Post by Scrumtrulescent on May 3, 2010 10:12:12 GMT -5
Russia were amazing. Komova and Grishina were miles better than the rest, they dominated the junior field. The only ones that came close were a couple of the Romanians. Iordache and Bulimar were impressive.
We were only five rows during the team finals:
Yeah, that's me and my sister... with the Tweds.
Mustafina was absolutely awesome. She held the Russian team together. She's absolutely gorgeous too, not fair.
Haidu and Racea were tiny and adorable.
How the hell are Kurbatova and Racea European champions though?!
There were a couple of REALLY scary falls. A Dutch girl fell on the metal pole between the bars and dented it. They had to get a replacement one from the warm up gym.
Porgras is injured She was carried off the podium after her beam routine.
Youna Dofurnet is lovely to watch. She caught her Def in finals, but her coach touched her and cost her a medal. Pauline Morel is so skinny, it's actually scary to watch.
Oooooooo! Sandra Iszbasa sat next to us! Me and my sister were so excited, and were about to ask her for a picture, but she was ushered away to sit somewhere else!
The arena was so loud whenever anyone British was up, so we made a point of cheering for the Russians and the Romanians. We got some weird looks.
Kononenko was awesome. I'm so glad she got a medal. She was crying during the medal ceremony!
But my new favourite is Elisabetta Preziosa. She was incredible. I really thought she was going to get a medal on beam, but then she fell. Not fair, she has everything that I love on beam.
Beth was the best on bars, no question about it. But on floor... I swear her toes were oob on her first pass, but there was no flag. But at the end of the routine, the line judge went round to the judges, but there was still no deduction. I really wanted Myzdrikova to win.
God, I can really ramble.
That's so cool! And it's definitely not rambling (b/c I'm never guilty of that), thanks for sharing, I'm so jealous you got to see it live!
God love Beth, but homegirl cannot dance. She needs to just do bars, and only floor in a team final situation. Sucks that she won over Myzdrikova.
I love that Italian girl on beam too! I hope to see more of her in the future - and Komova/Grishina/Mustafina (LOVE that UB dismount). I'm so loving that the Russians are coming back, for whatever reason I'm allowing myself to get my hopes up this time - this crop seems more legit than the promising juniors of the past couple of quads that disappeared.
Or maybe I just never learn.
That's too bad about Porgras, but better injured now than later I suppose. She's got such pretty gym but she seems rather fragile. She needs to eat some carbs or something.
That's great you cheered on the Russians + Romanians - I would have too! I'm a bad patriot, I totally don't want the US finishing higher than 3rd this quad (unless they deserve higher I suppose...but probably they won't).