If you were alive to watch the olympics in which Nadia Comaneche stunned the world with an amazing, perfect 10 performance. Then you probably remember Bela Karolyi, her coach. For the past week, Bela has been commentating through the gymnastics segment of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Of course, all he says is that the Americans actually have to try to win. Words of wisdom. Bela retired a couple years back, but since has passed on his coaching skills to his wife, Martha. She coaches the American gymnastics team with a heavy training course, but It was obviously not heavy enough from what we saw yesterday.* It seems the American's could not perform without at least two mistakes.
Bela Karolyi and Alicia Sacramone blamed the faulty performance on Chinese officials, claiming that they maid Alicia wait awhile between courses. All claims were denied.
In my opinion, I don't think it's the time lapse. I just think they need to stop texting and face-booking on their iphones between performances. Kinda' breaks their concentration.
*China beat USA by a landslide
2 comments:
I ain't no gymnast, but watching the US team was a bit frustrating...like when they fell doing their "signature" routine, a routine they've done hundreds of times before. To be fair, the Chinese also did this, but they weren't as sloppy. Part of being a great athlete, I would guess, is concentration and focus. C'mon ladies, where were yours?
I agree with you. The Chinese gymnasts may be less than 16 years old, but they were definitely a lot cleaner in all of their routines. The US basically lost the gold medal as much as China won.
Also, people may remember Bela Karolyi when he coached the 1996 US gymnastic team. He was the one who picked up Kerri Strug after she broke her foot and couldn't walk after her vault.
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