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The E Panel: Lay it on the line: the five best layouts on beam
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A layman's view of the world of Gymnastics, from admiration to condemnation, adoration to irritation and everything inbetween. Sunday, 31 March 2013. Lay it on the line: the five best layouts on beam. After yesterdays consideration of the unfolding Katelyn Ohashi story, I got to thinking about layouts on beam. Here are my favourite five. So it isn't the best in the world. There are higher ones. Quicker ones, more jaw dropping ones. But in the twilight of the 05-08 quad, the layout was Shawn's...This beam...
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The E Panel: June 2012
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A layman's view of the world of Gymnastics, from admiration to condemnation, adoration to irritation and everything inbetween. Friday, 22 June 2012. Olympic Countdown: The E Panel's top three Olympic WAG Bronzes. Svetlana Boginskaya, AA bronze, Seoul 1988. But 1988 was her real AA performance, I think. Overshadowed by the head to head battle between Silivas and Shushunova, Bogi just got on with what she had to do and wowed us with wonderful performances, particularly on floor exercise. Often the legends ...
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The E Panel: The Side Somi - a rant.
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A layman's view of the world of Gymnastics, from admiration to condemnation, adoration to irritation and everything inbetween. Wednesday, 26 October 2011. The Side Somi - a rant. I like to think of myself as a level headed person, i.e. pretty chilled out about most things. And mostly this is true. Sadly it is a part of the human condition that we all must for some reason be riled by particular people and experiences. I know more these days, but the question still holds. Why? I'm alright for now, thanks.
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The E Panel: July 2012
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A layman's view of the world of Gymnastics, from admiration to condemnation, adoration to irritation and everything inbetween. Sunday, 29 July 2012. What an epic day. Lets take stock, shall we? Top 10 AA qualifiers:. Interesting to note the 5. Place QF position of Deng Linlin, and the lack of teammate Yao Yinnan, who did not look anywhere near her top form today. Close, but I am going to go with Douglas. Closer, but my money is on Komova by a whisker. All the big names present and correct, but this final...
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The E Panel: Don't look back in anger...
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A layman's view of the world of Gymnastics, from admiration to condemnation, adoration to irritation and everything inbetween. Thursday, 9 August 2012. Don't look back in anger. Hard to imagine that it is all over. You wish for something for four years and when it arrives, it flies by like a freight train. The individual event finals of London 2012 were ridiculously unexpected for me (Deng Linlin beam champion? What The E Panel will remember fondly. Gabrielle Douglas - 2012 AA Champion. I love KomovaR...
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The E Panel: The European Championships - The E Panel's Highlights
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A layman's view of the world of Gymnastics, from admiration to condemnation, adoration to irritation and everything inbetween. Sunday, 13 May 2012. The European Championships - The E Panel's Highlights. TEAM - ROMANIA RETURNS. Similar leotard to Athens. And really, not much has changed has it? GREAT Sticks on the double double and whip triple, and nice leaps too. What this means for the team final later this year is unclear. Yes, Romania won and by quite a margin, but Russia did not exactly have a go...
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The E Panel: August 2012
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A layman's view of the world of Gymnastics, from admiration to condemnation, adoration to irritation and everything inbetween. Thursday, 9 August 2012. Don't look back in anger. Hard to imagine that it is all over. You wish for something for four years and when it arrives, it flies by like a freight train. The individual event finals of London 2012 were ridiculously unexpected for me (Deng Linlin beam champion? What The E Panel will remember fondly. Gabrielle Douglas - 2012 AA Champion. I love KomovaR...
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The E Panel: March 2012
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A layman's view of the world of Gymnastics, from admiration to condemnation, adoration to irritation and everything inbetween. Saturday, 31 March 2012. CoPs and robbers: the best bits of the draft code. The criteria on which we judge what is good change continuously. Here are my best bits/most notable bits so far. A MORE ACCOUNTABLE VAULT FINAL. But the FIG are clearly onto this and the draft code suggests a new rule for vault event finals. It means that E scores are no longer averaged, but instead the f...
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The E Panel: April 2012
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A layman's view of the world of Gymnastics, from admiration to condemnation, adoration to irritation and everything inbetween. Thursday, 26 April 2012. Get well soon Beth. I awoke this morning to some disturbing news. See: http:/ www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/17843966. I will be totally honest here and admit that, of all the wonderful possibilities for London, by far my greatest concern is Beth Tweddle medalling on bars. Why? But Beth has always has an inconsistent streak, sadly making somewhat of a hab...