"Wieber’s elimination wasn’t a “travesty,” as Béla Károlyi called it, or an “injustice,” as her coach John Geddert complained; it was the Olympics."

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Lauren Collins on Olympic gymnast Jordyn Wieber’s exclusion from the individual all-around final: http://nyr.kr/M6DADF (via newyorker)

This, exactly. I can’t stand all the bitching about this. Rules are rules, Smokey. Mark it zero.

(Source: newyorker.com, via newyorker)