Janet Evans Yahoo Article

Originally posted by Tom Ellison Did anyone read Janet Evans article in Yahoo this AM? What are your thoughts? I thought she was a bit off base....esp when she slammed the swimmer who almost heaved after her event. I agree that her comments about Katie Hoff were off-base. She's a 15 year old girl who was overcome with nerves at the Olympics and simply couldn't control herself. It is pretty unusual to see if crying in swimming. I also think her comments about Brenda Hansen, while accurate about his body posture on the medal stands, were also basically an unfair characterization of his attitude. First, he did not join the chorus of protests against Kitajima's "illegal" kick. Second, his posture was probably more a reaction to his own failure than some kind of protest aganst Kitajima. I though Kitajima's behaviour after winning the 100 *** with his shouting and "in your face" posturing the worst example of poor sportsmanship at these Olympic games. Not as bad as Amy Van Dyken, but really not in keeping with good sportmanship. Nevertheless, the vast majority (95) of swimmers do behavior with grace and dignity regardless of whether they are winning or losing.

Originally posted by Tom Ellison Did anyone read Janet Evans article in Yahoo this AM? What are your thoughts? I thought she was a bit off base....esp when she slammed the swimmer who almost heaved after her event. I agree that her comments about Katie Hoff were off-base. She's a 15 year old girl who was overcome with nerves at the Olympics and simply couldn't control herself. It is pretty unusual to see if crying in swimming. I also think her comments about Brenda Hansen, while accurate about his body posture on the medal stands, were also basically an unfair characterization of his attitude. First, he did not join the chorus of protests against Kitajima's "illegal" kick. Second, his posture was probably more a reaction to his own failure than some kind of protest aganst Kitajima. I though Kitajima's behaviour after winning the 100 *** with his shouting and "in your face" posturing the worst example of poor sportsmanship at these Olympic games. Not as bad as Amy Van Dyken, but really not in keeping with good sportmanship. Nevertheless, the vast majority (95) of swimmers do behavior with grace and dignity regardless of whether they are winning or losing.