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Nastia Liukin Wins Gold, Shawn Johnson Wins Silver

Cheatin’ Child from China wins bronze

I stayed up until just after midnight last night watching the US women pawn the Chinese Cheaters in the All Around Gymnastics competition.

Women\'s All-Around Gymnastics Medalists

I know it makes me a bad person, but I was openly rooting for the Chinese Adolescents to fall down and fail.

Nastia Liukin an the gold medal

Nastia Liukin is my favorite Olympian so far this year…great story, great composure, real emotions, and amazingly better than anybody else on the floor last night.

Nastia became only the third US woman to win the All Around gold. The other two, Mary Lou Retton and Carly Patterson — like Nastia — are all Texans, too boot.

Nastia Liukin on the uneven bars

When these Olympics are over, everyone will be talking about Michael Phelps likely 8 gold medals. But the face of these Olympics for me will be Nastia.

And Shawn Johnson winning the silver over Yang Yilin of China? Just gravy.

Shawn Johnson on the balance beam

Shawn Johnson on the balance beam

American Nastia Liukin has broken China’s stranglehold in the gymnastics competition to win the women’s all-around Olympic gold medal.

The 18-year-old put in a dazzling display on all four apparatus to win the title with a score of 63.325 and emulate the feat of fellow Americans Mary Lou Retton and Carly Patterson.

The best part of NBC’s coverage so far? Former coach Béla Károlyi and his unabashed love of gymnastics and especially for his adopted country of the United States.

Posted by Robbie Cooper on Friday, August 15th, 2008 | Trackback |

6 Responses to “Nastia Liukin Wins Gold, Shawn Johnson Wins Silver”

Are those stands full? I’ve heard they have had trouble filling seats for a myriad of reasons.

Left by Anonymous on August 15th, 2008 at 9:38 pm

They refuse to show the shooting sports…I refuse to watch.
/13 days to college football…16 days to dove season

[Editor --- Just a few days go I watched 2-full and uninterrupted hours of shooting. Now I agree that I'm not the NBC coverage is limited to way too few sports. But We're lucky to have 5 additional Olympic-only HD channels (I'm watching track cycling right now). ]

Left by No2Liberals on August 15th, 2008 at 9:52 pm

Oh, and they don’t show any martial arts, either, another reason I don’t watch.

Left by No2Liberals on August 15th, 2008 at 10:18 pm

Guess you haven’t watched any swimming ?

My vote goes to Michael Phelps…..Just Awesome.

Left by SB Smith on August 16th, 2008 at 12:45 am

My son’s Tae Kwon Do instructor won the gold at the Pan Am Games.

It’s amazing to watch. However, I want to cringe when I watch my baby spar. He’s 10, and after his next rank test (next month) will be 2 belts away from his Black.

Left by kw on August 16th, 2008 at 4:07 pm

More pics of Nastia Liukin winner of the Women’s Individual All-Around:

http://2008olympics.komsik.net/NLWomensIndividualAllAround.html

Left by chickensquashface on August 23rd, 2008 at 2:13 am

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