Recent content by Hatsumomo

I think the USA got complacent while Simone was active. World and Olympic teams were built around her. She was the factor that more or less guaranteed team gold. Therefore, TPTB didn't do the work they really should have done in preparation for the post-Marta era that they would have otherwise...

I've occasionally wondered about the dynamic between the Olympic-medal winning gymnast and the substandard pro football player husband. Glad to see Andrew is supportive of his wife and not so into his ego. Granted, he might be a little terrified of Shawn too.

This is one of those cursed photos in horror movies

At this point, Voinea isn't producing the results for anybody to be turning the other way and allowing her to continue her toxic behaviors (not that it should be allowed even if she was sweeping gold medals, but you know what mean).

We love a short king

I loved Singapore when I was there. Granted, I was just visiting and I know that's entirely different from living and working there. FWIW, a former coworker lived there for years in her youth (military brat) and she still wishes to move back.

If Stanford or UCLA came knocking, they would probably at least get consideration.

This was adorable. A lot of the charm comes from the fact that she's not used to being interviewed like this, so there's no practiced answer. It's very much a 15-year-old girl who just achieved something beyond what she expected and getting to meet people in her field she's looked up to at the...

For somebody who was touted as the savior of Romanian gymnastics, they sure allowed her to be mismanaged to the point of losing out on an Olympic medal because nobody in her camp appealed the OOB.

I just couldn't get up at 3AM to watch finals but I just read through the thread and I'm definitely watching them later. At least I know I can breathe through BB finals. Gutted for Flavia to finally put it together in a final where all the other top contenders do as well. ELATED for Sugihara! I...

That picture of Vaelen is kind of fun. It looks like she's jumping in celebration than being mid-vault, aside from her vault face.

Gold for Donnell!!!

I'm just here to see how Donnell does and then I'm going back to bed

And .2 could be found anywhere in her routine, but this is a great routine as a jumping-off point to upgrade and clean up. Skye could be in the medal hunt later on in the quad. That will heavily depend on Florida's coaches, though.

Is that Kaylia's mom they keep cutting to, the blonde woman in tears flanked by two young girls in braids?