Dominique Dawes, another 1996 Mag7 winning gold team member, who successfully made a comeback and competed at the 2000 Games too, approves of the selection process: "Domnique Dawes gives thumbs up to the gymnastics Olympic selection process" http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/showthread.php?t=70713 Of course she does agree to that it is intense.

Another Mag7 gymnast in the news...Kerri Strug: [quote] WAYNESBORO, Pa. - Kerri Strug vaulted into the international spotlight on an injured ankle in the 1996 Olympic Games. In September - 18 years and three Summer Olympics later - Strug will land in Waynesboro for a special event at Rainbow Gymnastics. "She's going to take part in a clinic for children," said Leslie Vickery, office manager[ Read More... ]

more here: http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=70818

I agree - it really is not a secret how they pick the U.S. Olympic gymnastics teams and what they are looking for, and why they have chosen who they have chosen. The Polish101- Gymnastics blog for example does a good job of going through the athletes / selection process. And by the way, it's Polish as in like clean routines, not Polish like about Poland gymnastucs. On whether the selection[ Read More... ]

me too! [quote]Lowest scores by espn for the sport of gymnastics: 4.50 for hand-eye coordination and 4.13 for anyalytic aptitude. They are way off on all of it lol.[/quote] http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=24994

Lowest scores by espn for the sport of gymnastics: 4.50 for hand-eye coordination and 4.13 for anyalytic aptitude. They are way off on all of it lol.

Interesing :D I posted under the All Sports topic there, so people in the other sports can follow it too. :D http://www.gymchat.com/messageboards/viewtopic.php?t=24994

[quote]We sized them up. We measured them, top to bottom. We've done our own Tale of the Tape, and we've come to a surprising conclusion. Pound for pound, the toughest sport in the world is . . . Boxing. The Sweet Science. That's the sport that demands the most from the athletes who compete in it. It's harder than football, harder than baseball, harder than basketball, harder than[ Read More... ]

posted it under the All Sports -> Daily Thread category: [quote]Check here for ESPN.com's sport skills difficulty rankings: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills It's off....what do you think? Gymnastics as #8, and rugby as #13? Anyone who has watched the Friends tv show knows that rugby is a rough sport - like football pounding without the massive helmets and[ Read More... ]

Check here for ESPN.com's sport skills difficulty rankings: http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills It's off....what do you think? Gymnastics as #8, and rugby as #13? Anyone who has watched the Friends tv show knows that rugby is a rough sport - like football pounding without the massive helmets and paddings.

this one looks like a hotel lobby floor: 88 Moscow News WAG AA Ivkova (URS) FX [youtube]FrGCsr5Na2U[/youtube]

Shu Wai is going to do floor and vault at Worlds: "Gymnastics: Relief for gymnasts as China trip is on" - http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2006/10/10/sports/15676699&sec=sports

Here's an article on Shu Wai: "Old wrist injury rules out Shu Wai from world meet" out today, link: http://thestar.com.my/sports/story.asp?file=/2006/9/27/sports/15554232&sec=sports . He was the only gymnast named for the World Championships. They are going to compete in the Asian Games, with teammates Ng Shu Mun, Yap Kiam Bun and Ooi Wei Siang, training with the Chinese coach Zhang Jun.

Open-ended system is exciting! like that outside-of-the-box metaphor thing, drawing outside of the lines, it's kind of like that!

Which scoring system do you think is better-- the one out of 10.0 or the new open-ended one? On the one hand, it is always great when you or your gymnast gets that 10.0, and it is something to go for, but on the other hand with the new system you can think more outside of the box, so to say! What do you all think?