Pardon this brief departure from the genea-games, but I need to rant a little. Men’s gymnastics has always been about power, but women’s gymnastics has been about style, grace, and skill, at least until this olympics. I never thought I would see the day when a gymnast who fell to her knees on landing would [...]
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Kneeling on the medal stand
Posted in Sports, tagged Alicia Sacramone, Cheng Fei, gymnastics, injustice, olympics, scoring, vault on 18 August 2008 | 2 Comments »
China Denies Visa to Favorite Son
Posted in Cheek, tagged China, Darfur, Joey Cheek, olympics on 6 August 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the Cheek family’s finest is in the news again. Joey Cheek, who captured headlines by winning gold in the Winter Olympics and then donating the prize money to humanitarian causes has been denied a visa to attend the Summer Olympics in China. Joey has been active in Team Darfur working toward ending [...]
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