Stop saying foolish things again. :noshake: Difficult of russian team has no competitors. It's absolutely another level. And only chance for another teams beat them - it's russian mistake. And as we saw, with ribbons it happend. But not with clubs and hoops. I can do RG too. Just jumping and tossing club without mistakes! And so, can I have a gold medal?
Among these top RG girls, I love Yana most. The artistic attraction in her performances is just unparalleled and breathtaking! Watching her hoop & ball routines at the Rio finals almost made my heart stop beating... I am serious. Mamun is such a fierce competitor that is Simply Unbelievable! The Korean girl is beautiful in competitions, but all the media hype about her good looks outside the arena just makes me sick.
Anyway, congratulations to all the medalists! :clapper:
I am not at all against the beauty in sport, but the fact just turns me off that this Korean girl Son could always make the headlines in the press even though she was not a medal winner at any big events.What you said about Son Yeon Jae is indeed the curse of any decent looking athlete. Quite often, female athletes attract people because of their look, rather than their results. If we look back at Anna Kournikova, then I am sure most men saw her fitness video, but how many know and witnessed the two grand slam victories with Martina? How many know about her being in the Wimbledon semi final, reaching 4th rounds and the quarters several times at majors?
She was a good player, especially as a junior and teenager. There was not that much between her and others at that time and quite often she lost because of inexperience or nerves like vs. Novotna or Graf.
Don´t get me wrong, I know that the look is an important thing for a lady, woman like to be pretty and surely do a lot do be exactly this. But, it downgrades their achievements if only said look or boyfriend gossip is spread and not their competetive results.
for those with pesky geoblock
you can see all ribbon ribbon from last routine including Mamun's Black Swan !!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjv1fNhaSXE
That Korean girl make the headlines in press everywhere, is not absolutely due to her pretty looks. it also due to the fact that she is the only asian that was in top ten in a Sport that is absolutely dominated by Europeans . She is rare and precious. And in this world, we cherish gold medal as well as precious breakthroughs.I am not at all against the beauty in sport, but the fact just turns me off that this Korean girl Son could always make the headlines in the press even though she was not a medal winner at any big events.
As for Kournikova, she is a talented tennis player, but her professional career in singles ended in failure mainly because of the excessive media hype back then. Martina is my favorite ladies player, but she was unfairly treated by the audience at one of the French Open finals, for which I still feel very sorry until today.
Your version here is quite far-fetched. The rarity in Son's case is not how special her position in RG means to the audience, but her natural beauty in Korea and the importance of her commercial value to the sponsors who have been funding her long-term trainings in Russia.That Korean girl make the headlines in press everywhere, is not absolutely due to her pretty looks. it also due to the fact that she is the only asian that was in top ten in a Sport that is absolutely dominated by Europeans . She is rare and precious. And in this world, we cherish gold medal as well as precious breakthroughs.
That applied in other disciplines too.
Your version here is quite far-fetched. The rarity in Son's case is not how special her position in RG means to the audience, but her natural beauty in Korea and the importance of her commercial value to the sponsors who have been funding her long-term trainings in Russia.