Tag: Olympics

• Over the Limit

  

  Over the weekend I watched the documentary “Over the Limit” about gold medal winning Olympic rhythmic gymnast Margarita Mamun. This is a good sports movie and I recommend it. It is in Russian with no subtitles or voice overs. The film is an hour and fourteen minutes long and I didn’t understand a word except […]

  shannoninkansascity

  February 14, 2022

  Films, reviews, Sports

  Films, Margarita Mamun, Olympics, reviews, rhythmic gymnastics

• Richard Jewell

  

  Last weekend I watched the film “Richard Jewell”. Richard Jewell was a Georgia security guard who happened to be on duty the night a bomb blew up in Centennial Park in Atlanta during the 1996 Olympics. Richard Jewell was falsely accused of executing the terrorist attack. “Richard Jewell” is a Clint Eastwood film telling the […]

  shannoninkansascity

  September 29, 2020

  Uncategorized

  1996 Olympics, Altanta Olympics, Atlanta, Centennial Park, Clint Eastwood, film, Films, Movies, Olympics, review, Richard Jewell

• Why I Love Gabby Douglas

  

  Simone Biles is the gymnastics star of the 2016 Olympics.  She performed beautifully and is as cute as she can be.  The story of her road to Rio is an inspiring American dream that will bring tears to your eyes.  Simone deserves to be the belle of the ball.  But I absolutely love Gabby Douglas.  She is a […]

  shannoninkansascity

  August 15, 2016

  Black Hair, Black Women, Sports

  African Americans, Aliya Mustafina, Gabby Douglas, Gabrielle Douglas, gymnastics, Olympics, Olympics 2016, Rio, Simone Biles, Team USA, Women