This past week the Tylenol Skating and Gymnastics Spectacular was televised. The event featured nine world class gymnasts, nine world class ice skaters and Chinese pianist, Lang Lang. Here is video of the finale:
The gymnasts featured were: Nastia Liukin, Catalina Ponor, Paul Hamm, Jonathan Horton, Kevin Tan, Raj Bhavsar, Ivan Ivankov, and the acro team of Arthur Davis and Shenea Booth. The ice skaters included: Shizuka Arakawa, Evgeni Plushenko, Xue Shen, Hongbo Zho, Surya Bonaly, Michael Weiss, Yuka Sato, Violetta Afanasieva and Peter Dack.
What do you think of these types of “sport meets show” events? Personally, I think they are a wonderful way to expose larger audiences to the sports while giving the athletes an avenue to continue performing.
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Rick McCharles
17. February 2008 | 06:19 hThumbs up.
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Tara
3. July 2008 | 05:36 hThese events are great. I *just* saw two videos from it and I would have killed to be there. Those are some of the most talented people in their respective sports! Can I ask you a question? Are they going to do this show again (maybe with different athletes)? And, if so, where do I go to find out about it? I’ve been trying my best to follow gymnastics, the Hamms especially, for the past year and I had no idea this was done. The fact that it has Plushenko in it as well is crazy. I had no idea.