GYMN-L Digest - 24 Apr 1996 to 25 Apr 1996
There
are 5 messages totalling 145 lines in this
issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Intro
2. Healy
3. Olympic Wildcards Explained
4. Re-introduction
5. predictions,
and bit of trivia
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Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 21:55:04
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From: ***@CABLEREGINA.COM
Subject:
Intro
My name is Marg. I have been involved in gymnastics since 1981
as
parent, volunteer, and Physical Therapist. My role as a parent has evolved
from Recreational to National level, my daughter competed at
6 Canadian
National Championships until a torn ACL ligament on a 2 1/2
twist whilst
training for Canada Games ended a
promising career. Life goes on, both my
daughters
now coach, one recreational the other in the STEP program.
(Saskatchewan Talent Evaluation Program). My role as the physio has allowed
me to work
closely with athletes and coaches at all levels of the sport. My
reason for subscribing to Gymn is
to learn more about the NCAA program as
this year
2 of our former Saskatchewan team members and good friends are
doing well in their first year of college gymnastics. Watch
out for Lisa
Simes at Michigan and Erin Chenier
at SE Missouri who almost made the
individual cut
for NCAA champs. Dory, can you imagine how powerful an all
Canadian team
would be at NCAA's.
Marg.
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 06:45:46
PDT
From: ***@AMDAHL.CO.ZA
Subject:
Healy
please can someone explain to me what a
healy looks like on women's bars?
thanks.
Helen.
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 00:52:11
-0400
From: ***@CAPITALNET.COM
Subject:
Olympic Wildcards Explained
In FIG President Yuri Titov's
opening address to the Press at Worlds, he
talked
about the composition of the Olympic field for this summer's Games
in Atlanta. The
concept of "wildcards" was mentioned, and my curiosity was
triggered. If
Canada was not successful in placing a man and a woman in
the top 18, they might have to apply for a wildcard? Thankfully, not only
did a Canadian man and a woman place in the top 18, but 3
men and 3 women
made the grade! So we don't need to ask for a wildcard
entry. But many
other countries' delegates were wondering and
pondering...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has alloted 5 wildcard positions
for
the men's competition and 3 wildcard positions for the women's
competition.
Originally, 10 positions were alloted to
gymnastics, but two
were used up by RSG groups
(like China & 1 other country).
So this is why
there are more wildcards for
men's artistic than for women's artistic.
Nominations
for wildcards must be submitted by countries' National Olympic
Committees (NOCs) to the IOC. The IOC may do some screening and asks
the
International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) to make recommendations of
the
athletes based on performances at the last two
World Championships (WC -
Sabae & San Juan).
The criteria for wildcard
selection by the IOC are:
- firstly, Continental
representation -- i.e. what continent is the
wildcard
from? Someone from South Africa or
New Zealand might be more
likely to get in than
someone from Europe. (Perhaps,
think of how you put
your armies out on a Risk
game board, eh?)
- secondly, performance results
of the athlete at WC -- now we're talking
below
top 24 AA or on an apparatus
Now, likely wildcard applicants would be
Cuba and North Korea. Cuba had
qualified in Sabae but withdrew
and their place was replaced by Mexico and
Slovenia. If re-instated, they could enter
wildcards. An ideal wildcard
would be Cuban vault medallist Annia Portuondo. North Korea's submission
of pommel horse king Pae Gil Su is
not clear. I thought I heard the
ACOG
folks say that PRK's NOC had submitted him,
but Pae and his coach told me
(at
the mall later that same day) that they hadn't decided whether to
submit for a wildcard or not. >Shrug<.
Other countries
that competed in San Juan which could apply for
wildcards
may include Finland, Denmark, Iceland,
Norway, Austria, Belgium, The
Netherlands, Lithuania, Iran, Turkey, South
Africa, Puerto Rico, Barbados,
Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, New Zealand,
Indonesia, Chinese
Taipei (Taiwan), and Hong Kong.
The wildcards
are distributed throughout the draw as follows:
Men: 2 in Mixed Group
#1 and 1 in each of Mixed Group #2, 3, and 4
Women: 1 in each of Mixed
Group #1, 2, and 3
We should be able to hear within a month or so who
the wildcards will be.
I would think they'd decide sooner rather later so
these athletes can know
whether they should bother
training compulsories.
Regards,
Grace
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 01:46:31
-0400
From: ***@CORNELL.EDU
Subject:
Re-introduction
Hi,
I'm Simon, a Cornell sophomore, and I've been on this group
for a little over a year now, mostly lurking. I'm just a "fan" (read:
Non-participating
in sport) but I have learned quite a bit more about what
I'm watching from
the group. As for particularly
favored gymnasts, I have a
general soft spot for
all the "old hands" who have been around since, say, 1990.
That's it for now.
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Date: Thu, 25 Apr 1996 16:39:17
+1000
From: ***@OZEMAIL.COM.AU
Subject:
predictions, and bit of trivia
The person who will win the Olympics is
the person who will do well in the
competitions
right before. In other words, wait
for the Europeans and US
Nationals.
I've got my ideas about who
might win, but I'll keep them to myself until
mid-June,
when I find out who's in form.
BTW, does anyone else realise that since 1983, a Romanian has finished 3rd
at Worlds the year before the Olympics? And if I recall correctly, Melita
Ruhn was 3rd in
1979???
Simone
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