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Morgan Hamm out of Olympics with ankle injury

By NANCY ARMOUR, AP National Writer
11 hours, 59 minutes ago

BEIJING (AP)桵organ Hamm抯 eyes were red, his voice shaky.

The bone spurs digging into his left leg made it impossible for him to tumble, and giving up his spot on the U.S. men抯 gymnastics team was the right thing to do梩he only thing to do. That didn抰 make it hurt any less.
Hamm withdrew Thursday, two days before competition begins. He aggravated a chronic injury in his left ankle during training in Beijing, and it never responded to treatment. He clearly struggled on floor exercise during the men抯 training session Wednesday, and it wasn抰 any better Thursday.

揟his has been an extremely hard decision for me to make. I抳e given everything I can to be ready to compete at this Olympic Games,

adik^shinoda

tuler..sian gak tgk

saifulz

takder rezeki...cuba lagi lain kali

eastrun

yang nih aku tunggu Romania dan Russia turun padang..dua negara berentap....sangat hebat...tapi gimnas2 yang baru aku dah tak tahu..yang dulu aku tgk, kalau perempuan, Simona Amanar, Andreea Raducan, Svetlana Khorkina, and etc...Last team yang aku tgk ialah ketika Athens 2004..after that aku dah tak tengok dah

Kalau gimrama..definitely Alina Kabaeva

JFK

rtm x tnjuk live olympic? hr tu mcm beria2 sgt

eastrun

beli astro...full coverage

Tadi aku tengok yang menyakinkan..team China dengan Russia...tapi tadi ada sorang, dari team Russia yang landing kepala dulu waktu acara gelang

rosa_canina

rtm1 & rtm2 ada live.. tp start pukul 10pg - 1ptg.. pastu sambung pkl 3 - 5ptg..
time tu haku kt opis mana nk tengokkk....   lagi2 petang2 ada match volleyball...

nk tak nak kena tgk pkl 12 tgh mlm la jwbnya...

[ Last edited by  rosa_canina at 11-8-2008 01:31 PM ]

JFK

brp kena bayar nak tgk cenel oly tu? bila abis olympic ni?

a.ceCCo

24 august

dexa

China edges Americans for gold medal in gymnastics

BEIJING (AP) -- China won its first Olympic gold medal in women's gymnastics, taking the most important title in its rivalry with the Americans. China finished with 188.9 points in the women's team final Wednesday, more than two points ahead of the Americans, who came in as world champions and with the sport's two best gymnasts.




China's gymnasts Cheng Fei, center, and He Kexin, right,
smile as Deng Linlin is embraced by coach Lu Shanzhen
during the gymnastics Women's Team Final at the Beijing
2008 Olympics in Beijing, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2008.


But the Americans lost any shot they had with multiple mistakes on their last two events, and had to settle for silver for a second straight games. Defending Olympic champion Romania was third.

China coach Lu Shanzhen was astonished by the faltering performance of the American women's gymnastics team that allowed his athletes to take their first Olympic title on Wednesday.

The U.S. team went into the final two routines - balance beam and floor exercise, both strengths - with an excellent shot at its first Olympic gold since 1996. But from the moment Alicia Sacramone, the veteran of the squad, mounted the beam, then fell off, those hopes were doomed.

With three of the best floor performers in the world in its lineup, the United States handed over the gold even before the Chinese left their seats for the final rotation. The Chinese eventually winning by 2.375 points. Romania took the bronze.

"This is the most important gold medal," Lu said. "This proves, once again, the Chinese women's team is the best and most excellent.

"I was also surprised at the mistakes made by the U.S. team."

Sacramone experienced a long delay before she was allowed to begin her routine, and it clearly affected her.

"My fall kind of rattled everyone up a bit," Sacramone said.

Not right away, though. Still, despite strong performances by Nastia Liukin and world champ Shawn Johnson on beam after Sacramone's struggles - and a fall off the beam by China's Cheng Fei - the Americans didn't erase their rival's lead.

And then it all fell apart.

Sacramone fell on her second tumbling pass. Later, she stepped out of bounds. She gave the judges a cursory salute before, stone-faced and shaken immeasurably, she left the floor.

Liukin, so often a ballerina on floor, blew right over the out-of-bounds line on her first tumbling pass. And Johnson, otherwise so solid, even spectacular on Wednesday, also went over the line.

By then it was over.

China could have gone through the motions and still clinched the gold. Instead, fortified by constant shouts of "Jia You" ("Let's Go") from the sellout crowd, they jumped and jived and rocked the National Indoor Stadium.

Indeed, the smiles on the faces of Deng Linlin, Jiang Yuyuan and Cheng - during their routines; no more stoicism for these girls - matched those of their adoring fans in the stands.

And on perhaps a billion more faces across their land.

"Before they go out there, I want them to believe in themselves. And they all did," Cheng said. "I didn't have to say anything to them. Even though they are very young, they have a lot of experience as well, and they have their own ways to learn from their own experiences, and they used those ways."

Because of those mistakes, the Americans had to watch China's exuberant celebrations. After sharing hugs with their conquerors, the U.S. women left the stage to the gold medalists, who practically floated out of the arena.

Oh, they stopped occasionally to pose for pictures and wave to their worshipful fans. They held hands during the medals ceremony, and later bit their prizes - just as their countrymen had done on Tuesday.

Then they picked up one of their coaches and tossed him into the air - with an assist from a few other people, of course. Although, on this triumphant afternoon, who is to say these young athletes couldn't have done the job themselves?

The job they had performed was extra meaningful for their nation, Lu said.

"As for the gymnastics, this gold medal can attract more children to the gymnasiums in China," he said, ignoring the irony of his comment - three of China's team members have been accused of being younger than the 16-year-old age minimum. "With today's performance of the team, we really showed this is a sport full of vitality, expectations and hope.

"In China, we'll have more people coming into gymnasiums and we will be stronger in the future."

Just what the rest of the world wants to hear.
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putih mata la american... ye la masa 1984 los angeles dulu.. mary lou retton
dapat 10 semua - china gymnast tak dapat rasa pun... now kat depa punya
territory -...  biasa lah host yang ada advantage -

logy

nmp kecik sgt atlet china nie, betul; ke umur dia dah 16 thn!!!!!

eastrun

diorang tipu..diorang set new rules..yang membolehkan diorang bawa masuk gimnas umur 10-12 tahun je...kalau kecil macam ni..memang banyak advantagenya..terutamanya dalam acara balance beam...:@

cipanbakar

mane gimnas2 negara yg cemerlang mase komanwel dulu?

eastrun

Gimnas malaysia, mana ada yang cemerlang dalam gimnastik artistik...Dulu pun, sorang je yang lepas..si Au Li Yen...tapi tetiba waktu nak berentap, leh lak dia injured waktu latihan..so dia performed waktu kat preliminary je..dalam acara uneven bars.

Tapi aku tak pasti dengan gimrama...ada ke atlet gimrama yang dapat masuk olimpik kali ini?

eastrun

Yes, Nastia Liukin beat China's gymnast...hahahahahaha

dexa

Romanian gymnast triumphs in Women's Floor Exercise


Sandra Izbasa of Romania performs on the floor


(BEIJING, August 17) -- Romania's Sandra Izbasa caused an upset today by winning the gold medal in the Women's Floor Exercise. Izbasa, the last gymnast to perform, scored 15.650.

The United States' Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin won the silver and bronze medals respectively.

Johnson, who performed first, looked unbeatable when China's Jiang Yuyan and Liukin could not surpass her score of 15.500.

However, Izbasa stunned the crowd by putting in an excellent performance and winning the gold medal.

Johnson put in a strong performance without any noticeable errors, but Jiang's high-leaping routine looked a chance to beat the 16-year-old American's score. Jiang, however, fell short when the judges gave her a score of 15.350.

Russia's Anna Pavlova continued her terrible day when she made a series of mistakes in her routine. She was given a score of 14.125. Pavlova finished last in the Women's Vault earlier tonight.

China's Cheng Fei was expected to challenge Johnson for the gold medal, but she made numerous errors in her routine, including a fall. Cheng's score for execution was the worst of all eight competitors and she finished with a total score of 14.550, which was only higher than the hapless Pavlova.

Liukin was once again elegant on the floor, but she just fell short of Johnson with a score of 15.425. In the end, the 18-year-old Izbasa, who finished eighth in the Floor Exercise at the 2007 World Championships, blew the field away with a commanding last performance.

tweetytweety

Originally posted by dexa at 17-8-2008 10:48 PM
Romanian gymnast triumphs in Women's Floor Exercise

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Sandra Izbasa of Romania performs on the floor


(BEIJING, August 17) -- Romania's ...

performance dgn result floor exercise.. memang tak sangka chinese gymnasts not in the top 3..
but Sandra Izbasa memang superb last nite..

JFK

aku tertanya gak gymnast x pakai panties ke dalam tu...
x takut ke dorg masa melompat2 tu,terslip ke suit dorg tu...aiyaaa..berasak2 photographer shoot...

kumang

korang tgk tak acara smlm...gara2 judges dari Australia kasi low mark kat Nastia Liukin dari US dpt markah sama dgn gymnas dari china He Kexin...sadiss tul bila Nastia tpksa akur di tmpt ke2...sian dia ...after dia perform semua org ingat dia akan dpt Rank 1

kumang