Tag Archives: olympic trials
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Nastia Liukin’s Gymnastics Career Ends With Face-Plant On Uneven Bars (GIF)
Four years ago in Beijing, Nastia Liukin became just the third U.S. woman ever to win gold in the all-around women’s gymnastics competition. Her surprising victory at the age of 18—surprising because of her “advanced” age, because teammate Shawn Johnson was more highly regarded, and because the Chinese snuck a bunch of underaged gymnasts into [...]
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Watch Olympic Gold Medalist Dan O’Brien Fall Off Chair During Interview On NBC (Video)
Remember Dan O’Brien? He and fellow U.S. Decathlete Dave Johnson were part of this massive Reebok ad-campaign leading up to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. The campaign was called “Dan & Dave,” and it tried to use the two rivals and medal-favorites to spike interest in both the decathlon, and Reebok, of course. The [...]
