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8/6/2012 11:04:13 AM

Klaty thats not the one this was yesterday on the vault

everyone was fallin, even maroney, but this girl set it off in epic fashion she completely face planted on the landing and immediately started crying

8/6/2012 11:06:20 AM

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 11:10 AM. Reason : oops wrong thread, my bad ]

8/6/2012 11:09:02 AM

Well that guy didn't go to Groovy Cakes. They're a simple dutch bakery

8/6/2012 11:09:40 AM

she didn't face plant...she landed on her side

8/6/2012 11:16:37 AM

hog wash

8/6/2012 11:18:49 AM

girl definitely face planted.

8/6/2012 12:11:40 PM

db must be thinking of someone else, that was clearly a faceplant

8/6/2012 12:17:24 PM

too bad the Fierce Five it is one and done (olympics)....they will be around 20 which is too old.....center of gravity changes can jump as high with boobs and birther hips start to develop. We will have a whole new group of 16 or 17 year olds though! The one that landed on her ass she will be 20.

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 12:27 PM. Reason : w]

8/6/2012 12:25:32 PM

yeah, that's usually the case. but how about Oksana Chusovitina of Germany, who was competing for a medal last night at the age of 37 at her 6th olympics?

8/6/2012 12:36:14 PM

I'd like to see a new format for the Olympics where each country sends like 12 men and 12 women total

Those athletes would compete in every single Olympic sport

basketball, soccer, sprinting, long distance running, shotput, judo, swimming, diving, trampoline, table tennis, fencing, etc

8/6/2012 12:37:41 PM

she looked pathetic to be honest

equivalent fluff competitor to the guy with no legs who got embarassed on national tv

8/6/2012 12:38:36 PM

nah, she didn't really look that pathetic. did she come in 5th?

and she came in second in the vault in the last year's world championship.

you sure do enjoy hating, dontcha?

8/6/2012 12:43:39 PM

5th in event where everyone busted their ass

8/6/2012 12:45:32 PM

she's pretty much just a vault specialist, she sucks at every other event

and she's not that great at vault really. the fact is if she was american she wouldnt have made the team for the past 20 years

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 12:51 PM. Reason : .]

8/6/2012 12:47:15 PM

^^what about 2nd last year in the world events? you have figured out that the people performing in the olympics are the best in the world at what they do, right? she actually beat out hundreds of other competetors to even perform at the olympics.

8/6/2012 12:52:00 PM

hundreds of other 30 year olds and college kids that dont have her experience

im sorry, i thought your mom looked out of place, get over it.

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 12:55 PM. Reason : e]

8/6/2012 12:53:46 PM

really? i was under the impression that she beat out all the other german vaulters, even the younger ones, to get there?

anyways, hate on big hit, hate on.

8/6/2012 12:55:15 PM

was it McKayla or w/e that face planted? I heard she slipped and fell on her ass during her vault

We need some youtubes up in this bitch

8/6/2012 12:56:27 PM

NO, youre hating on ME.

you can be under any impression/delusion/misinformation you want but go look up the competitors she beat


nah mikayla didnt face plant, she slipped and landed on her rear the second vault. her first one was real good. It was crazy, competitors kept fallling i had the feeling it was bad JUJU

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 12:57 PM. Reason : r]

8/6/2012 12:56:31 PM

i think a lot of gymnasts who train in the US and apparently China too were having issues with the vault, floor and pommel because it's a different brand then they're used to.

8/6/2012 12:58:06 PM

even if you were to say "you know what, at 37 she is still one of the best vaulters in the world" she is an outlier. you cant argue that she is the norm and that gabby douglas and mckayla maroney are going to be on the us team for the next 20 years

8/6/2012 12:58:08 PM

i'm not arguing that all. i just thought it was kinda neat that a 37 year old can hang with teenagers. then bhs had to chime in about how pathetic and token she was.

8/6/2012 1:03:11 PM

its neat but it is dubious

8/6/2012 1:05:16 PM

yes let's rag on people who made it to the olympics for their age, hairstyle, parents economic status and all that stuff. good use of time.

8/6/2012 1:06:19 PM

was her 2nd place finish in the world events last year also dubious?

8/6/2012 1:06:47 PM

depends on relative performance

8/6/2012 1:13:11 PM

Can we get a gif or video link to the fall in question?

8/6/2012 1:26:18 PM

this is what I know

McKayla Maroney


and then





but not to be outdone, Canada shows up

Ellie Black


pretty sure this is the same fall but at a different angle




gymnast: sprints to a vault does multiple flips and gets points off for landing

me: walks 100 ft and trip over everything

8/6/2012 1:35:03 PM

Aw, she even posed while sitting

Lol at the Canadian

Thanks for the gifs

8/6/2012 1:41:35 PM

DIVING!

8/6/2012 2:03:54 PM

8/6/2012 2:05:35 PM

McKayla Maroney looks like shes gonna be a crazy bitch in a few years. Shes got that stare of death look down

8/6/2012 2:05:45 PM

Impressive to fall like that and still make it out with a silver.

8/6/2012 2:06:52 PM

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 2:07 PM. Reason : too big]

8/6/2012 2:07:35 PM

legs hit first but thats definitely a full on faceplant

8/6/2012 2:13:14 PM

watching equestrian jumping now... do people ship their horse around the world for these events? Or do the riders borrow horses when they compete in other countries? It seems like they would need their own horses, but I can't imagine the animals boarding a plane to get over the ocean.

8/6/2012 2:20:27 PM

they ship em. there was a story on the other night... they're shipped via fed-ex

8/6/2012 2:21:14 PM

equestrian should not be an Olympic event

8/6/2012 2:26:00 PM

opinions are like assholes... everybody has one

8/6/2012 2:27:13 PM

http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/47865662/ns/today-today_in_london/t/us-olympic-horses-fedexd-london-red-eye/#.UCAMj6DCQz0

Quote :

"US Olympic horses FedEx'd to London on red eye They didn't have to absolutely, positively get them there overnight, but when the U.S. Equestrian Federation sent some of its horses to London for the Olympics, it was a special delivery. The elite U.S. three-day eventing equine squad landed in London on Monday on a FedEx flight, having taken the red eye from Newark, N.J. They're not the first competitors to arrive as the countdown to the games clicks to less than 40 days away, but they are among the most pampered. "They are all special," said Tim Dutta, who owns the international horse transport company that organized the trip. "We are working on everybody's dream." Bringing these elite athletes across the Atlantic Ocean is a logistical feat - one small example of the many people and efforts under way behind the scenes to make the games go off without a hitch. This is particularly true for horses — the only animals that take part in the games, which start July 27 and end Aug. 12. Let's just start by saying that these 10 are not just any old group of horses. These animals have passports that would be the envy of any human wishing to travel the world. That said, they get used to traveling, and most of the time, they don't ask for much — not even an in-flight meal. But grooms traveling with Twizzel, Mighty Nice, Arthur and the other seven horses that made the journey would maybe give them a bit of hay. Horses like these can move in their boxes quite a bit, unlike human sardines on regular flights. But in case any of them gets bothered by the noise, the grooms might stuff some cotton in their ears, says Dr. Brendan Furlong, the veterinarian for the American eventing team. Ann Romney's horse heading to London to go for Olympic gold Carrots are always a good way to calm any horse who gets nervous — or even a horse tranquilizer in the rare case a prized animal gets really edgy. The goal is to get them to London stress-free. As for the grooms, the vet, and the other humans that cater to these pampered prancers, well, they aren't exactly going first class. Furlong says he'll usually ask the pilots to keep the plane kind of cool, so sometimes this crowd finds itself wrapped in blankets to keep warm. There's no in-flight movie, so jokes about whether they choose between "Seabiscuit" or "War Horse" don't really cut it. "It's not a job for the faint of heart," Furlong said. "You need to have someone who is a very confident flier and who can intervene quickly to calm a stressed horse." After all, 1,200 pounds of stressed horse can be an intimidating prospect. Furlong says the crews are usually very accommodating — and always want to come back even briefly to see their precious cargo. But even these horses didn't escape Britain's strict rules on quarantine. Furlong arranged to have a farm near Newark International Airport set up as a special quarantine area to comply with the U.K.'s rules - though admittedly the cherished 10 only needed five hours of intense scrutiny to meet the criteria. Nothing but the best for this crowd. Really. But do they know — do the horses know that it's the Olympics? That it's a special event that happens only every four years? Dutta swears they do. "They're athletes," Dutta said of horses that jump big big fences and run oh so fast. "They love what they do.""

8/6/2012 2:28:25 PM

I like this guys hat



nvm.. apparently they all wear the same hat






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[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 2:35 PM. Reason : .]

8/6/2012 2:34:02 PM

Quote :

"but I can't imagine the animals boarding a plane to get over the ocean."

really? they freakin ship around (by plane) endangered elephants, rhinos, and hippos all over different wildlife reserves in africa (and from africa to other continents), but somehow shipping horses is unimaginable? perhaps you thought they board and sit on seats like us (that's def unimaginable!)... but nah, they have hollowed out planes for them, and they put them in big boxes.

8/6/2012 2:44:11 PM

Quote :

"opinions are like assholes... everybody has one"

yep, some bigger than others


the horses should get the medal ... not the human. the human doesnt do anything but ride. they dont do shit. it makes no sense for that event to be in the Olympics

8/6/2012 2:51:15 PM

^ haha just wait for a person that rides to come in here and dispute that....

8/6/2012 2:51:49 PM

also:

http://www.nbcolympics.com/wrc/news-blogs/track-and-field/italys-race-walker-excluded-for-doping-test.html

8/6/2012 3:07:37 PM

uhhhh have you ever ridden a horse??

8/6/2012 3:09:38 PM

I used to ride every weekend... it's not easy, but it would be fun to have a separate ceremony for the horses.

8/6/2012 3:11:47 PM

dont get me wrong, the horses deserve recognition, but its a joint project between rider, horse and trainer

to say that any one of those three has no effect on the outcome is just baseless

8/6/2012 3:14:33 PM

if you cannot handle the horse correctly or give it accurate and timely direction you will end up on your back with the wind knocked out of you.


also they will stomp on you if they are mad at you

[Edited on August 6, 2012 at 3:17 PM. Reason : .]

8/6/2012 3:16:17 PM