in
music. AAAAAAUGH! Runner up: the medal ceremonies march
in music. AAAAAAAUGH!!!
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Press Queen of the competition
floor award
Legendary photographer
Eileen Langsley had complete freedom, roaming the floor
to capture more arresting images! Kind of neat to see
her at work!
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