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[trinityvixen]

It's a shame about the ladies gymnastics. It is, but they should know that it wasn't mistakes on their part. The Chinese outclassed and out-competed them, fair and square. Even without the major deductions on beam and floor, they had the USA beat by well over a point. Way to go, China! Seriously, they have awesome gymnasts. I still think the men did better, overall, but the ladies held their own and made it their own.

I look forward to the individual event competitions and the all-around individual final. Shawn Johnson seems poised for more greatness, but I'm especially keen to see Nastia Liukin on beam again. She is so fluid. Her limbs have no bones, I swear. Shawn has her beat on balance and sticking her landings, but Nastia looks better in motion.

Oh, and Michael Phelps is going to break his neck carrying his medals around, but we knew that.

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[wellgull.livejournal.com]

...wow. That's the sort of thing that makes me think the "Is this SPORT?" discussion should be longer and more fraught than the "Is this ART?" one.

At least with a race you know who actually won.

[trinityvixen.livejournal.com]

Unless someone is doping...

[wellgull.livejournal.com]

Well, you don't know that they won fairly. But at least you don't have to set up a point system to figure out who crossed the line first, nor start adding or removing seconds to times based on extra-difficult ways of tying your shoelaces.