Kinda bored today and wanted to see if I could still do a leap… It's not perfect but not too shabby either 😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/jef8qjAD6J
— Britney Spears 🌹🚀 (@britneyspears) September 14, 2016
10 Reasons I Love Aimee Boorman
Anne Josephson:
3. She understands that the number one reason kids quit sports is that it is no longer fun—so she makes it fun. “We knew early on that it had to be fun for Simone and if it wasn’t fun, she wasn’t going to want to do it. She would go pick another sport …”
9. She has cares more about the big picture for her athletes than the results. “I just want her to love life,” Aimee said. “That’s it. Whatever she wants to do, whatever she wants to become, I’m always going to be there for her.” …
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Team Russia montage
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Rio Paralympics successful
Once again, congratulations Rio. Congratulations Brazil.
ANYONE who tuned into the 2016 Paralympic games, which were held in Rio de Janeiro in the fortnight leading up to September 18th, would agree that this year’s edition has been a success. In the days before the opening ceremony, it seemed more likely that the event would be a flop. …
Yet out of adversity came triumph. A last-ditch appeal to the Brazilian public worked. They flocked to the venues, snapped up cheap tickets (some for as little as ten reals, or $3) and turned the games into the second-most attended in Paralympic history. Total sales surpassed 2m last week, topping the 1.5m sold in Beijing in 2008; the final number could rival the 2.8m record set in London four years ago. Nearly 170,000 spectators thronged to the Olympic Park on September 10th, a greater crowd than at any point during the Olympics. …
As the fortnight ended, perhaps the only obvious blemish was the death of 48-year-old Iranian cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad, who suffered a cardiac arrest in the road race on September 17th. …
The Rio Paralympics were successful, but the disability classifications are not
There were problems too, obviously. Click through for a breakdown of those.
Russian post-Olympic Festival
Balance Beam Situation LOVES Alexei Nemov’s whoop de whoop. 🙂
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HOW TO GYMNASTICS EXHIBITION, STARRING RUSSIA
watch Nadia’s “Perfect 10s”
Frank Baines – Pegan
coach Jordyn Wieber
Jordyn’s been on Tour. AND getting ready for her new role as UCLA assistant coach.
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Timo Niemelä – Kovacs triple back
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Dan Keatings is married
Congratulations to Dan and his bride Stephanie.
