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Seeng as my camera refuses to cooperate with me, in spite of my abundance of attempts at making it simply upload my tumbling videos te the computer, and I haven't got another gymnastics lesson scheduled until Thursday, I've cme to terms with the fact that my blog is going absolutley nowhere. Well that's a long sentence if I ever did write one. However, I will write about some of my favorite gymnasts.
Well blogger's being a ... and isn't letting me post any pictures from the internet. I'm clicking on the "add image" icon, at the top of the designated area for blogging, and it just isn't working. \
Shannon Miller is one of my favorite gymnasts. She was the first gymnast I ever really became interested in. I was in the fifth grade I believe, and I required to do book reports on a biography. I did mine on Shannon Miller. She instantly became my hero. Reading of her dedication truley inspired me as a gymnast. As a young girl, of about seven years she was practicing on a daily basis. She wore her leotard under her schol clothes everyday so as to get an extra minute or so of television time before gymnastics each day. Going on a three day ski trip with her parents, they enrolled her in daily sessions at a gym by the resort. She executes all of her moves beautifully and with a stounding precision. As a young girl, she often suffered ankle injuries, but that never stopped her from practicing. She is especially known for her amazing beam skills. Many moves have been made illegal in competitive gymnastics, due to their imminent danger. Gymnasts have been none to suffere severe neck and head injuries due to intense beam moves. Shannon Miller currently owns her own beam clinic.
In sixth grade, as a part of our yearly "wax museum," project, I was to choose a foreign celebrity to dress up as and pose as in the hallway whilst children and parents galore stared at how perfectly still we were. I chose Olga Korbut. She won four medals in the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. 3 being gold, one silver. In the 1974 World Championship she won five medals two being gold, three being silver. In 1976 at the Montreal Olympic Games she won a gold and a silver medal. Her ability to mesmerize a crowd was purely insane. She was a prodigy when it came to beam and floor. Her death defying skills made her practically build the industry that is competitive gymnastics. She did back tucks on the beam, and back tuck dismounts off the high bar. She is always in tune with her music. It is even said that she helped in the detante of the Cold War. The Belarusian girl fascinated President Nixon who had the honor of meeting her.