GYMN-L Digest - 3 Jul 1995 to 4 Jul 1995

There are 7 messages totalling 258 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

1. European Cup (2)
2. USOF '95 gymnasts
3. July Gymn Event Calendar
4. Trivia Answers: Older Competitors
5. Khorkina
6. Mitch Gaylord

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Date: Mon, 3 Jul 1995 23:49:41 -0500
From: ***@ASTRO.OCIS.TEMPLE.EDU
Subject: Re: European Cup

>Date sent: 1-JUL-1995 21:30:02
>Just finished watching the Euro Cup Event finals. couple of comments:
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>1)What's with all the fuss about Khorkina's floor routine? I still think
>the Americans have some of the best routines in the world, and Borden
>is tops of the tops.

I love Amanda Borden's floor routine, but I don't think it has the
difficulty to be one of the best in the world. Khorkina's dance is the
best I've seen since Kathy Johnson (and possibly ever), and she's got some
unique and solid tumbling. I didn't really like Khorkina;'s gymnastics
until this meet, but I'm sold.

>2)What is so hrd about podkopayeva keeping her legs together on that
>Ghenger? Krokina shoulda won.

The three releases in a row in Podkopaeva's routine impressed me. Two
hop-fulls in a row--wow!

I'm glad Podkopaeva took medals on all four events. She's one of my
favorite gymnasts and it's always frustrating to see her almost make it to
the podium.

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Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 00:15:08 -0400
From: ***@DELPHI.COM
Subject: USOF '95 gymnasts

Here's a piece of a press release from the folks at the U.S. Olympic Festival:

ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS (women) -- Several top U.S. gymnasts are scheduled
to compete at the U.S. Olympic Festival-'95, July 27-30, in Boulder, Colo.
Leading the roster is 1992 Olympian Kerri Strug from Tucson,
Ariz., who will compete for the West team. Strug placed second in the
1994 NationsBank World Team Trials in Richmond, Va., and went on to
help lead the U.S. women to the silver medal at the Team World
Championships in Dortmund, Germany, during the same year.
Returning to the Festival is Doni Thompson from Colorado Springs,
Colo., competing for the North team. Thompson placed fifth all-around
at this year's McDonald's American Cup in Seattle, Wash., and sixth
all-around at the 1995 American Classic in Oakland, Calif., her first
meet as a senior competitor.
Also returning to this year's Festival are Kristy Powell and
Larissa Fontaine. Powell is from Colorado Springs, Colo., and has been
on the National Team for three consecutive years since 1991. Powell
also competed in the McDonald's American Cup in Seattle, Wash.,
earning gold medals in all-around, vault and uneven bars. Fontaine is
from Deerfield, Ill., and was a 1994 Team World Championships silver
medalist. Fontaine also finished 17th in the all-around at her first
appearance at a World Championships competition in Australia in 1994.
She has been on the National Team for five consecutive years. Powell
will compete for the North team, and Fontaine will compete for the
East.
Competing for the South in this year's Festival are Marianna
Webster from Joplin, Mo., Jenny Thompson from Wichita Falls, Texas,
and Soni Meduna from Colon, Neb., all of whom competed in the 1994
Goodwill Games in St. Petersburg, Russia, last summer.
Beth Rybacki of Charter Oak Gymnastics will coach the North team
while Dynamo Gymnastics' Peggy Liddick will coach the South team. The
East squad will be coached by Dena Baker of Gymstrada Gymnastics, and
Deana Parish of Cypress Academy will coach the West team.

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Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 00:35:00 -0400
From: ***@FREENET.SCRI.FSU.EDU
Subject: Re: European Cup

I love Podkopaeva, too. She's a terrific gymnast, and her floor routines
are the best. Plus I love the way she seems enjoy her gymnastics. A lot
of the women look so sad.

A member of the race that knows Joseph
Angela

>
> I'm glad Podkopaeva took medals on all four events. She's one of my
> favorite gymnasts and it's always frustrating to see her almost make it to
> the podium.

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Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 03:59:11 EST
From: ***@ABBSMTP.ABB.COM
Subject: Re: July Gymn Event Calendar

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>The Gymn Calendar
> July 1995
>10-14 European Youth Olympic Days/ Bath, ??
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UK.

>28-29 World Championships Rhonrad/ Den Helder, the Netherlands

Does anyone have some info on this event other than the date?
Any other events in The Netherlands coming up?



Robin.

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Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 14:31:02 -0400
From: ***@AOL.COM
Subject: Trivia Answers: Older Competitors

Sorry to take so long on the answers! Here they are!

#1, 2 Greg
#3, 4, 5 Brett
#6 Rachele
#7, 8, 9, 10 Mara

1. Which male gymnast won the Olympic AA Gold at age 29?

Koji Gushiken

2. Which US female gymnast won two Olympic medals at age 24?

Kathy Johnson

3. This North Korean girl was billed as 22 years old at the 1991
World Championships. Yeah, maybe in dog years.

Choe Gyong Hui

4. This Cuban has competed in almost as many world Championships as Kim
Guang Suk has had (actual) birthdays.

Casimiro Suarez

5. The most exciting 'old man' in the Asian Games, he has the only triple
back in Kazakhstan.

Valeri "Disco-King" Liukin

6. Which "OLD" Gymn forum assistant manager recently competed in his first
meet and is now working a free-hip to handstand on highbar? [Clue: there is
only one Gymn forum asst mgr.]

George

7. Which old lady (at the age of 21) finished in the top 6 at the 1986 World
Cup?

Natalia Yurchenko

8. Which former Czech competitor came out of retirement at age 24 (with 2
children!) to represent the FRG at the Stuttgart Worlds?

Martina Litska

9. This 21 year-old was the first gymnast to compete a full-on mount to beam
in the Olympics.

Kelly Garrison (Steves)

10. This gymnast continued to represent the Soviet Union internationally
until the age of 21, 6 years after her World Championships AA victory.

Olga Bicherova

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Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 18:33:59 -0500
From: ***@VAXA.CIS.UWOSH.EDU
Subject: Khorkina

Date sent: 4-JUL-1995 18:28:15
Having now seen my mailbox get some somewhat defensive comments about
Khorkina, I think I'd better add this. I did NOT say I did not like
Khorkina's floor routine. For what it's worth, I think it's terrific.
But there are some definite points in the routine that move too slow.
I like choreogrphy that uses the music, not just works around it. Most
of the time she did use it, but there were some points that she didn't
and that is why I don't think the routine is as strong is it could have
been.

And Borden throws an arbian double front (an E) a 2 1/2 twist (a D, not
knowing what the punch front does for it) and a punch front, front full
punch front (a D, but not sure). So...is that difficult enough? Her problem
isn't the difficulty, it's hitting the routine. She can, I've seen her
do it.

As for Podkopayeva's bar routine, I also enjoyed the two hop-fulls to
Gienger. Nicely done. But the form break was there, and I thought Khorkina
hit just as well, , but had a more interesting routine in terms of
combiations and transitions.

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Date: Tue, 4 Jul 1995 21:22:12 -0400
From: ***@PANIX.COM
Subject: Mitch Gaylord

Mitch Gaylord is pushing his "Men's Total Body Workout Video" on a web page:

http://www.intelliven.com/tips.html


Debbie

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