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...Liukin, who broke her foot and required surgery in 2006, has been nursing the injury ever since, and hasn't been able to compete in all four events of this competition until this year. But as soon as she planted her feet on a perfect landing off the vault Friday, Liukin made it abundantly clear she was recovered, recharged, and ready to win her first all-around title. "I know I had so many doubters over the last few years with my injuries and people thinking that I was older than the other girls, but I proved everyone wrong when...
...moves, especially on the floor exercise. It's almost like you should do only six tumbling passes and finish." Liukin, however, is a gymnast with a balletic aesthetic, and one who can bring back the 'artistic' to artistic gymnastics, its official Olympic name. Her precise arm movements, impossibly pointed feet and gracefully arching back, are just what the judges love to see. But given that this is the first Olympics under the new gymnastics scoring system, it's hard to tell which type of gymnastics will prevail in coming years...
...Olympics. Handball players and the USOC will tell you that the game is way too technical and that it takes years to learn all the tricks. I'm not convinced that's the case. Who dribbles better than American ballers? The goal on defense is to shuffle your feet and keep your man in front of you. Basketball players practice this in grade school. On offense, it's "work to find the open...
Sure, there's a goalie there, but think about it: you get to throw a little ball into a fairly big net. Soccer is hard precisely because you can't use your hands; it's difficult to control a ball with your feet. Here, just grip it and rip it. Basketball is tricky because the hoop is 10 ft. off the ground and relatively tiny. Here, throw it high, throw it low, you will score...
...know what happened. I thought my feet were under me ... and next thing I know, I was on my back...