Of all the commentaries I’ve heard, the best is a comedy video clip by gymnastics great, 1992 and 1996 Olympian, Johnnie R.
NBC’s John Roethlisberger does the math, breaks down the women’s team competition and explains why Alicia Sacramone is not to blame for the Americans’ second-place finish. “It’s not her fault,” he says.
You can see it if you’ve managed to find a way to stream NBC video.
If you can’t stream NBC, … curse the network and their masters G.E.
Instead, read yet another we still love you Alicia article:
… other reasons for USAG to be happy and hopeful.
1) There is a LOT more gymnastics coming up. First, the headliner, the women’s all around where, if they hit, Nastia and Shawn are highly likely to go 1-2.
2) After that Shawn is in two event finals: floor, where she’s the reigning world champion, and beam, to which she qualified a strong third.
3) Nastia is in three event finals: bars where she is a former world champion and has only just missed out on gold for the past two years, beam where she is two-time and reigning world champion, and floor where she was a world silver medalist.
4) Alicia gets her chance to shake off her demons and go for it in vault finals, where she’s been on the podium for the last three years at world championships.
So, wish the ladies luck. They, especially Nastia, are going to be busy. IT SHOULD BE GOOD TIMES.
… and when did John become an NBC comedian? His spots are some of the best I’ve seen on Olympic TV.
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