Word: nastia
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...believes the only way to remove doubts completely is to get rid of the age minimum in gymnastics, originally designed to protect athletes. There's little question that if the age minimum were dropped, countries like the U.S. could field their younger - and often smaller and more fearless - gymnasts. Nastia Liukin, who scored a spectacular 16.9 for the U.S. on the uneven bars during the Aug. 13 team finals, was unable to compete four years ago in Athens because she was too young...
...first few events of the afternoon. In the end, the U.S. safely qualified for the team final Wednesday 1.475 points behind China, and Americans Shawn Johnson (the only member of the team to draw a chant of "U-S-A, U-S-A" with her balance beam routine) and Nastia Liukin sit in first and second place in the individual all-around competition - but getting there was a bit of a tumble...
...Peszek was still able to compete on the bars, the only event of the four in which the U.S. used all five of its allotted athletes. The shock of Peszek's injury, along with Memmel's, clearly weighed on the remaining team-mates - Johnson, nine-time world medalist Nastia Liukin, Alicia Sacramone and Bridget Sloan, as they took to the first rotation on floor exercise - an event at which the U.S. generally excels. Sacramone, a former world champion on floor, unexpectedly stepped out of bounds, costing her a deduction and lowering her score by enough of a margin to keep...
...seconds no longer stand out. So European advertisers are turning to stealth crossover techniques - creating radio and TV shows, and teaching the world to sing songs like Chihuahua - that invade culture in fresh ways. "Every marketer's dream is to transcend marketing and become a cultural phenomenon," says Nastia Orkina, a European marketing manager for Coke. "That's when you're connecting with consumers." The Chihuahua craze began in spring 2002. Coca-Cola's marketing team in Spain and ad agency McCann-Erickson cooked up a spot featuring a subway car of commuters who, with a sip of Coke...