What if Mohini Bhardwaj retired before Athens?

[irichluck21]

I never got that NBC was pushing McCool as the unexpected Olympic All Around champion. But maybe that is me?

I just took it as the new senior that is making a push for the Olympics.

NBC did the same thing for both Schwikert and Hernandez. If you recall, NBC hyped Schwikert during the American Cup series as someone that Bela loved.

 

[Kara]

Yeah, from what I remember, NBC pretty much consistently was hyping Carly as the "new Mary Lou" since the first meet she appeared at. There was a brief push for Uzelac, but that fizzled out pretty quickly.

 

[Matilda23]

Carly was in the mix early on. In
2001 she was leading the Goodwill Games AA after 3 rotations, in front of Khorkina, Zamolodchikova and Cojocar. Until she fell on FX.

 

[KorbutFan]

Speaking of Carly, she turns 38 tomorrow.

 

[RichardL]

Speaking of Carly, she turns 38 tomorrow.

I wish the skull emoji was a reaction option here lol

 

[rlayt]

 

[RAFIKI]

I watched Stick It yesterday and her cameo made me go

 

[KathySantoni]

Moderators, please ban rlyat for posting an image of me without my consent.

 

[Big_rock_show]

I never got that NBC was pushing McCool as the unexpected Olympic All Around champion. But maybe that is me?

I just took it as the new senior that is making a push for the Olympics.

NBC did the same thing for both Schwikert and Hernandez. If you recall, NBC hyped Schwikert during the American Cup series as someone that Bela loved.

I think McCool winning the Olympic test event really affected how much hype NBC surrounded her with. To them, she was already “proven” on the world stage.

Bela DID love Schwikert back in 2000! Not sure she loved gymnastics by 2004 though.