Entertaining and informative as always, click through to The Skating Lesson’s interview.
Valorie Kondos Field on the Women of Team USA
Miss Val interview
Category: Olympics
Olympic Gymnastics arenas
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U.S. Olympic trials photos
Video slideshow by Grace Chiu.
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TIME Magazine’s Olympic issue – Simone
… Just 4 ft. 8 in.–the shortest member of the 555-person U.S. delegation in Rio–Biles pulls off moves too challenging for even her elite rivals, soaring with a preternatural comfort in the air.
She’s “in a caliber with nobody else in the world, really,” says Nastia Liukin, the 2008 Olympic all-around gold medalist, who will cover the Games for NBC. “Nobody is even close to her.” …
Here’s an older Time cover with Gabby.
Thanks Dave.
predicting the Rio AA Gymnastics Final
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predicting the Rio Men’s Team Final
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Shallon Olsen in Rio
Shallon did so much difficulty so young that many (including me) feared she wouldn’t last through to the 2016 Olympics.
In fact she’s had very few injuries over the years. 🙂
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Excalibur has 2 Olympians
Both train at Excalibur Virginia Beach.
Click PLAY or watch Ariana on YouTube. She’s the first Peruvian Olympic gymnast.
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U.S. men in Rio
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predicting the Rio Beam Final
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