Gymnastics thread

[Nine Bob Note]

Komova does know that if she actually wins she'll be required to smile doesn't she?

 

[Lea]

That Chinese girl who came second should be happy for her team mate who came first and not feel sorry for herself!

 

[bi0boy]

That Chinese girl who came second should be happy for her team mate who came first and not feel sorry for herself!

She'll probably be beaten by her parents for being a failure or something

 

[agricola]

Poor Gabby

Glad to see she's not done anything with her hair after all the bitching

If aliens do come to earth and select a percentage of the population to take away as food, the people who expressed a negative opinion about Gabby Douglas's hair would be a good place to start.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

If aliens do come to earth and select a percentage of the population to take away as food, the people who expressed a negative opinion about Gabby Douglas's hair would be a good place to start.

Sad fuckers. With all the shit that's going on in the world, and with the first black American winning the first ever gold, they're griping about her hair

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Looks like men's bar and women's floor continuing on BBC3

 

[agricola]

Sad fuckers. With all the shit that's going on in the world, and with the first black American winning the first ever gold, they're griping about her hair

She is actually the second African-American woman to win (edit) a gymnastics gold at an Olympics - Dominique Dawes (seen below upstaging Michelle Obama) was the first:

 

[girasol]

She'll probably be beaten by her parents for being a failure or something

I think that's actually racist or xenophobic or just plain ignorant. Of course she's upset, she wanted to win, and I doubt she will get beaten by her parents for not winning.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

I think that's actually racist or xenophobic or just plain ignorant. Of course she's upset, she wanted to win, and I doubt she will get beaten.

Sorry, should have said all rounder.

Didn't Dominique Dawes win an individual though (can't remember in what)

 

[Lord Camomile]

Sad fuckers. With all the shit that's going on in the world, and with the first black American winning the first ever gold, they're griping about her hair

What were people saying about her hair?!

 

[Lea]

What were people saying about her hair?!

Something about her not keeping her hair tidier in a ballerina's bun and that her hair looked dry.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

What were people saying about her hair?!

Moaning that it's untidy and she's letting the side down (side being Afro/Caribbean/Black population, not the team)

Luckily lots of people have hit back at these snidey remarks and Gabby herself is thinking pretty much wtf, I've won a gold and all people can moan about is my hair

Apparently a few of the people that made the comments have deleted their Twitter accounts afer a backlash against them

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Hah! Brilliant!

 

[Lea]

What a competition in the men's high bar! Absolutely loved Zonderland's performance.

 

[bi0boy]

I just tuned in to Rhythmic Gymnastics. What is this? It's like hula-hoops and Albanian busking music.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Oh, has rhythmic started. I'm watching the swimming which keeps switching over to dressage

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

can't find it on freeview

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Watching it live. Unfortunately, it's one of these events that never gets enough publicity and I remember every Olympics trying to watch it and there never being much of it shown. It's seriously under-rated stuff and it's totally brilliant

 

[UrbaneFox]

What is the difference between parallel bars and uneven bars? I never found out.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Do you mean asymmetric bars and uneven bars?

 

[bi0boy]