At the USA Gymnastics Championships last weekend two special events were scheduled for Olympic Teams past:
1) Bronze medal awarded to the 2000 American Women’s Olympic Team
2) Reunion of the 1980 American Olympic Teams MAG and WAG (boycotted)
Blythe Lawrence:
… The press got to meet with members of both the 2000 U.S. women’s Olympic team, who competed in Syndey yet felt like failures, and members of the 1980 men’s and women’s teams, who didn’t compete in Moscow but have recognized that just being selected for the team makes them winners.
The difference, I think, is in age. Twenty years from now, the 2000 Olympians may have a different perspective. …
Like the rest on the 1980 team, Ron Galimore never made it to Moscow. The closest he got to Olympic glory was a trip to Washington designed to honor the hundreds of athletes who weren’t allowed to take the trip they really wanted to take. …
Universal – Reunion brings back emotions for 1980 Olympians
Aunt Joyce linked to the fabulous interview with Marcia Frederick, one of the first internationally successful American gymnasts.
Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.
http://videoplayer.flocasts.org/player.swf
Watch Marcia’s Bar routine in Finals of the 1979 World Championships in Texas.
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