At the London Test Event there was merchandise on sale at the venue – except for the one thing I wanted, the Artistic Gymnastics pin badge (why they never thought to stock these, I have no clue!) so I made a trip to the olympic shop which is inside St Pancras station. What a disappointment that was! They only had the Rythmic badge and very little of anything else!
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I stopped by the St Pancras store today myself. The stock looked junky to me.
What do you think? Are the official Olympic souvenirs disappointing? … They were a HUGE hit at the Vancouver Winter Olympics.
Catch a sneak peak look at one of Ariana Grande‘s performances at Progressive Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular, this time accompanied by Nastia Liukn on the floor exercise.
Double Front’s Kristal Sergent Boulden visited the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in Oklahoma:
… The IGHOF website describes its library collection as “extensive,” “second to none,” and “perhaps the largest gymnastics library in the world.”
And yet when I visited the IGHOF, there was no library collection. A staff member told me it was possible that materials were stored in an onsite archive and were not out for display. I am still waiting to hear back from museum staff about what items comprise the library collection.
Aside from the library collection, the IGHOF exhibit is surprisingly underwhelming. …
Rich Zuckerman, Multimedia Producer, UniversalSports.com via email:
These are viewable in the U.S. & territories, China, and most of South Asian and South America (a bit of a hodgepodge of nations, I know, though the vast majority of our viewership obviously comes from the U.S. & territories).
In terms of Silverlight, there is a possibility that we could eventually move away from it, but there are no immediate plans for a change.
But YOU should go find them if geographically eligible. Universal has been posting very quickly. (Or if you have a proxy hack.)
I will link to YouTube videos. Click PLAY or watch Jordyn’s Floor (with O.B.) on YouTube.
… A new survey … by the Pew Internet and American Life Project corroborates numerous other studies that show women dominating social media websites. This is particularly the case with Facebook and Twitter usage. …
… the social Web is now ruled by estrogen. Women make up over half of all social media users at fifty-six percent, and they hold sway over emailing, instant messaging, blogging and photo sharing, as well. …
People are spending more time inside mobile applications on average than they are on the web, according to an analysis from Flurry, a mobile analytics firm. …
