1. With time and practice he will fold his forearm correctly, with less chance of hitting his jumps. 2. He also had trouble getting a jump on balls hit to the gaps. 3. Savoie was solid throughout his program, hitting jumps cleanly with an array of triple jumps while staying away from the quad. 4. Tara Lipinski will be the silver medalist if her tiny little frame hits the jumps the way she can. 5. Valenta had been practicing and hitting the jump during the summer into a pool, but had not attempted it in competition until Tuesday. 6. After hitting the jump during the program, he moved up from fourth place to win. 7. After two poor vaults in the team final, when the Russian landed on her knees, Khorkina hit both jumps confidently to put the pressure on the Romanian. 8. During a practice Sunday, she hit her jumps consistently, while her main competitors were erratic. 9. In the Sunday practice session that included her main competitors, Kwan hit her jumps consistently while the others were off-and-on. 10. Malinina hit her jumps more reliably than Butyrskaya, but her use of exaggerated, cartoonish arm positions brings her unenthusiastic performance scores from some judges. |