The best report I’ve seen on training in Boston was posted by philagym.
– Biggest story of the afternoon was definitely Ivana. She was struggling on her opening low bar sequence and Al Fong was ignoring her, obviously pissed. She did about 20 turns on bars before moving on to beam. Then she skipped floor and vault in favor of massive amounts of conditioning (arms and abs stuff) that was done on the floor mat in front of everyone. It looked like punishment. Then she went back to bars after everyone else was done and was hitting the opening stalders better. Definitely felt sorry for her though. No one was cheering her on or anything and she looked lonely/sad. I wonder if reality is setting in for her re: her Beijing chances. …
photos in the post by flying robin
The competition finishes Saturday.
I’m reading several commentators saying Shawn was overscored. I still see no advantage in that for the USA. Only stupid people and the media will believe inflated numbers. It’s not going to result in higher scores in Beijing.
Related post: Is gymnastics coach Al Fong a changed man?
Gymnastics Coaching.com 