by site editor Rick McCharles
Just arrived in Vancouver. I’m parked in front of the high definition TV, catching up on The Games.
For every gymnastics person who loves figure skating (like my Mom) there’s one who dislikes the sport (like me).
I dislike the judging. Find the routines too long. Dislike the scandal mongering, this time involving the Artistic Olympic Gymnastics Champion.
But even I can appreciate Kim Yu-Na. She’s an awesome athlete.
Kim Yu-Na is 19 years old and is the favorite to become South Korea’s first Olympic figure skating champion. …
Click PLAY or watch her Short Program on YouTube.
Update: Unorthodox Gymnastics takes issue with a clearly under researched article by Aileen Gallagher controversially titled Why Figure Skating Is So Much Better Than Gymnastics.
I assume Aileen is an expert in both Figure Skating and Gymnastics. Otherwise, why would NY Mag assign her to write about the topic?
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Thanks for posting Rick. I missed this last night. What a great peformance. She made it look easy.
How does any journalist get a job these days? The articles I see would put my journalism professors into a tizzy. Poor writing, often biased, and the inability to use a thesaurus mar the pages of journalism these days.
My journalist friends agree. Old media is not much better than the blogs. The copy editors mostly got laid off, is one of the big problems.
Kim Yu-Na was gorgeous, a thrill and a joy to watch. I love her presentation, speed, showmanship. 5 * athlete and a killer artist to boot. Way to go Kim Yu-Na!
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