Comments on: The American women’s gymnasts, 2016

By: n.n

n.n — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 17:24:04 +0000

There is a clear and present effort to blur the equal and complementary nature of men and women. It has been a progressive slope ever since the successful indoctrination of a fantasy that debases human life from conception.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 17:11:36 +0000

I can’t imagine what a difficult decision it’d be for a parent to let (or push) a child down that road. Any sort of prodigy activity. Five hours a day violin, dancing, chess, skating, whatever. Knowing the kid will have a completely different upbringing than the usual. The chance that a bad landing will make all the effort for naught. I know that experts can spot the kids who physically don’t have what it takes (although there could be a lot of self-fulfilling prophecy in that), but as a parent you’d have to gauge if your child really has the intensity to stick with the activity for so many years. So much easier to give them three sports and two hobbies.

By: El Polacko

El Polacko — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 16:56:12 +0000

Richard Aubrey: Rhythmic gymnastics require nowhere near the same raw power the musclebound little tumblers and equipment gymnasts need.

It is a remarkably graceful combination of balletic movement and handling of very light apparatus like balls, ribbons and hula hoops they toss around.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 16:26:45 +0000

El Polacko:

I love rhythmic gymnastics, but they don’t show all that much of it on TV, and it’s not a big deal in this country.

It’s very strange, though.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 16:20:05 +0000

Ray:

That’s been true for a long, long time. I’m not sure what it’s all about.

Not that the other gymnasts are any slouches in the looks department, either.

By: Ray

Ray — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 16:01:46 +0000

Did anybody notice that some of the Russian female athletes are beautiful? They certainly outclass the other females in this category.

By: Richard Aubrey

Richard Aubrey — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:22:32 +0000

El Polacko. The more “astonishing” they get, more than likely, the more “athletic” and “powerful” their moves will have to be to beat the competition. Same path.

By: El Polacko

El Polacko — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:05:43 +0000

If you’re looking for the long legged ballerina gymnasts of old, rhythmic gymnastics floor routines is the place to find them.

I don’t even know if the US fields a team in this sport, but there are some truly classically beautiful young women to be found there doing some pretty astonishing routines.

By: Assistant Village Idiot

Assistant Village Idiot — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 13:34:59 +0000

Earlier versions of women’s gymnastic were perhaps better as a performance, but athletics are supposed to be, well, athletic.

“Rumania” is the old spelling, which the Romanians themselves dropped about 150 years ago. Other countries followed suit slowly, and “Romania” has been official in English since between the World Wars. No need to bother to add the diacritical over the first “a” unless you are writing in Romanian, however.

By: artfldgr

artfldgr — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 12:55:28 +0000

According to the left
They didn’t earn that
They were priveledged
Where are the fat gymnasts???