[maonnjtip]

You sound as if you have really been following gymnastics. Thanks for your insights! I was hoping a gymnastics buff would speak up on here with details about the competitors' preparations and known abilities. All I know is what I hear from the commentators on TV and what I've read in Time and Sports Illustrated. (I always buy the Olympic Previews.) So I've never actually laid eyes on any of these athletes, and of course they all look good to me. (I couldn't even stand up on a balance beam!)

I'm wondering whether you or anyone else on GS has anything to say about my personal favorite discipline, rhythmic gymnastics. This year apparently we have a competitor, a lone one, which leads me to hope for some televised coverage. I love watching the sport, though I'm pretty much totally ignorant about it. I don't even know whether they are usually part of international gymnastics competitions such as the World Championships.