There are at least two Chinese gymnasts who are currently listed as 16 but were listed as 12 just two years ago.
Has anyone called Torchwood?
Captain was looking for a pilot. I found a husband. Seemed to work out.
Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Theresa - Aug 10, 2008 3:05:38 pm PDT #2351 of 10003
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
Barb - Aug 10, 2008 3:11:44 pm PDT #2352 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
Yeah, sixteen my arse
(Which is akin to something Owen might say)
Sophia Brooks - Aug 10, 2008 3:15:28 pm PDT #2353 of 10003
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Those are some beautiful bodysuits, though.
DebetEsse - Aug 10, 2008 3:19:22 pm PDT #2354 of 10003
Woe to the fucking wicked.
The idea that they enter them so young because their bodies are wrecked by the time they're 20 just makes me feel so bad for them.
I'd rather see athletes who are slightly less amazing but who have lives outside of training, even if that's just school (which I get the sense is seriously lacking in the case of the Chinese athletes, and the Soviet athletes in the past). Which is also why the Home Depot ads make me like them a lot.
Jesse - Aug 10, 2008 3:20:34 pm PDT #2355 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
The idea that they enter them so young because their bodies are wrecked by the time they're 20 just makes me feel so bad for them.
Yeah, that was interesting to hear in the commentary -- that your body can only take so many repetitions, and when you start full out at age 3, you just get used up faster. That's ugh.
DebetEsse - Aug 10, 2008 3:22:10 pm PDT #2356 of 10003
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I know that sort of mindset is very Western on my part (Japanee pitches, I believe, will pitch the whole game, which significantly shortens their careers), but, still, damn.
Also makes me wonder what they do after.
Hil R. - Aug 10, 2008 3:22:11 pm PDT #2357 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Yeah, there was also commentary with one of the Chinese divers that she was "reprimanded" for having her picture show up in the tabloids too often and being in too many commercials, and they told her that she had to choose, either diving or everything else.
Connie Neil - Aug 10, 2008 3:23:58 pm PDT #2358 of 10003
brillig
American was the 31-year-old mother of an autistic child, but they didn't send a whole crew to her house last month to film her with said child, etc.
They showed the profile of her family last night, sorry. With the shots of the family at home and how she was going to make sure her son saw her compete on TV so he'd know where Mommy was.
edit: or an earlier night. But I remember seeing it.
Barb - Aug 10, 2008 3:25:26 pm PDT #2359 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
I like those types of stories, but I agree, it's nice seeing them in smaller doses and more emphasis on the sports.
Jesse - Aug 10, 2008 3:25:34 pm PDT #2360 of 10003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
They showed the profile of her family last night, sorry. With the shots of the family at home and how she was going to make sure her son saw her compete on TV so he'd know where Mommy was.
Ah, so they're just saving it for primetime. Or I missed in the morning, or whatever. I'm not saying it's not a good story!