Julie,
Normally performance athletics such as gymnastics and synchronized swimming don’t interest me unless there is an American flag plastered on their uniforms and an Olympic medal at stake. But some of the balancing acts this trio were able to come up with were fascinating and at the same time looked a extremely painful. But that’s because my hamstrings have been killing me ever since I took on the Jean-Claude Van Damme challenge.
I’ll give them credit for making the competition a bit interesting in the Olympic off-season, but I have a suggestion that might get group gymnastics onto some scheduled ESPN2 programming. Instead of just one team performing alone with judges, send out multiple teams on the mat at once, Step Up 2 style. The judges can compare more closely, plus it adds an element of gamesmanship that we don’t see in performance athletics.
What do you think?
-Ryan
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