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To my mind, gymnastics is the ultimate 'sport for sport's sake'. You have to train really hard for it, from a very young age. There is no team to fall back on, you are all alone out there. You, your body, and more importantly, your mind.
Of course many other sports fall in this category - most athletics events, weight-lifting and archery to name just a few. But I feel these sports are grounded in something practical. Human beings have raised their bows, and lifted loads and run to catch prey since the beginning of time.
Gymnastics is not natural, it's man-made. It's pushing the human body to a level beyond.
And no matter how good you are, and how hard you train, there is no knowing how you will land after that triple cartwheel. Every move you make, I have my heart in my mouth.
Lastly it is such a good-looking sport. In the grace, the beauty and the strength with which it is performed. And the good looks of the performers themselves.
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Back then the Americans were competent, yet the Russians and Romanians definitely had more style!
Of course now we also have the Chinese. Like the East Europeans, they put up Factories to Produce Champions. The formula being 'spot talent young', ragdo them, ferret out the one diamond for every 99 pieces of coal.
The Chinese are no doubt super-talented - rubber ki gudiya types - but it's difficult to cheer for them. They all look the same to me :)
Speaking of looks I was a bit surprised to see the amount of make up the females gymnasts are sporting these days. I mean eye shadow in the Olympics?? Takes some getting used to.
I guess today's gymnastics champs won't be satisfied with endorsing Wheaties ... In fact the US women's gymnastics team is actually sponsored by Cover Girl cosmetics.
Well, as long as it does not affect their performance, who am I to complain?
My bigger grouse is that you hardly get to watch much of any one sport. With only DD Sports covering the Games and so many events happening simultaneously.
And honestly it does not matter if India does not win any medals. Or just the odd bronze. Instead of the usual and endless debates on why we can't do better, let's just celebrate those who are.
Because some kid out there is going to see it and go 'Wow'! "That's what I want to be". Like Mary Lou Retton did, when she saw champion gymnasts on television.
Her first pining for Olympic Gold came at the age of four when watching Olga Korbut during the 1972 Olympics...When Retton was seven she watched Nadia Comaneci compete in the Olympics and enchant the world with her skill and force. Retton knew she wanted to one day stand on the podium and receive a gold medal.
Yes of course we need more facilities, funds and all that jazz. But every Long Journey begins at a signpost called Inspiration.
Amen.
Update: Abhinav Bindra has just won a gold medal in the men's 10 metre air rifle event :).
Hey we just won a gold...
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I am going to take a moment to remember this dude called Jaspal Rana..who is the first decent shooter I can remember and may have been the inception for the inspiration...maybe I am wrong.
Talk of infrastructure..I think now we may have lots of shooting ranges opening up in cities.
Dunno is that is going to make things safer for us..
nice article on gymnastics.. i share the interest..
ReplyDeletewonder why did you forget Kerri Strug in 1996.. or you were not as impressed.. doing a perfect vault and landing on 1 foot just to ensure that US wins gold.. i saw the event live and was shaken to the core.. till date get gooseflesh just thinking of the courage of a 19 yr old girl and the team spirit.. i know of endurance atheletes who play the footage just to be inspired
check out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIImbyIBm-s
one of the best moments of olympics ever.. to me, absolutely THE BEST.. i encourage every kid to read about Kerri and check the footage.. the best thing you can do for character building..
check out nbcolympics.com or cbc.ca . they have live streaming olympics and feature gymnastics a lot
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ReplyDeletetry www.nbcolympics.com
You can get to see videos like from multiple streams.
Though i am not sure, if it works from India. I mean normally they detect your ip and see your region etc etc.
But its worth a shot. If you get through. it will ask you for your cable provider and zip code. Not really private info. But they ask just for the sake of maintaining some tab.(amkrikan ;)) Just for reference, use the one I use, rather of my area.
Zip: 53705
TV: Charter Communication (cable)
Hope it works.
If it does not, try using an IP changing software it would let you take up an apparent IP which will make the website think you are in US.
Aditya
p.s yes its live.
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