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While you stitch - who's watching the Olympics
I'm trying to finish a little piece with palm trees but not getting very
far. And which sports are you watching. I'm watching the swimming, the gymnastics and equestrian (when I can find it). I'll watch the track and field stuff when that coverage starts. - I stayed up to watch the Men's 100M relay swim; I'm rooting for Phelps to beat Mark Spitz record for gold medals in an Olympics even if I think Mark Spitz is cuter DS is making all sorts of comments about the Chinese female gymnasts - mostly that none of them look 16 more like 10 or 11. Told him that he should read (gasp, read a book) Little Girls in Pretty Boxes. It's about the training figure skaters and gymnasts go through and I can't imagine the Chinese are more gentle and certainly aim for the "girls in boys bodies" look. Most of the other teams seem to truly have 16+ girls on them. The Germans have a woman in her 30's and she was great. Cheryl |
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On 8/11/08 8:18 AM, "Cheryl Isaak" wrote:
I'm trying to finish a little piece with palm trees but not getting very far. That was my theory! And which sports are you watching. I'm watching the swimming, the gymnastics and equestrian (when I can find it). I'll watch the track and field stuff when that coverage starts. Have to admit, we actually stayed up watching swimming last night. And while I love France, the US win in the mens 4X100 relay was awesome. Just that you could suddenly see when it seemed hopeless, the anchor guy, Lyzak, just reach into his gut and pull it off - with an amazing world record split. And those stunned French guys - learned the "don't give the opponents words for the bulletin board" trash talk lesson. Very prevalent in hockey - as in telling kids you coach to keep their mouths shut! Watched tennis at 6 a.m. Watched gymnastics last night. Our take in this household - some brave, likely to be imprisoned, Chinese journalist will eventually talk to the parents of some of those little girls and find out they're no more than 13 - but it will be in months after they medal. They are phenomenally talented - but seriously, at least 3 of those girls in no way appear even close to turning 16 in this year. - I stayed up to watch the Men's 100M relay swim; I'm rooting for Phelps to beat Mark Spitz record for gold medals in an Olympics even if I think Mark Spitz is cuter LOL - see above. My babysitters when we first moved to FL were swimmers. One was an alternate for Mexico City (diving), the younger sister swam. They actually got me to my first competitive AAU team as a tyke. I don't think I ever thought Mark Spitz was really cute, but, what the heck. Must say, I'd rather see swimmers in some of these interesting technical suits than little speedos. May be bad memories of my last assistant swim coach - parading around in his tiny orange speedo - and nearly breaking my wrist on backstroke turns (in the olden days we weren't allowed to turn over and do the front flip/turn going under). DS is making all sorts of comments about the Chinese female gymnasts - mostly that none of them look 16 more like 10 or 11. Told him that he should read (gasp, read a book) Little Girls in Pretty Boxes. It's about the training figure skaters and gymnasts go through and I can't imagine the Chinese are more gentle and certainly aim for the "girls in boys bodies" look. Most of the other teams seem to truly have 16+ girls on them. The Germans have a woman in her 30's and she was great. Great story about the 33 yold German - who is really an ex-pat fram Uzbekiztan or some other FSU - that couldn't get medical treatment for her son with leukemia - so hooked up with the German coach (likely another ex-pat) who was her friend, went to Germany, trained, got her son healthy, changed citizenship. The Chinese are still one of the remaining governments that takes very young kids and puts them into away from family strictly athletic school/life. Even though most of these young athletes end up in very time consuming, often away from home, training regimens - I think in the west, they're not moving out from home til around 12,13. These Chinese girls probably know nothing but gymnastics since age 3, barely knowing their parents. Oh, well. At least they don't look like men - or the old German & Soviet athletes of the 60s-70s. All my serious tennis pals just played a lot during the year (3-4 hours a day), more on weekends, then went to tennis camp during the summmer. The living at tennis camp thing is a more recent phenom - but even then - they don't usually go until somewhere around 13 for the year round thing. One of our friends (hockey ref, ex-pat Russian) - his daughter is world-ranked in top10-15 depending. When she was still in the 16 & under group they had to decide what to do with her. Mom still in Russia. So, ended up with her here in the states, she turned pro at 16, gets tutoring, and is training out of a specialty sports facility by U MD (head guy used to be the CAPS strength guy, former Olympian in T&F). It's a tough life - but they've balanced it. Cracks us up when we see Vera on TV - she looks just like her dad. Ellice |
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While you stitch - who's watching the Olympics
I watch it all! The Olympics is one time the TV is almost never
turned off and I get a lot of stuff done -- stock-making, laundry caught up, bread baked, etc. I also manage to knit a sweater, crochet an afghan, or make major progress on a quilt! |
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On 8/11/08 9:06 AM, "anne" wrote:
says... And which sports are you watching. I'm watching the swimming, the gymnastics and equestrian (when I can find it). I'll watch the track and field stuff when that coverage starts. I'm watching anything Olympic, although I miss the time when all but some Communist teams were amateurs. - I stayed up to watch the Men's 100M relay swim; I'm rooting for Phelps to beat Mark Spitz record for gold medals in an Olympics even if I think Mark Spitz is cuter Don't you just love the cutaways to his mother in the stands? He might be an arrogant SOB in the swimming world but at least he says his success wouldn't have been possible without her. Of course, around here in the metro dc area & Baltimore he's well loved. Also, I think it's Katie Hoff who is local - from Great Falls. He certainly seems a decent enough guy. FWIW - I think with world class athletes they all share some of that ego, arrogance or whatever - necessary to psychologically make yourself push beyond. DS is making all sorts of comments about the Chinese female gymnasts - mostly that none of them look 16 more like 10 or 11. As the mother of a former gymnast, I can vouch for training routines that might stafe off development and puberty. When my daughter's hormones finally kicked in, she grew 4 inches in a few months. Despite the possibility that their training has delayed maturation, the very gifted Chinese girls, imnsho, are definitely not 16. The other thing, with all those girls who live/train together - the phenomenon of their menstrual cycles synching, or lack thereof. I always think gymnastics is so amazing. DH & I were talking about this - when I was in 10h grade, our gym teacher decided we had to do a semester of gymnastics. We'd always done probably 6 weeks from elementary thru middleschool, but. In this case we actually had to do a basic balance beam routine, vaults (of course) and....parallel bars - both the boys even ones, and girls uneven. I still can't believe that I made it thru the balance beam - the "hard" move - being squatting down on one leg, doing the other leg swing alongside and turn. Of course, I think our phys-ed class was the section with all the supposed athletes - hah. It was fun - but not something I'd be doing again. And certainly added to my admiration for the gymmnasts. Ellice |
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Of course we're watching the swimming at our house. . .
That relay was incredible. We were all cheering at our house. Hard to stitch and watch though, because those races are so FAST. Those Lazr suits really are making a difference. We also cheered when we heard the Latvian men beat USA in beach volleyball - my parents were both born there so it's part of our heritage and just not something you would expect them to excel at LOL! Linda |
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On Aug 11, 8:18 am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
I'm trying to finish a little piece with palm trees but not getting very far. And which sports are you watching. I'm watching the swimming, the gymnastics and equestrian (when I can find it). I'll watch the track and field stuff when that coverage starts. Cheryl I made a commitment to only work on one of two pieces during the Olympics. My now very old Celtic Christmas and Amethyst Dreams. Slow going on the Celtic girl. I've been forcing myself to do the beading down the sides. That's where I bogged down years ago. She's been on scroll rods since 1998. Donna in Virginia |
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Cheryl Isaak wrote:
I'm trying to finish a little piece with palm trees but not getting very far. And which sports are you watching. I'm watching the swimming, the gymnastics and equestrian (when I can find it). I'll watch the track and field stuff when that coverage starts. - I stayed up to watch the Men's 100M relay swim; I'm rooting for Phelps to beat Mark Spitz record for gold medals in an Olympics even if I think Mark Spitz is cuter DS is making all sorts of comments about the Chinese female gymnasts - mostly that none of them look 16 more like 10 or 11. Told him that he should read (gasp, read a book) Little Girls in Pretty Boxes. It's about the training figure skaters and gymnasts go through and I can't imagine the Chinese are more gentle and certainly aim for the "girls in boys bodies" look. Most of the other teams seem to truly have 16+ girls on them. The Germans have a woman in her 30's and she was great. Cheryl I watch the Olympics and switch to a cooking channel while cross stitching. Hard to cross stitch while cheering on the home team to win. Barbara. |
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On 8/11/08 1:15 PM, "Donna" wrote:
On Aug 11, 8:18 am, Cheryl Isaak wrote: I'm trying to finish a little piece with palm trees but not getting very far. And which sports are you watching. I'm watching the swimming, the gymnastics and equestrian (when I can find it). I'll watch the track and field stuff when that coverage starts. Cheryl I made a commitment to only work on one of two pieces during the Olympics. My now very old Celtic Christmas and Amethyst Dreams. Slow going on the Celtic girl. I've been forcing myself to do the beading down the sides. That's where I bogged down years ago. She's been on scroll rods since 1998. Donna in Virginia LOL - I feel better now! Just got back from day of errands, and setting up for the 2nd round of Amethyst Dreams. Settling the job situation. And, maybe I'll go stitch this evening - or in a while. So much to do. Ellice |
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I think this insane, frivilous training regimens are not healthy. *I understand why we have the sport, but to completely stop *your growth, stop menses due to no body fat and disrupt your ability to develop your body is a bit frightening to me. I totally agree. And I was completely appalled that they put on television that Michael Phelps' coach basically said at age 11 it was time to start training him for the Olympics. I know a few parents who are convinced that their child is headed their - one has SERIOUSLY talked about moving to CO Springs to be part of the team there so they can train at the Olympic Development facility. The kid is 10. His parents are very average sized. He may be a phenom of sorts now but who knows what is going to happen when he hits puberty. I already know a couple of kids who did fizzle at 13. My dd's swimming routine is enough for now. I don't think she needs to add to it yet. A week at swim camp - maybe. Moving? No way. Linda |
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