Friday, October 01, 2004
girls' individual all-around
svetlana khorkina is a fuckin professional. she's a phenomenon. way taller and way older than any other olympian. she posed for russian playboy. i'd like to see it not because her body is hot---emile lepennee just stuck a landing on uneven parallel---but because her mind is hot. she gets up there and with absolutely no bullshit executes the most graceful moves you've ever seen. no wasted motion. only beauty. she floats. i wish my writing were that good.
maybe you're wondering how you can appreciate someone's mind by looking at playboy. you have much to learn.
little elena gomez flipped up on to the balance beam and flipped around like a little flip-bug. wang tiantian . . . these little girls are amazing.
commercial . . . china's men's basketball is getting whipped by argentina. yao ming is playing like a pussy. this international basketball shit is ridiculous. they need a normal court, with a normal lane.
back to the girls. little nicoleta daniela sofrone or whatever just nailed the bars.
here's carly patterson. she's really got a chance. at gold. also she's the hottest chick on the floor. graceful and confident on the bars.
zhang nan also not bad on the bars.
here's svetlana. chalking her hands. nonchalance. perhaps a little overconfident . . . wobble on a handstand---but she flies at such crazy angles with such mastery . . . step on the landing . . . 9.725.
every olympics you see new moves. courtney kupets, fine job.
alina kozish is on the beam. when they flip and turn sideways that fucks my shit up. oops. she fell on the landing.
allana slater on the floor. my favorite floor will always be mary lou in 84. it's definitely weird that they play music. 9.35.
little anna pavlova. beam. she's got a great name. what's in a name? grace. great routine. 9.65.
sofronie.
carly patterson. on the beam. i think she's great.
khorkina on the beam. solid.
stefani bisnipikou. wow. she is the tiniest little gymnast i've ever seen. but she's all business. this is great.
nicoleta had a quality beam, and anna pavlova on the floor. i like pavlova a lot. she had one particularly stunning tumbling pass.
after three it's patterson khorkina pavlova. my writing has been prophetic.
pavlova will vault. khorkina floor. patterson floor. here's zhang nan on the floor. she's 4th. good tumbles. good movements. second tumble: quality. she dances and spins. third tumble: not bad. quality performance: 9.6.
khorkina. she does difficult moves and she rips em off like a machete through the jungle 9.562. not her best.
kupets. lots of spirit. she stepped out once. whatever, she's great.
here's anna. anna and carly are shakin around tryna stay loose. ok here's nicoleta. on the floor. very nice second tumble. little wobble on a spin. graceful. nice finish.
ok here's anna on the vault. very nice.
carly. two hot tumbling passes with hot swing accompaniment. frenetic movements another great tumble. and a strong finish. she may have won it. pavlova didn't: 9.425.
9.712 that's it. carly patterson is now a household name. anna's crying. khorkina is smiling graciously.
little carly patterson is waving to the crowd. the new olympic champion. zhang nan is third. khorkina second.
america, russia, and china. three little girls representing the most powerful nations in the world. maybe russia's time has passed. but maybe it will rise again. we shall see. china, obviously, is getting stronger and stronger.
maybe you're wondering how you can appreciate someone's mind by looking at playboy. you have much to learn.
little elena gomez flipped up on to the balance beam and flipped around like a little flip-bug. wang tiantian . . . these little girls are amazing.
commercial . . . china's men's basketball is getting whipped by argentina. yao ming is playing like a pussy. this international basketball shit is ridiculous. they need a normal court, with a normal lane.
back to the girls. little nicoleta daniela sofrone or whatever just nailed the bars.
here's carly patterson. she's really got a chance. at gold. also she's the hottest chick on the floor. graceful and confident on the bars.
zhang nan also not bad on the bars.
here's svetlana. chalking her hands. nonchalance. perhaps a little overconfident . . . wobble on a handstand---but she flies at such crazy angles with such mastery . . . step on the landing . . . 9.725.
every olympics you see new moves. courtney kupets, fine job.
alina kozish is on the beam. when they flip and turn sideways that fucks my shit up. oops. she fell on the landing.
allana slater on the floor. my favorite floor will always be mary lou in 84. it's definitely weird that they play music. 9.35.
little anna pavlova. beam. she's got a great name. what's in a name? grace. great routine. 9.65.
sofronie.
carly patterson. on the beam. i think she's great.
khorkina on the beam. solid.
stefani bisnipikou. wow. she is the tiniest little gymnast i've ever seen. but she's all business. this is great.
nicoleta had a quality beam, and anna pavlova on the floor. i like pavlova a lot. she had one particularly stunning tumbling pass.
after three it's patterson khorkina pavlova. my writing has been prophetic.
pavlova will vault. khorkina floor. patterson floor. here's zhang nan on the floor. she's 4th. good tumbles. good movements. second tumble: quality. she dances and spins. third tumble: not bad. quality performance: 9.6.
khorkina. she does difficult moves and she rips em off like a machete through the jungle 9.562. not her best.
kupets. lots of spirit. she stepped out once. whatever, she's great.
here's anna. anna and carly are shakin around tryna stay loose. ok here's nicoleta. on the floor. very nice second tumble. little wobble on a spin. graceful. nice finish.
ok here's anna on the vault. very nice.
carly. two hot tumbling passes with hot swing accompaniment. frenetic movements another great tumble. and a strong finish. she may have won it. pavlova didn't: 9.425.
9.712 that's it. carly patterson is now a household name. anna's crying. khorkina is smiling graciously.
little carly patterson is waving to the crowd. the new olympic champion. zhang nan is third. khorkina second.
america, russia, and china. three little girls representing the most powerful nations in the world. maybe russia's time has passed. but maybe it will rise again. we shall see. china, obviously, is getting stronger and stronger.
