I thought that at first, but what about the other direction?
they're screwed? hee! i have no idea!
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
tiggy - Aug 18, 2008 7:07:07 pm PDT #4205 of 10003
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
DavidS - Aug 18, 2008 7:11:17 pm PDT #4206 of 10003
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Can I also talk about how cool pole vaulters are? How they are my athletic ideal.... you have to be good at lots of different body areas to be a pole vaulter. And insane.
Back in the 70s there was a show called Superstars where athletes from different sports competed against each other (you couldn't do anything in your own sport). And the pole vaulters were almost invariably the best all around athletes with amazing coordination, speed and strength.
aurelia - Aug 18, 2008 7:11:30 pm PDT #4207 of 10003
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
The one moment from the Sydney Olympics that I will never till my dying day forget: [link]
Ouch.
So, why are there different tie-breaker methods for men's and women's gymnastics?
Trudy Booth - Aug 18, 2008 7:24:01 pm PDT #4208 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
So, why are there different tie-breaker methods for men's and women's gymnastics?
I think its the different events, not the different genders.
If parallel bars had two scores like vault does I think they'd do it the vault way.
msbelle - Aug 18, 2008 7:25:45 pm PDT #4209 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
dude, I LOVED Superstars.
Kat - Aug 18, 2008 7:34:04 pm PDT #4210 of 10003
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I thought that at first, but what about the other direction?
The judges are on that side, so you would be blocking their view if you were spotting. And yes, the mats are for breaking a fall.
I LOVED Superstars.
Me too! I remembered the kickassiness of pole vaulters from that.
The Russian female pole vaulter cracks me up.
Alibelle - Aug 18, 2008 7:36:20 pm PDT #4211 of 10003
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
So, with fall-breaking... do you sort of half-catch and fall with them?
It's more that the coach knows how to spot that move and what's likely to go wrong, so they can guide the gymnast's body in a less dangerous direction. And the coaches tend to be in pretty good shape, and the gymnasts tend to weigh about 5 pounds, so sometimes they can just catch them, like in this example of little Nastia:
Trudy Booth - Aug 18, 2008 7:37:09 pm PDT #4212 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
So, if you're going to fall, do NOT fall on the judge.
Alibelle - Aug 18, 2008 7:37:44 pm PDT #4213 of 10003
Apart from sports, "my secret favorite thing on earth is ketchup. I will put ketchup on anything. But it has to be Heinz." - my husband, Michael Vartan
So, if you're going to fall, do NOT fall on the judge.
Poor Paul Hamm.
Trudy Booth - Aug 18, 2008 7:40:48 pm PDT #4214 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
like in this example of little Nastia:
Oh! Could you just DIE of the cute there?!?!?
I think I fell in love with her Dad when his face was so filled with disappointment and disbelief as Marta showed him the tie-breaking procedure again and again up until the medal ceremony. He was just so crushed.