sigh …
Here we go again. Every 4yrs we have to explain Women’s Artistic Gymnastic to a … football fan.
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Q: Why do they have to dance?A: Because gymnastics is the perfect combination of sport and art, where athletic skill is melded with artistic interpretation to create cohesive performance that is at the same time exciting, dramatic, competitive, difficult, and beautiful. It’s better than any stupid sport with helmets that you think you like.
Q: Then why is the dance so bad?
A: Preach!
Q: Are the Chinese all eleven?
A: No, they all appear to be the proper age and have been training for years and years. That’s why they’re not as great this time. They’re as haggard on the outside as you feel on this inside.
Q: Why does that one look like she’s going to kill me?
A: Her name is Catalina Ponor, and she has killed men twice your size. Don’t mess.
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