Why The Uneven Bars Event Final Is Going To Be Awesome:

nobody@vox.com(janghwa_hongryeon) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:43:37 -0400

Nastia Liukin

2008 Pacific Rim: Nastia Liukin (UB)

Ksenia Semoynova

Ksenia Semyonova 2008 Europeans Event Finals - Uneven Bars

He Kexin

He Kexin : 2008 Cottbus EF UB

Beth Tweddle

Beth Tweddle : 2008 Europeans TF UB

One of these ladies will not be on the podium. This is a final I am so looking forward to.

*Note: I tried to find the latest videos of each girl, not necessarily the best. Obviously, Liukin, Semenova, and Tweddle are the top three in the world, having medaled at World Championships, and He is certainly showing herself to be a force to be reckoned with.*

Aren't you all lucky? When it's days or even weeks between posts, it's only been a couple of hours! I'm feeling posty today.

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Quick Hits From PRC (Formerly PAC)

nobody@vox.com(janghwa_hongryeon) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:55:41 -0400

Sorry, I would do a more comprehensive post, but too many days in a row at work + a nasty back injury = me being tired and lazy:

Darlene Hill kicks a little butt, wins FX, and begins making her case to Marta et. al for Beijing.
Erica Lynn Danko, a half-Japanese half-American from Japan wins silver on vault, beaten by Rebecca Bross. Bross and Danko were the only junior vault finalists to do DTYs.
Speaking of Bross, she proves that she's a tough little cookie. After taking a nasty spill on her head on the UB and opting to not to continue, she comes back big time to win on floor and tie for gold on BB.
Danko's teammate, Shizuka Tozawa, ties for silver on FX.
Samantha Shapiro didn't have as good a night as she did for TF. While she did win gold on UB (kind of helped by Bross' 6.025), she stumbled on the other events. Here's to hoping her consistency is remedied in the next quad.
Peng Peng Lee landed her Bhardwaj in UB finals and won silver and surprisingly did not qualify to BB finals.
Nastia Liukin messed up on UB in finals, including falling on her Geinger and takes silver behind teammate Jana Beiger. Liukin does come back to win gold on BB, but doesn't medal on FX. Who really expected her to, anyway?
Jana Beiger finally starts her comeback trail and takes home gold on UB and bronze on BB. Her feet and toes still haven't figured out the pointed position yet.
Some generous scoring, especially for Liukin's FX, but who is surprised by that?

Yeah, I think I got it all. I know I promised videos, but the videos aren't the best (and many are completely unlabeled, so I don't know who's performing), plus some of the really good performances ones aren't even up yet.

I'll start on the Euros soon. Finally have a few days off coming up.

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Why The Uneven Bars Event Final Is Going To Be Awesome:

Quick Hits From PRC (Formerly PAC)