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Picture of the Day - London Prepares 2012 - Alexandra
Far and away this is a major moment in RG with a story. Alexandra's victory sign, the black armband in protest...all point toward a situation yet to be resolved. Six good gymnasts were after five places
at London and Alexandra barely missed out. My honest opinion? Alexandra (and Ganna Rizatdinova of Ukraine) already qualified for the Olympics at Montpellier WC last September. I say there were other
gymnasts in the 15-qualifiers at Montpellier that didn't deserve to qualify and should have been sent to "London Prepares" last week instead. I maybe only a photographer, but I know quality RG when I see it
and Alexandra & Ganna showed more go for it, risk, and quality then a few of the earlier 15-qualifiers, period. This is my page and I say the judges had it wrong on more then one gymnast last September.
Fortunately Ganna Rizatdinova qualified last week. But now Alexandra and Romania must pray the FIG sees the light and makes her a wildcard. Alexandra's situation is a lot like Inga Tavdishvilli's wildcard
at Sydney 2000. Inga was the 21st ranked gymnast at 1999 Osaka and was given the Sydney 2000, tripartite commission wildcard (plz correct my history, if incorrect). Hear me out...with Alexandra's ranking
in 2011-2012 being very similar to Inga Tavdishvilli's in 1999-2000, the hope is FIG will get it right again like Inga's 2000 wildcard and do same same with an Alexandra Piscupescu wildcard at London 2012...
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Nomad mini-blog: Home in Calif resting and staying warm here in mtns. Montpellier and recent London images, I will continue to post on my FB artist's page. D-Cup/Kiev in March will be my next. Cheers! Tom
Miss Yesterday's? RG photographers: Patrick Tower, Barny Thierolf, Esther Teijeira, Dirk Zimmermann, Sing Lo, Olivier Aubrais, Carlo Di Giusto, Dan Pickard, Alexandra Kavoura, Alessandra Favorato, John Holmes,
Takako Kobayashi, Marvin Moore, Daniel Palhegyi. Forums: RhythmicMom (USA), Rsg.net Videographers: Guillermo, RSGMann, History: Jenn Isbister, Music: Norway index site, COP: Mario Lam, Tom T info: @Twitter
2011 World Championships Montpellier - Images by Tom Theobald | 2011 Kiev World Cup - Images by Tom Theobald | 2011 Portimao World Cup - Images by Tom Theobald | 2011 Holon Grand Prix - Images by Tom Theobald |