Also makes me wonder what they do after
Yeah, this is the really rough part -- there are a lot of sports (most, really) where your competitive career is over before the rest of your life really starts. 20 is rough, but 25 or so is common to a lot of sports, and it's a time when non-athletes are just starting on careers, families, and all the rest. From a few years older, the age difference doesn't seem like much.
But when you combine early physical burnout with
not
having had any other education, contacts, skills... that becomes a much harder thing. There was an NPR piece a few weeks back about a woman who had come up through the sports training system and then become disabled (blind, maybe?), and who had never had even a HS-equivalent education, had no job skills or prospects, family in poverty once the sports paycheck stopped... she's an extreme case, of course, but with that system there's just nothing else.
It was a gymnast or a sculler yesterday who tested positive for a stimulant, but he took the stimulant so he could stay up studying.
I like the US leotards this year -- the big star design manages both simple and striking.
http://economicalmeals.blogspot.com/2008/06/lentil-soup-with-cornbread.html
Looks great—thanks for the link!
It was a gymnast or a sculler yesterday who tested positive for a stimulant, but he took the stimulant so he could stay up studying.
Not a sculler. I was going to say maybe swimmer, as I heard the story and I saw no sculling.
You're welcome, Calli.
Do the gymnasts use toupee tape tou keep their bodysuits from going up their butts, or are they just magical? I like the starts but not how shiny shiny the lycra is.
The shots of the one gymnast who was obviously not happy with her performance are flashing me on msbelle calling Khorksomething the world's angriest gymnast. That one looked ready to rip someone's head off all the time.
msbelle calling Khorksomething the world's angriest gymnast.
That must be Svetlana Khorkina.
Ah... have just hit "pause" on the Tivo. Will resume in several minutes after Shrubwit is done.
