No, not an oxymoron. Maria Paseka has, once again, brought it to the plate. 2 for 2 yesterday, including qualification to the bars final. Nobody saw that coming: certainly not us, and we’re the only people in the world who were predicting that Afanasyeva would do beam in TFs in London and Chelaru would get the Romanian bars specialist slot. Indeed, Bronwyn has even vowed to eat the contents of her cat’s litter tray if Masha manages a bars medal.
Me, I’m not betting against it. There’s only one consistency gene available for Russian gymnasts, and apparently Aliya isn’t making use of it at the moment. Paseka is, objectively, disgusting. But let nobody say she doesn’t have the big match temperament. Unlike the other three, who apparently were playing top fuckup trumps.
Grishina is like the best Chinese headcases of the 90s and early noughties, and really any time that programme was still interesting. They all spent most of their careers on global tanking tours, but had one beautiful moment when it was all worth it. She’ll have her 1990 world cup final. We just don’t know when it will be. So we have to work for it, and wait. Following gymnasts like her isn’t supposed to be like following Mustafina, or even someone of average hitting ability. That’s not how it works. Grishina is meant to drive you into the pits of despair and punish you for loving her. She is merely doing what it says on the tin.
Aliya, on the other hand, has no such excuse. And Afan? She really should’ve stuck to the layout.
http://vk.com/videos-4153493?z=video-4153493_164994858%2Fclub4153493
July 9th, 2013 at 9:10 am
A little Humor for the Gym: “The Ballad of Chester’s Gym Shorts” Have a Listen! http://youtu.be/99XGX_DJ_Ns
June 29th, 2013 at 12:29 am
Please post 🙂
May 7th, 2013 at 3:55 am
Maria was injured before Euros but she still competed vault. There were videos about her during the podium training with fully strapped leg to the knee (the right one, I think) with blue bandage. So it is not consistency issue with Maria. Aliya competed with heel injury and back injury.
April 22nd, 2013 at 12:22 pm
I guess Bronwyn has to eat the contents of the litter tray 😛
April 21st, 2013 at 1:23 pm
Well she crashed her vaults…so no consistent thing.
However, she did get a medal in Uneven bars…so Bronwyn needs to start eating, lol
April 20th, 2013 at 7:31 pm
So how does one make kitty litter palatable? Perhaps time for some more gingerbread men baking? (Just don’t do any split leaps this time.)
April 20th, 2013 at 12:34 pm
Didn’t she just crash her vault finals? Oh dear
April 20th, 2013 at 10:01 am
Guess who just won the bronze on bars?
That kitty litter joke ain’t a joke anymore.
April 20th, 2013 at 11:35 am
With an 8.6 E-score to boot!
April 19th, 2013 at 9:13 pm
I think Maria may have a very even temperament . She will end her career with a nice little bag of medals & money.
Can’t do better than that . plus she is quite beautiful.
April 19th, 2013 at 4:25 pm
“The Consistent Russian” – There’s no such thing:-)
April 19th, 2013 at 2:48 pm
well Grishina battled back for bronze today haha 🙂
April 19th, 2013 at 8:39 am
“1990 World Cup Final moment”. Word. Getting that on dodgy VHS copy a few years later made my bloody year.