Comments on: ARTISTIC Gymnastics World Champ?

By: Jenn

Jenn — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:23:50 +0000

Gotta go with Porgras!

Yang Yilin improved heaps between podium and qualifying, but was a shade of her former self.

By: MunchTheSilivasFan

MunchTheSilivasFan — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 16:53:57 +0000

Ana Porgras is fantastically artistic, and Yang Yilin is as well. I know a lot of people think Yang’s routine is a little weird but I totally love it. Anna Myzdrikova was great as well, she does elegance a little better than Porgras because she looks more mature (though don’t get me wrong, I do prefer Porgras). And Ksenia Semenova has excellent presentation with her dance, I love it, though she wasn’t as good as she was at Euros.

By: PERTO

PERTO — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 05:37:11 +0000

Yilin was not as artistic as Porgras. Porgras had actual dance movements and footwork in her floor routine. With a couple more years of international experience and upgrades to a couple of her tumbling passes on floor (she looks like she could get a nice triple twist around) she could be unbeatable.
Am I the only one that misses opening passes of whip-through to something?

By: Ianthe

Ianthe — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:33:48 +0000

Nastia wrote in her blog for USA Today that she had “tears in her eyes” because she missed being on the competition floor.

By: Kayleigh

Kayleigh — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:12:50 +0000

I totally fell in love with Tsurumi’s floor… Porgras, as well! It’s really unfortunate that artistry is slipping away… it’s what makes gymnastics unique!

By: shergymrag

shergymrag — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 22:15:37 +0000

Eh? What’s so wrong with showing emotion? I don’t know what he did off camera but Valeri recovered pretty quickly. He was right there when Bross came off the podium. Not at all Rhybacki-like. I was looking at the BBC coverage and Bross and Sloan were standing side by side when the results came up. B was just standing there looking bummed out (I don’t blame her) while she’s standing right next to S. I don’t thin B or S knew quite what to do with each other at that point. Valeri comes over and hugs them both.

By: coach Rick

coach Rick — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:13:11 +0000

Can’t find the link right now. …

Both reacted very emotionally. Nastia was crying.

By: shergymrag

shergymrag — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:03:36 +0000

What did Valeri and Nastia do anyway?

By: Calítoe.:.

Calítoe.:. — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:01:47 +0000

So many elements have been removed from the code that now everybody ends up by doing clonic exercises, at least in WAG. Can’t they bring some back? I am one of those that would vote for bringing compulsories back too. Now I dislike gymnastics more and more with every new important competition. I’ve started watching MAG again and I don’t see it’s so horrible there.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:24:02 +0000

Yep, that’s Deng in the picture. Just look at her face.