Useless Facts: 2000 Olympics

Hey everybody. These facts all have something to do with the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

The members of the USA team were Elise Ray, Dominique Dawes, Amy Chow, Kristen Maloney, Jamie Dantzscher, and Tasha Schwikert, who was an alternate for Morgan White. The other alternate was Alyssa Beckerman.

After the second rotation in the women's all around final, Alana Slater realized something was wrong with the vault. Come to find out, the vault was two inches short.

The women's all around was won by Andreea Raducan, second place Simona Amanar, third place won by Maria Olaru. It was a "Romanian Sweep."

Useless Facts

Here's some more fun and useless facts:

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , Georgia during the women's team final, Dominique Dawes was competing on floor for the US at the same time Svetlana Khorkina was competing on the beam for Russia.

Lilya Podkopayeva was sometimes coached and watched over by Ludmilla Tourischeva, a former Olympian and World Champion.

Fun Facts

Here are some facts for today.

Alicia Sacramone wore a pink leotard the day she became the 2005 world champion on floor.

Nastia Liukin wore a black leotard day 2 of the 2007 Visa Championships.

The color of the floor at the 2005 World Championships was bright blue with lime green on the rest of the podium.

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