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U-S women bag gold at Gymnastics Championships
AP ^
| 8/20/03
| AP Staff
Posted on 08/20/2003 10:11:47 PM PDT by Pro-Bush
Anaheim, California-AP -- A string of injuries didn't stop the U-S women's team from striking gold at the World Championships in Anaheim, California.
The gold is the first for any American team at the worlds, men or women. It also gives the team a major boost as it heads into the Athens Olympics next year.
The margin of victory was just one-point-74 points over U-S women bag gold at Gymnastics Championships
the Romanians. Chellsie Memmel carried the Americans, who lost Annia Hatch and Courtney Kupets to injuries. Memmel was an alternate until being pressed into service late last week. She's now 8-for-8 on routines in the team prelims and finals.
Memmel on Wednesday didn't post a score lower than the nine-point-275 she made on the vault.
Australia won the bronze, edging China.
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News
KEYWORDS: goldmedal; gymnastics; women
Congratulations ladies!
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posted on
08/20/2003 10:11:47 PM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
To: Pro-Bush
To: Pro-Bush
Way to go ladies,USA USA USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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posted on
08/20/2003 10:39:54 PM PDT
by
noutopia
To: Pro-Bush
Very Cool.
It's nice to see a Wisconsin girl do well on the world stage.
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:17:50 PM PDT
by
MediaMole
To: MediaMole
Exactly....Not to mention beating out Romania, who has dominated womens gymnastics for decades.
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:24:35 PM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(Awareness is what you know before you know anything else.)
To: Pro-Bush
What, no pics?
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:30:58 PM PDT
by
FlyVet
To: FlyVet
Congratulations Courtney Kupets, Terin Humphrey, Chellsie Memmel, Tasha Schwikert, and Hollie Vise!
Chellsie Memmel (USA) waits to begin her beam performance
Courtney Kupets
Terin Humphrey
Tasha Schwikert
Hollie Vise
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posted on
08/20/2003 11:45:15 PM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(Awareness is what you know before you know anything else.)
To: Pro-Bush
Lovely youngsters. But I guess I was thinking more along the line of..the ladies' NCAA gymnastics championships I saw on TV a few months ago :). I forgot how young these girls have to be to be physically capable of being an Olympian. Tough little waifs, they are.
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:03:23 AM PDT
by
FlyVet
To: FlyVet
I'm sure proud of them!
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posted on
08/21/2003 12:12:04 AM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(Awareness is what you know before you know anything else.)
To: Pro-Bush
Terin HumphreyRef: that pic: now, that's what I call, getting some air!
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posted on
08/21/2003 1:17:33 AM PDT
by
FlyVet
To: FlyVet
She is a bad-ass for sure!
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posted on
08/21/2003 1:18:52 AM PDT
by
Pro-Bush
(Awareness is what you know before you know anything else.)
To: Pro-Bush
Gymnastics is a very hard sport and for those girls to win after having strings of injuries shows that they have a lot of talent. I was a gymnast myself for 6 years, I was on the mens gymnastics team. I've won many awards, but I'm not here to talk about myself so I will end this post. Your friend, Garin. My email address is
nastics17@yahoo.com
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