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Women's Preliminaries

2008-08-10T23:15:45Z

Spoilers, if you weren't a numbnut and stayed up all hours of the night, scrambling over the Internet trying to catch live feeds on CCTV-5 and elsewhere trying to watch live. BTW, NBC, you fail. Instead of wasting the energy shutting down the few ...

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Chellsie Memmel Injured

2008-08-03T15:56:37Z

Got all the way to Beijing, only to sustain yet another injury. Alicia Sacramone is also still struggling with her leg injury. Goes to show how the marathon of competitions before the Olympics is NOT a good idea, USAG. What good does it do if our...

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Thoughts on the U.S. Olympic Team

2008-07-21T23:03:02Z

Chellsie, while not of the pretty gymnastics, will provide the security that one cannot necessarily count on with Nastia or even Shawn (while consistent, was one of the two who fell in TFs at Worlds). Bridget, yay! She's really taken herself fro...

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Ladies and Gentlemen, the U.S. Olympic Team and the Alternates

2008-07-20T03:55:22Z

Nastia Liukin Shawn Johnson Alicia Sacramone Samantha Peszek Chellsie Memmel Bridget Sloan Jana Bieger Ivana Hong Corrie Lothrop More thoughts at a time when I didn't just work 10 hours.

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Olympic Trials Thoughts

2008-06-26T23:13:41Z

Did Vox eat my Nationals Day One post? I swear I made one. Oh well. Anyway. The Trials have come and gone and to nobody's surprise, Shawn and Nastia locked up the two guaranteed spots. If you were surprised, either you only just started watchi...

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U.S. Nationals Day One

2008-06-06T21:20:37Z

Juniors: When Rebecca Bross broke her foot and couldn't compete at Nationals, everybody predicted that Jordyn Wieber was going to run away with the competition. After preliminaries, Wieber is...well, winning. But Samantha Shapiro is not making i...

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Super Duper Secret International Camp Meet

2008-05-13T01:26:20Z

Since USAG is not posting information yet, these are tidbits from the gymn boards (thanks to various peoples). AA Results: 1.) Ivana Hong (YUSH!) 2.) Ashley Priess 3.) Chellsie Memmel 4.) Mattie Larson Darling (not a typo, actually her name) Hil...

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The Case For Chellsie Memmel

2008-04-23T00:20:44Z

Super consistent. What else can one call a gymnast who is called at the 11th hour to compete AA in TFs at her first World Championships and nails each routine? And wasn't even an alternate in the first place, more like the alternate to the alter...

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Alicia, Chellsie, Nastia, and Shawn in VOGUE

2008-03-23T01:45:13Z

This is definitely a lovely photo, with exception to Alicia's butt being front and center and Shawn not following suit and having her face being quietly elegant and looking out to the horizon like the other three. It's okay to not smile for eve...

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