Sunday, February 23, 2014

Catalina Ponor: From Athenian Star, to London's rock

So, in 2004, Catalina Ponor was dominant, she was a huge part of Romania's gold medal win in Athens, and won two individual gold medals, on floor and beam. She walked home with three gold medals around her neck, no silver, no bronze, and left as the most decorated Romanian gymnast on both the women's and the men's side. But, she didn't make the Beijing team, but she did return to regain Olympic glory in 2012, but that did not go as well. She was in the balance beam final with Alexandra Rasiman, they had the exact same score, in contention for bronze, but Raisman got it on behalf of D Score. And for a split second, Catalina thought she had it, but then she got it crudely snatched from her. Also, in the floor final, It was Raisman vs. Ponor again, and when Aly delivered an absolutely stellar routine, Ponor had to follow that, and did not get the gold, so Catalina has lost both of her titles, to no other than Alexandra Raisman

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