“The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” may be the slogan for ABC’s defunct Wide World of Sports, but rarely has it been as apt as on the third day of NBC’s Olympic primetime coverage. The U.S. pulled in some major hardware in the swimming pool — though Ryan Lochte faltered for the second day in a row, and went home without a medal for the first time at this Olympics. America landed its first medal for men’s diving since 1996 — but diver Tom Daley, Great Britain’s most famous Olympian and one of its best chances for gold,...
- 7/31/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW.com - PopWatch
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The 2012 U.S. women's gymnastics trials get underway Friday night (June 29) in San Jose, Calif., where head coach Martha Karolyi will choose the team for the London Summer Games. The girl who finishes first in the individual all-around scoring will automatically qualify and the remaining four spots (plus up to three alternates) will be chosen by Karolyi, Steve Rybacki and 2004 Olympian Terin Humphrey.
This is a departure from the size of the past Olympic squads. Up until the year 2000, seven girls made the team. Then from 2000-2008, it was six. Now it's down to just five - a particularly hard number to whittle down to this year because the team is so deep. In fact, it has been speculated the U.S. could field two teams of five girls that could both compete for a medal at the Olympics.
The 2012 U.S. women's gymnastics trials get underway Friday night (June 29) in San Jose, Calif., where head coach Martha Karolyi will choose the team for the London Summer Games. The girl who finishes first in the individual all-around scoring will automatically qualify and the remaining four spots (plus up to three alternates) will be chosen by Karolyi, Steve Rybacki and 2004 Olympian Terin Humphrey.
This is a departure from the size of the past Olympic squads. Up until the year 2000, seven girls made the team. Then from 2000-2008, it was six. Now it's down to just five - a particularly hard number to whittle down to this year because the team is so deep. In fact, it has been speculated the U.S. could field two teams of five girls that could both compete for a medal at the Olympics.
- 6/29/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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