I just watch Nastia Liuken fall, again, off the bars the second night in a row. I have already blogged tonight, so I thought I was done, but I wanted to cry when I saw that. I wanted to cry hard. And she probably wanted to cry worse. But, she didn't give up, she got back up off the floor and got back on the bars and finished, and unlike yesterday stuck her landing. I know in skating they say the hardest jump is the one after a fall, so I am sure the hardest move in gymnastics is the one that comes after a fall. It meant so much to me that she got back up, and that she stuck her landing. That to me is what the Olympic spirit is all about, Its what the trials should be all about. And I am more proud of Nastia Liuken and have more respect for her than ever before, because she didn't give up, throw in the towel and stomp off when she fell again. Even though it kind of looked in her face like a part of her really wanted to. Good on ya.
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