There’s an impressive video that goes along with the launch posted on the official website.
IOC President Jacques Rogge:
… “I see the preparation for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is going extremely well,” he said.
Rio Gov. Sergio Cabral said the lack of airport infrastructure remains the greatest obstacle in preparations for the games, but downplayed concerns it will remain a problem when the event begins in six years.
The Stanford girls finished 4th as a team last season with a super smart team strategy. They were the best coached team, I felt.
Why?
It’s so difficult to get into Stanford that the talent pool of potential athletes is small. By contrast, girls with bad grades still get into UCLA and Florida. (Though not Kytra Hunter, so far. She’s trying to improve her test scores to join the Gators.)
As a result, many years Stanford struggles with enough depth to compete against the top teams. They’ve learned to train very safely. And to construct routines to get the highest score possible with the minimum risk.
Alabama and especially Florida gamble with bigger difficulty, and it sometimes costs them.
To me Stanford looks deeper and better than I can ever recall. Kristina Vaculik could win the NCAA all-around, as far as I’m concerned.
Dance Moms is an American reality television series that debuted on the Lifetime TV network on July 13, 2011.
… it is set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania at the Abby Lee Dance Company, and follows children’s early careers in dance show business along with their mothers, who support them. Dance Moms has been renewed for a second season that will be airing on January 10, 2012 …
Many, including myself, have been thinking a lot about Kathryn.
I’ve seen a few rumours, but nothing confirmed. So far.
This was posted, then removed:
Michigan State senior gymnast Kathryn Mahoney (Western Springs, Ill.) sustained a fracture of her C6 vertebra while vaulting in practice on Wednesday, Dec. 29. The Michigan State medical staff confirmed that she has successfully completed surgery to stabilize her C6 vertebra and are optimistically waiting to see how she recovers in the post-operative stage.
I’ve even saw one commenter on Aunt Joyce who said she had some movement in one foot.
I’ll be thinking positive. Ultra-fit gymnasts seem to do much better than average folks when it comes to these kind of traumas.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 