2 posts tagged “peng peng lee”
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.
A bright-eyed 14-year old Canadian, she won my endearment after this:
Ouch. What a crowd, eh? But despite the falls and the obvious nerves, there's talent shining through, evidenced by her floor routine:
Now, I definitely think she needs some refinement. Her leaps need some work and she could use a little help in the power department because she's really going all for it in the run-up to her tumbling passes. She's way too fast in her beam routines, causing her to fall, and once she falls, she seems to lose her nerve a bit and that's a shame because the girl's got mad skills. Her speed on BB and falling (and a falter on her dismount) ended up screwing her out of her lead in the AA at Elite Canada earlier this year and she ended up second. Definite shame because word is that she unveiled a backhandspring-tucked back full combo on BB. That's fierce and I want a video of that tout de suite.
But as I said in a previous post, she's making herself stand out in a good way by going for a modern feel with her choreography. First of all, she's doing some actual choreography, which already sets her apart from so many. Second of all, it's not classical or anything Latin-flavored. While I like both, it seems kind of easy to do a routine set to classical or Latin music as opposed to a more hip-hop kind of genre. And Lee transfers that over to her BB as well.
Obviously, TPTB in Canadian gymnastics saw something in her because she was getting some prime assignments in 2007 as a junior: Pan-Ams (where she competed alongside and against seniors) and Jr. Pan-Ams for example. She just made the transition to senior international elite, so we'll hopefully see more of this one in the lead up to London 2012. *awaits for the 2009 Worlds*
But as I said in a previous post, she's making herself stand out in a good way by going for a modern feel with her choreography. First of all, she's doing some actual choreography, which already sets her apart from so many. Second of all, it's not classical or anything Latin-flavored. While I like both, it seems kind of easy to do a routine set to classical or Latin music as opposed to a more hip-hop kind of genre. And Lee transfers that over to her BB as well.
Obviously, TPTB in Canadian gymnastics saw something in her because she was getting some prime assignments in 2007 as a junior: Pan-Ams (where she competed alongside and against seniors) and Jr. Pan-Ams for example. She just made the transition to senior international elite, so we'll hopefully see more of this one in the lead up to London 2012. *awaits for the 2009 Worlds*
