Some close up pics by a Romanian fan:
Ana Porgras came and stood near during the men's high bar finals.
I could resist a photo!
I was busted!
Little Miss Porgras gets a bit of spin practice in
before working floor
Romania should totally win some kind of award for utter consistency.
Not just in producing beam wunderkinds, but in producing endless harmless,
but dull variations on the national flag colours.
But history shows that it is better they be boring than try
something new
That was a really nice interview they did with Nadia Comaneci, and the fact she gave Ana Porgras a little pep talk before beam was quite sweet too - see VIDEO at:
http://couch-gymnast.blogspot.com/20...1_archive.html
"I also have to say, that
the one thing I really noticed about the Romanians, particularly Forminte, is what good care he took of little Porgras.
He was always by her side. Just look at how he is looking at her during this clip, all fatherly and proud and 'how exciting is that you are meeting Nadia?'
I mean, they seem to take care of all the other girls too.
The Romanians have such a family like vibe about them.
Not lovey- dovey, but just a practical, healthy family dynamic that probably comes from living together all year round."
Anyway, as I was saying, the other girls have been out to major comps before and are old hands. But Porgras is almost ridiculously new to the game. Her third competition. I saw Ana surrounded by girls getting autographs one night, maybe after qualifications. It was getting late, and they were leaving. Anyway, Forminte let her sign a bunch of autographs, but then told the girls no more, saying "it is too much". He knew she was getting overwhelmed and just seemed to want to protect her.
Then I noticed, during the floor final, when Ortiz was hurt, he was kind of shielding her from watching what was happening. He seems happy to let her just stay the child she is...
She (Ana Porgras) is just the baby of this family and I am so glad they seem to be letting her mature in her own time.
I really, really wish this photo had turned out better- the double coach/gymnast stare down!
The look on Porgras's face here would scare a gymnast twice her size.
But she's
got nothin' on......
But she smile sometimes and she's beautiful all the time
Ana Pogras
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