beijing '08, here we come!

[tiggz]

fellow gymnastics lovers, a heads up. apparently you can watch behind the scenes "shows" of Team USA. you can also enter to win a trip to see olympic trials in pennsylvannia next year.

just think, in 10 months we'll all be able to gush over the gymnasts and swimmers again. i wish US tv spent more time airing coverage of these sports when it's not olympics time. athens_daily was so much fun to watch 'lo those many years ago.

i shall use the only '04 olympic icon i still have in rotation. oh Thorpey and Pieter!

Comments

[egoboy1.livejournal.com]

haha I love it when you have the dutch swimmer thingy. lol. also, friends of mine are actually going to the olympics next summer. I was offered to tag along, but alas..the girlfriend has other (lying on a sunny beach) plans, so I had to pass...since I certainly dont wear the pants in this relationship :(

too bad, would have been so cool to go.

[carencey77.livejournal.com]

*oh-lympeecs. * yay!

[rachelmack.livejournal.com]

Oh, man, I just flashed back to that really cute Romanian gymnast from '04... what was his name? Dragulescu? I need to go back and check my entries for that time. He was such a cutie-patoot. Rawr.

[carencey77.livejournal.com]

the one with the seriously sexy eyes?

[rachelmack.livejournal.com]

and the incredibly smoldering smile? Oh yes.

But I googled him and apparently a) married and b) retired from full-time gymnastics, so now I have to hunt out new eye candy for 08, grumble grumble.

[carencey77.livejournal.com]

he will be hard to replace, but the Olympics always provides!

[hollyn.livejournal.com]

Mmmmmm....delicious!

[bluegreensmoke.livejournal.com]

Yep. It's definitely going to be nice to have the gym trials within driving distance. I can't wait! :)

[lloydsgurl.livejournal.com]

mmmmm, Pieter!

[kissingdaylight.livejournal.com]

OMG, I so miss athens_daily and all the squee and all the wonderful swim fic and all the awesome icons saava made (like that one!). I can't believe we won't have Thorpey. He's my favorite.

[idreamofpeace.livejournal.com]

I watched this year's Nationals and Worlds on youtube. Shawn Johnson is unbelievable and Nastia Liukin is gorgeous in bars and beam. I think we have a solid chance at winning gold. The Romanians are nowhere near top form because the former national coach, Octavian Belu, went into retirement and they are just not up to snuff. The Chinese are the real threat but they just don't have the consistency. Go Team USA!