Gymnastics

[Cindy C.]

Joy wrote (about the Gymnastics World Championships)

> Are those being televised?  I love gymnastics, but I can never 
>manage to find it in the TV listings... Grrr, I can't believe I 
>missed it.

I don't think you missed it all.  They didn't show the mens' all-
around, and they didn't show the individual apparatus events for men 
or women.  My guess is that these will be broadcast this weekend.

Man, does that sport have a lot of weird rules or what?  China 
finished fourth, and the difference was a penalty they were 
assessed.  Apparently, you can stretch and warm up next to the 
apparatus when you're next up.  Well, two Chinese girls were kind of 
going through their routine instead of stretching -- just doing 
handstands and flips and going over things mentally.

This cost them .2 of a point, which threw the bronze medals to the 
Australians.  

Picky, picky, picky.

Cindy -- wondering why the vaulting horse is that weird flat shape 
now