I just cried too. I was, however, bothered by the quotes from the dad that there was only one color medal that was acceptable and they'd been training her whole life for gold. I realize having a gold medalist gymnast for a dad makes life different, but this didn't sound much better than the Chinese sports system to my ears...
I *am* glad our gymnasts don't look anorexic.
As for KSig's post about Mary Carillo... I'm sick of all of these kinds of things being done during prime time while they ignore every sport except swimming, gymnastics and beach volleyball. Would beach volleyball get as much coverage if the outfits they wore had more coverage?
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