gymn Digest Mon, 6 Jun 94 Volume 2 : Issue 134

Today's Topics:
--> EVERYONE _PLEASE_ READ (2 msgs)
ABC Does it Again (2 msgs)
Calendar for June 1994
Congratulations!
Europeans
gif site
Gymnastics Coverage (was: Hilton TV coverage on ABC) (2 msgs)
Hilton TV coverage on ABC (2 msgs)
I *had* to pass this along
Men's European Champs.
Men's Europeans
Men's Euros, event finals (2 msgs)
Men's Euros, yet again
Men's Juniors? (2 msgs)
PS
Update on Michelle Campi

This is a digest of the gymn@athena.mit.edu mailing list.

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Date: Mon, 06 Jun 94 09:23:26 EDT
From: ***@aol.com
Subject: --> EVERYONE _PLEASE_ READ

If you read only one msg on Gymn all year, please read this one!

*Please* remember that Gymn is a *very* public forum. The stuff that you send
to Gymn has the potential to reach the ears of people at the US Gymnastics
Federation, the elite gymnasts that we mention, and just about anyone else
who might care to find out about us. These are not lofty claims, as all of
the above has already happened.

Recently, from multiple sources, I have been catching a lot of flack for the
apparent lack of respect of gymnasts on the forum. Needless to say, I have
found this is very disappointing. It can (and has) reflected very poorly on
Gymn.

Now, friends, keep in mind here that Gymn can be a wonderful thing. There is
the opportunity to learn *so* much about gymnastics and meet so many people.
We are a well-educated group of people with many knowledgable and respected
members. Gymn is an unmoderated forum because we have found lots of success
with the informality of Gymn. However, as you all know, we do have
guidelines which we ask all members to abide by. If you don't, then we
*will* ask you to leave. The guideline that has been coming up a lot
recently is the following one:

-> In order to keep the forum friendly, we ask that all members
remember be respectful of others' points of view. It is, of course,
all right to disagree with a person's opinion, but attacking them for
holding it will be considered inappropriate in this forum. Similarly,
we hope to be able to keep the "signal-to-noise" ratio high, so PLEASE
AVOID ALL MANNER OF "FLAMING". This includes statements that could be
considered libelous in nature. Please remember that clues such as
facial expression, body language and tone of voice are missing, making
it easy to misunderstand intentions and jokes.

In other words: be considerate! Note that when we are talking about
"flaming," we are talking not just about other members -- we don't want you
to flame *anybody*. If you have a problem with a gymnast, fine; just don't
say it on Gymn in an unsportsmanlike fashion. We don't want that kind of
stuff on here. If you feel that is too restrictive or you have some other
problem with the way things are, then go start your own forum!

The following disclaimer is going to be added to the beginning of the welcome
letter:

ALL OPINIONS EXPRESSED ON THE GYMN FORUM ARE THOSE OF THE SENDER ONLY. THEY
DO NOT REFLECT THE OPINION OF GYMN.

If you have a problem with the content of a post to Gymn, please do not
hesitate to contact me.

Any and all opinions regarding this particular post are invited. I want to
know if you agree with me (and the other members who have complained) or if
you think people are being too sensitive. I need to know what you all think,
because after all, you *are* Gymn.

Rachele
Forum Manager

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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 1994 09:23:34 +0600
From: ***@scoter.cdev.com
Subject: --> EVERYONE _PLEASE_ READ


> Any and all opinions regarding this particular post are invited. I want to
> know if you agree with me (and the other members who have complained) or if
> you think people are being too sensitive.

I wholeheartedly agree that some posts are getting out of hand.
Those who think that the folks complaining are being too sensitive
are free to start alt.sports.gymnastics. :/
--John

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Date: Sat, 04 Jun 94 20:29:21 EDT
From: ***@aol.com
Subject: ABC Does it Again

Well no men and no date for them in the future. I wonder if they're ever
planning on showing them? Not that is was much of a contest but you know they
used up the film they might as well show it. Do you know that they spent more
time on the Advil mini-marathon (and you know those huge audiences that
marathon's bring in...there's nothing more exciting than watching a pack of
people jogging along and drinking water) than they did gym. Only 38 minutes
(*with* commercials) during a 1.5 hour telecast. Sometimes I think that ABC
just does it to tick me off (quite an ego I've got eh?). Maybe they'll show
the men when they're supposed to later in June. I live in eternal hope...I
always expect the next coverage to be better..."Oh the sun'll come out
tomorrow..."

I can't believe they didn't show Linlin's beam (but they did show her
floor... that makes sense...why not vault?)...the best part of the meet.
Great that Piskun and Dawes (I'm not a fan as you know...but this is as good
as she looks) blew hit meets on something of such vast international
importance as the Hilton Challenge.

Hmm...what do I hate more than Dawes?...why it's Van Halen...let's combine
the two...of course that's a personal problem that you could care less about
I'm sure.

I'm rambling...bye

Susan

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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 1994 07:47:31 +1000
From: ***@pharm.med.upenn.edu
Subject: ABC Does it Again

>Hmm...what do I hate more than Dawes?...why it's Van Halen...let's combine
>the two...of course that's a personal problem that you could care less about
>I'm sure.
>
>I'm rambling...bye
>
>Susan


You are absolutely right! Some of us actually like Dawes - imagine that!!!!!

Mayland

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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 00:21:28 -0500
From: ***@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Subject: Calendar for June 1994


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The Gymn Calendar

Anyone that has any events to add to this calendar, please mail them
to me. All events on this calendar are
subject to change. -- Efton
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June 1994
S M Tu W Th F S
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
26 27 28 29 30

2-5 European Championships (M)/ Prague, Czech Republic
4 Hilton Challenge Triangular Meet/ TELEVISED ON ABC
5-11 USAIGC Nationals/ Greensboro, NC
8-12 International Elite Cup/ Monterrey N.L., Mexico
9-12 Four Continents Championships (R)/ Seoul, Korea
10-11 Budget Rent A Car Gymnastics Invit. (M/W)/ Worcester, MA
18 Budget Rent a Car Gymnastics Invit. (M/W)/ TELEVISED ON NBC
18-25 Coaches Workshop (M/W/R)/ Huguenot, NY
19 Coca-Cola Rhythmic National Championships/ TELEVISED ON CBS
24-26 1st Elite Regionals (W)/ Various Sites
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July 1994
S M Tu W Th F S
1 2
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
31

1-9 Special Olympics World Summer Games/ New Haven, CT
1-10 U.S. Olympic Festival (M/W/R)/ St. Louis, MO
3 U.S. Olympic Festival (M/W/R)/ TELEVISED ON CBS
6-9 Puerto Rico Internat. Gymn. Cup (M/W)/ San Juan, Puerto Rico
9 U.S. Olympic Festival (M/W/R)/ TELEVISED ON CBS
10 U.S. Olympic Festival (M/W/R)/ TELEVISED ON CBS
14-17 Coaches Workshop/ Sunbury, OH
15-17 2nd Elite Regionals (W)/ Various Sites
16 Hilton Challenge Triangular Meet/ TELEVISED ON ABC
22-24 National Gymnastics Festival (Elite W)/ Colorado Springs, CO
23-8/7 Goodwill Games/ St. Petersburg, Russia
26-29 U.S. Sports Acro Nationals/ Cedar City, UT
29-31 State Chairman Workshop (W)/ Indianapolis, IN
31-8/6 Coaches Workshop (M/W)/ Woodward, PA
TBA Rhythmic International Festival/ TBA
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August 1994
S M Tu W Th F S
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30 31

4-7 U.S. Classic Nationals (W)/ Palm Springs, CA
12 Gymn's Second Anniversary
18-28 Commonwealth Games/ Victoria, B.C., Canada
19-22 Commonwealth Games (Artistic Gymnastics)
25-27 Commonwealth Games (Rhythmic Gymnastics)
20 Hilton Challenge Triangular Meet/ TELEVISED ON ABC
24-27 Coca-Cola USA National Championships/ Nashville, TN
24-27 USA Gymnastics National Congress/ Nashville, TN
27 Coca-Cola USA National Championships/ TELEVISED ON NBC
28 Coca-Cola USA National Championships/ TELEVISED ON NBC
29-9/3 XII Olympic Congress/ Paris, France
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September 1994
S M Tu W Th F S
1 2 3
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
25 26 27 28 29 30

10-11 Golden Sands/ Varna, Bulgaria
27-10/2 T.O.P. National Testing (W)/ TBA
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October 1994
S M Tu W Th F S
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
30 31

2-16 Asian Games (M/W)/ Hiroshima, Japan
6-9 Rhythmic World Championships/ Paris, France
21-23 World Championship Team Trials/ TBA
28-30 Gymnaestrada/ Palm Springs, CA
TBA Rhythmic International Invitation (R)/ TBA
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November 1994
S M Tu W Th F S
1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
27 28 29 30

9-12 Olympic Congress of the USA/ Nashville, TN
15-20 World Championships (Team)/ Dortmund, Germany
TBA Chunichi Cup/ Nagoya City, Japan
TBA Catania (W)/ Catania, Italy
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December 1994
3 Team World Championships/ TELEVISED ON NBC
15-21 Pacific Alliance Championships/ Auckland, New Zealand
TBA DTB Cup/ Stuttgart, Germany
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March 1995
4-19 Pan American Games/ Mar Del Plata, Argentina
25 NCAA Regionals (M)/ TBA
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April 1995
7-8 NCAA National Champs (M)/ TBA
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July 1995
9-15 10th World Gymnaestrada/ Frankfurt, Germany
TBA U.S. Olympic Festival (M/W/R)/ Denver, CO
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August 1995
10-13 Coca-Cola National Championships/ TBA
12 Gymn's Third Anniversary
17-20 USA Gymnastics National Congress/ New Orleans, LA
24-9/8 World University Games (M/W/R)/ Fukuoka, Japan
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October 1995
1-10 Artistic World Championships/ Sabae, Japan
4-7 Olympic Congress of the USA/ Atlanta, GA
4-8 Rhythmic World Champs/ Vienna, Austria
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July 1996
19-8/4 Games of the XVIth Olympiad/ Atlanta, GA
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August 1996
12 Gymn's Fourth Anniversary
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Date: Mon, 06 Jun 94 11:43:47 EDT
From: ***@aol.com
Subject: Congratulations!

This is just a note to let everyone on Gymn know that we have a National
Champion in acro gymnastics. Alfredo has just told me that he won nationals
in Portugal -- I believe in Mixed Pairs. (He says he didn't tell Gymn
because "its not my style telling everybody." So I decided to tell you all,
for the modest Mr. Dominques. wink.)

Btw, he also wins the award for longest name on Gymn: "Alfredo Manuel
Rodrigues Domingues".

If you'd like to email him congratulations, his address is:
ard@cheeta.inesc.pt

Rachele

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Date: Mon, 06 Jun 94 11:38:02 BST
From: ***@axion.bt.co.uk
Subject: Europeans

>I'm sorry I haven't got any info since... ahmm... I
didn't watch it!

Same here, I didnt watch it either, I was more interested in
watching the cricket, we played really well too. Gooch got
a double century if your interested.

>Don't want to say this but there're so many gym coverage
>lately that it's hard to watch everything!

It has been hard to keep up with all the coverage. With 2 hour
repeats every morning it does tend to use up your video tapes
quickly, and then by the time you get to watch it you realise
you have got about 10 versions of the same thing. So I
didnt even bother this time, theres just been too much coverage.

Anyway there were far more important things to do this weekend,
like watching the D-Day commemoration (which was very
good by the way)
and doing my college work. I managed to get most of it done if
your interested, no didnt think you would be.

Clive

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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 94 0:39:34 CDT
From: ***@midway.uchicago.edu
Subject: gif site

What is the location of the gif site at kentucky again? If it is still there,
I have some old pictures I would like to put on.

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Anthony
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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 1994 06:59:38 -0400
From: ***@cykick.jvnc.net
Subject: Gymnastics Coverage (was: Hilton TV coverage on ABC)

Disclaimer: I haven't watched my tape of yesterday's coverage yet.

First, concerning the complaints about the coverage of the Advil
Mini-Marathon vs. gymnastics. George writes (in part):

>...I agree
>with Susan that they probably could have canned the Advil Marathon, although
>it's pretty funny that Advil would sponsor such an event. Pretty apprpriate,
>actually.

FYI, the Mini-Marathon is one of the oldest women-only road races around.
Advil has been a sponsor for this race for only the past few years - L'eggs
was the original sponsor. BTW, is it any more appropriate that Sudafed, an
antihistamine, is a major sponsor of women's athletics? The stuff that
immediately comes to my mind include "The Skating and Gymnastics
Spectacular," formerly known as "Symphony of Sport" - benefit weekend for
the Women's Sports Foundation. Come on...

Also, without doing an actual count on commercials, I'm willing to bet that
Advil may have paid ABC more $$$ to provide same-day coverage. Think about
it.

I do agree with George here:
>It's amazing how much "larger than life" those meets look on TV than in real
>life. Those of you that have a chance, by all means go to live international
>meets. This isn't a knock on the ABC coverage, but TV just doesn't capture
>the true scale of gymnastics. It magnifies a lot of interesting things, but
>the general feel is so very different.

Maybe this is the root of the problem concerning gymnastics coverage on TV.
Track and gymnastics are two sports where (more often than not) two or
more events take place simultaneously. This creates all kinds of
challenges for T; notably the need for multiple cameras and staff - and
that means extra $$$. After all that, someone (producer/director) has to
work with the "time budget" he/she is handed (that is, number of minutes
allotted on the actual program) to prepare something coherent that you the
viewer will eventually see. Of course, something is going to be left out;
hence someone will undoubtedly be unhappy with something. Needless to say,
this makes even same-day coverage of gymnastics pretty difficult to
accomplish.

Although it's nice to keep hoping for more gymnastics coverage - and there
really is more now than ever outside of Olympic years, believe it or not -
it's not going to happen overnight. Even with the US's history of skating
champions, it's only been within the past 5 years that US viewers have seen
any of the major international competitions outside of the Worlds/Olympics.
(I refer here to such events as the NHK Cup and Trophie Lalique.)

Bottom line: If you want to see more gymnastics coverage - and/or coverage
done YOUR preferred way - write the stations and stop whining here.

Helena

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Date: Sun, 05 Jun 94 20:53:12 PDT
From: ***@eworld.com
Subject: Gymnastics Coverage (was: Hilton TV coverage on ABC)

>Bottom line: If you want to see more gymnastics coverage - and/or coverage
>done YOUR preferred way - write the stations and stop whining here.

Yay Helena.

As part of this, I can provide the addresses and phone/fax numbers of the top
25 ABC affiliates in the nation. Email me with your request and I'll send it
out by Thursday (got Digital World to go to this week).

Being helpful for once,

David

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Date: Sat, 4 Jun 1994 20:03:05 +0800
From: ***@Eng.Sun.COM
Subject: Hilton TV coverage on ABC

38 minutes was the time that Kathy Johnson quoted for the girls. That's
reassuring. Maybe they'll show the guys after all. She said they were
going to actually give them more coverage. Check your TV Guides (if you
get ABC broadcasts, or TV Guide, for that matter.)

Re today's coverage: I was plesed that the gymnastics the showed was actually
shown in an expedient fashion. Not too much wasted time on interviews (although
the "traveling backwards on a train in the middle of the desert" look they gave
the Amanda Borden and Dominique Dawes interviews was kind of funny. I agree
with Susan that they probably could have canned the Advil Marathon, although
it's pretty funny that Advil would sponsor such an event. Pretty apprpriate,
actually.

It's amazing how much "larger than life" those meets look on TV than in real
life. Those of you that have a chance, by all means go to live international
meets. This isn't a knock on the ABC coverage, but TV just doesn't capture
the true scale of gymnastics. It magnifies a lot of interesting things, but
the general feel is so very different.

-George

p.s. The Dominique Dawes music video - a throwback to NBC's Olympic coverage?

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Date: Sun, 05 Jun 94 01:25:17 EDT
From: ***@aol.com
Subject: Hilton TV coverage on ABC

It may be my imagination,but Amanda Borden reminds me more and more
(particularly on floor) of Kim Kelly...

Mara

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Date: Mon, 06 Jun 94 05:44:49 EDT
From: ***@aol.com
Subject: I *had* to pass this along

Remember our disscussion a few months ago about gymnastics in the movies?
Well, anyway a similar thread is going on over on the skating mailing list
and I just *had* to share one post with you...

"To sidetrack a little..

We're all aware of the habit Hollywood has of filming skating
`competitions' under spotlight to enhance their dramatic impact.

I watched American Anthem last week - a film about a couple
of gymnasts trying to make it onto the US team (for gymnastics).
The film seemed quite faithful to the sport - lots of impressive
training footage etc.. But still, when it came to the big competition
at the end of the film, voila! Spotlights!

Just surprised to see the same thing happen to gymnasts!

Duncan."

This is completely unedited and presented in it's entireity for your
exclusive incredulous response. Thank you and commence laughter now.

Susan

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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 94 02:09:00 UTC
From: ***@genie.geis.com
Subject: Men's European Champs.

>From the AP wire:

Ivan Ivankov (BLR) won the AA title with 57.549, ahead of Igor Korobchinsky
(UKR). Yevgeny Shabaev and Alexei Nemov (both RUS) finished 3rd and 4th,
respectively.

Debbie


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Date: Sun, 5 Jun 94 13:36:33 EDT
From: ***@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Subject: Men's Europeans

Thanks for the men's AA results - I'm glad Ivankov won :). But does anyone
know what happened to Shcherbo and Voropayev? Did they not compete?
Beth

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Date: Sun, 05 Jun 94 15:27:04 EDT
From: ***@aol.com
Subject: Men's Euros, event finals

I got these results from reading the Reuters sports wire. Btw, the AP
reported that Scherbo did not compete in the AA because he is only able to
perform on two events (VT and HB), due to injury.

Floor exercise:
1. Ivan Ivanov (Bulgaria) 9,687
2t. Ivan Ivankov (Byelorussia) 9,612
2t. Dmitri Vasilenko (Russia) 9,612

Pommel horse:
1. Marius Urzica (Romania) 9,787
2. Eric Poujade (France) 9,762
3. Vitali Marinic (Ukraine) 9,700

Rings:
1. Yuri Chechi (Italy) 9,787
2. Andreas Wecker (Germany) 9,725
3. Szilveszter Csollany (Hungary) 9,712

Vault:
1. Vitali Scerbo (Byelorussia) 9,662
2. Cristian Leric (Romania) 9,518
3. Magnus Rosengren (Sweden) 9,512

Parallel bars:
1t. Alexei Nemov (Russia) 9,725
1t. Rustam Charipov (Ukraine) 9,725
3t. Yevgeny Sabayev (Russia) 9,600
3t. Igor Korobcinski (Ukraine) 9,600

Horizontal bar:
1. Aljaz Pegan (Slovenia) 9,762
2. Vitali Scerbo (Ukraine) 9,662
3. Yevgeny Sabayev (Russia) 9,600

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Date: Sun, 05 Jun 94 19:33:31 EDT
From: ***@aol.com
Subject: Men's Euros, event finals

> Floor exercise:
1. Ivan Ivanov (Bulgaria) 9,687
2t. Ivan Ivankov (Byelorussia) 9,612

Can't you see the commentators going nuts? <g>

Mara

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Date: Sat, 04 Jun 94 22:46:06 EDT
From: ***@aol.com
Subject: Men's Euros, yet again

Individual results, which I read on AP:

1. Ivan Ivankov (Belarus), 57.549 [he had the top score in all events except
floor]
2. Igor Korobchinski (UKR)
3. Yevgeni Chabaev (RUS) 0.05 points behind Korobchinski
4. Alexei Nemov (Russia)

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Date: Sun, 05 Jun 94 21:29:07 EDT
From: ***@aol.com
Subject: Men's Juniors?

Hey...anybody know anything about the Jr's???????????????????

Also any comp. specific info would be great!! (hey all you lucky Eurosport
people we *know* you had coverage!)

Susan

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Date: Mon, 6 Jun 94 10:31:20 BST
From: ***@ic.ac.uk
Subject: Men's Juniors?


> Also any comp. specific info would be great!! (hey all you lucky Eurosport
> people we *know* you had coverage!)

I'm sorry I haven't got any info since... ahmm... I didn't watch it! Don't
want to say this but there're so many gym coverage lately that it's hard to
watch everything! e.g. They're showing mens Euros everyday this week and it's
hard to know which slots are new stuffs and which are repeats (pitiful
excuse..) We had Worlds, Womens Euros, Men Euros, NCAA, and rhythmic Euros
in the past 1 and 1/2 months and especially my brother (who own the satellite
system) is complaining about my excess use of it!

(Anyway I was concentrating watching the French Open tennis and the cricket
lately...)

Sherwin

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Date: Mon, 06 Jun 94 05:53:42 EDT
From: ***@aol.com
Subject: PS

In case you're wondering I did send "Duncan" (hereby refered to as 'the fool
of the first part') a response as follows...

>I watched American Anthem last week - a film about a couple
>of gymnasts trying to make it onto the US team (for gymnastics).
>The film seemed quite faithful to the sport - lots of impressive
>training footage etc.. But still, when it came to the big competition
>at the end of the film, voila! Spotlights!

I am a gym person first and foremost (*HUGE* fan, photographer, etc.)...and I
may say without any qualms what-so-ever that "American Anthem" is about as
"faithful to the sport" of gymnastics as "The Wizard of Oz" is a documentry
on tornados in Kansas. *NOTHING* in that film was in the least way, shape, or
form realistic. I will not bore you with specifics - since this is
obsentasibly a "skating" list (if you'd like a fact by fact "error" and just
plain stupid breakdown e-mail me and I'll send one right over). The only
"fact" in that entire pathetic excuse for a film was that the 1987 World
Championships were in actually held in Rotterdam...everything else was - and
please pardon my French - compelete and utter *doo doo* [actual phrase
censored for "Gymn"...aren't you proud of me Rachelle!?]!!

Susan

FYI-leaning on walls and looking "cool" has *very* little to do with
gymnastics


So Gang do you think I was to easy on him? :-)

Obnoxious As Always,
Susan

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Date: Mon, 06 Jun 94 11:29:34 EDT
From: ***@aol.com
Subject: Update on Michelle Campi

Hey Gymn,

I got an email from Michelle Campi about a month ago. She was not writing
from her own computer account, so I have had difficulty contacting her to see
if I could reprint her letter to Gymn. So, instead of just waiting, I
decided to just let you know how she's doing before the information got too
old.

The letter is dated May 8th. She wrote me from Florida, where she was
visiting her Dad. She said:
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... my back is doing very well. I had surgery to stable an unstable
fracture with a rod and some wire. (I had 3 fractures). Now, I am in a cast
for 2 months [note, it would be one month now], which is almost over! YEAH!!
It is very hot and itchy.
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In other parts of the letter, she relates that she's had friends and family
visiting her, and she has done travelling around California and also Spain
(visited her grandmother), and yes, she went to Disney World.

Also, she says she will have another surgery (the second) at the end of the
year to remove the rod, and then she will return to gymnastics. Meanwhile,
she has been doing light weights, treadmill, etc. When the cast is off, she
will being swimming and perhaps light gymnastics (beam and floor dance work,
possibly).

Another quote:
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Until then I am keeping my spirits high, and enjoying my
"forced" vacation. This may have been a blessing disguise
(a very good one at that) because now I will get some rest
and be able to come back strong.
So,keep me in your thoughts because as Arnold says...
"I'LL BE BACK!!"
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So anyways, that's how she is doing.

Rachele


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