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Old 08-12-2008, 08:31 PM   #389
gstelmack
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Originally Posted by BishopMVP View Post
Heh, as KCChief pointed out, the Karolyi's forced her out on a broken ankle even though they mathematically had the competition sewn up, and NBC hyped it incredibly during prime time even though the actual competition took place 8 hours earlier and they clearly knew by that time it hadn't affected the outcome.

And how does any of this affect the fact that a young woman went out there on a broken ankle and stuck the landing? How does any of this affect her courage or her performance under pressure?

Be as ticked off as you want at the coaches and NBC, she still impressed the hell out of me.
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