#the gymnast 1996

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[sonyaheaneyauthor]

1996 stamp of Ukraine showing gymnastics at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA.

Ukraine topped the gymnastics medal table at the Games, winning four gold, a silver and two bronze.

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Magdalena Brzeska, Germany 🇩🇪

Atlanta 1996 Olympics

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The legend, Dominique Dawes of the USA stretches on the balance beam during her routine at the Georgia Dome in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia. Doug Pensinger /Allsport | Getty Images

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i think one of the hallmarks of being an adult doll collector (or at least doll purchaser) is searching for online listings for childhood dolls you lost or gave away and remember as looking soooo cool and soooooo pretty but when you actually see images of them again you're like. oh you were a little silly weren't you

[ruffboijuliaburnsides]

Hello you have unlocked a Key Memory!! I had the Barbie and the Rockers VHS as a kid, in which Barbie is part of a rock band who are "the most popular band in the world". Barbie is named Goodwill Ambassador for World Peace, and they perform the worlds first concert in space. And then after Barbie declares it's the "first day of world peace".

Here is Barbie's rocket:

my god she really can do anything <3 <3 <3

[barbiesince59]

Olympic Gymnast - 1996

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I’m gonna say it outright now, if the US lady gymnasts do not win gold in 1996 in this universe I will riot and set things on fire.

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Olympic Gymnast Barbie, 1996

[petrichorca]

Hello, I am slowly figuring out how to use tumblr effectively. I thought I'd give an update on fics I've written in 2024, but keep forgetting to talk about here in a meaningful way.

As We Go Hand in Hand (explicit, gentlebeard, 7100 words) follows Ed as he processes the past few months while living on the island with Stede, massively in love but struggling with himself. I wrote it while feeling a lot of delayed grief around the (confirmed) s2 cancellation, and while it's sad at points it's also quite romantic I think. I really love this story.

Behind Closed Eyes All I See is You (explicit, gentlebeard, 5300 words) is a smutty PWP my dear friend @chaoticturtleturtle invited me to write with her. Stede lets Ed take the lead in a scene with some sensory deprivation, pwp, and aftercare.

like sugar to my heart (mature, gentlebeard, 4200 words) is a silly fic I wrote for my Animorphs OFMD AU co-writer as a birthday gift. Our blue four-legged four-eyed mouthless alien Stedeth gets foiled by a vending machine (based on the tumblr art of the giraffe centaur), and Ed consoles him.

like a bird (teen, gentlebeard, 3700 words) with @ghostalservice gives some backstory about Stedeth's life prior to the events of our 177k fic and features some very cute art of Mary and Stede's children (as Andalites, of course) by @theogem

Stede’s Cursed Red Suit as a Metaphor for Grief and Moving On (teen, stede + izzy, 1717 words) explores the squishy time of season 2, episode 5, and the dynamic between Stede and Izzy in season 2 overall. I am also obsessed with how Stede acts in the cursed suit. I find their s2 relationship really interesting so this is me looking a bit at that via a missing scene starting with Stede yelling OH FUCK OFF.

Calypso’s Dawn (explicit, gentlebeard, 1800 words) centers around how Ed made his boyfriend blush the morning after Calypso's birthday and how Ed feels about it. I love this fic. I've been trying to challenge myself to write more self-contained, shorter stories and this one turned out really well imo.

Life as a Series of Forward Rolls (teen, gentlebeard, 9900 words) features Stede running into his teenhood crush, the gold medalist in men's gymnastics from the 1996 Olympics. This fic also centers around a Barbie doll in Ed Teach's likeness, which @swashbuckling-sweethearts made an INCREDIBLE art of (embedded at the end of the story), inspired by my own 1996 Olympics Barbie. Silly and light modern AU!

Did you mean to do that? (teen, gentlebeard, 700 words) explores Stede's grief around Ed dying, even when he knows Ed is alive. I had no idea I would be so interested in writing missing scenes, but long conversations with friends have really ignited me in exploring these. (The length - I was trying to channel @brigdh, whose ability to write devastatingly brilliant drabbles inspires me, and I'm pleased with this one!)

Perfectly Ordinary Tuesday (mature, gentlebeard, 4900 words) with @ferventrabbit follows Stede and Ed deciding to get married on a perfectly ordinary Tuesday, and drag their inn guest Dave along for the ride. We split up writing the vows, and I balled my eyes out writing mine and then reading em's. This story is fluffy and fun, and it was a great way to start 2024. :)

What's next: I'm working on or noodling a lot of projects, solo and with different collaborators. Imminently, I've got a fic with @veeagainsttheday coming for AUpril on April 1st. Hoping to get something else out in April for @ofmdjanuaury's AUpril 2024 event, which I highly encourage folks to check out - it's for all sorts of creators!

@ghostalservice and I continue to think about our blue alien Stede and his human boyfriend Ed. Wanna Fly Away was such an important project to me while we were writing, and it's become even more special as folks find it. WFA now has art embedded in most of the 15 chapters, so if you haven't seen those check it out. More to come in that space.

Where was I going with this? Well, I suppose I want to say I'm still here. OFMD changed my life, and the OFMD fandom community is deeply important to me. I still hold out hope for a third season, or a follow-up that brings us more closure, but no matter what I'm still thinking about our pirates and will for a long time. If you read this far, thanks for being part of my community. <3

[marykk1990]

My next post in support of Ukraine is:

Next site, is Ukrainian rhythmic gymnast Kateryna Olehivna Serebrianska (Катерина Олегівна Серебрянська). She won the gold medal for the All-around competition at the 1996 Atlanta Olympic Games. She has also won several World & European Championships. On the videos, her name is spelled in the "russian" way. I have used the Ukrainian transliteration.

Here's a video of her ribbon performance at the 1996 Olympic Games.

And here's a video of her rope performance at the 1996 Olympic Games.

#StandWithUkraine

#СлаваУкраїні 🇺🇦🌻

[sonyaheaneyauthor]

Ukrainian gymnast Lilia Podkopayeva receives one of her gold medals at the 1996 Olympics.

Podkopayeva entered the Atlanta Games as the reigning World Champion and finished with two Olympic golds (for the All-Around and Floor Exercise) and one silver (for Balance Beam).

Ukraine topped the gymnastics medal table in 1996.

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Rhythmic gymnast Elena Vitrichenko, 1996. Photographed by Frank Seguin.

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Alina Stoica, Romania 🇷🇴

Atlanta 1996 Olympics

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touchstarved love interests in the olympics? yes.

this post by @enviousbug2 (sorry for the tag i'll remove it if you want) and now i have this headcanon? au? idk but they're going to the olympics, enjoy the wild amount of dates and years mentioned lolol

divider by @/cafekitsune

mhin - artistic gymnastics

they're 25 by the end of the 2024 summer olympics, born in 1999.

currently only participates on the horizontal bar event, but used to do the all-around.

participated in the olympics three times: in 2016, 2020 and 2024.

they got a bronze medal in 2020 and a silver in 2024 in the horizontal bar, but didn't get any while doing the all-around in 2016.

participated in the youth olympics in 2014 in the all-around, ended in 24th place.

did four rounds in the fig world cup! they got bronzes in 2018 and 2019 in the all-around, and silvers in the 2019 and 2020 horizontal bars!

ais - ski jumping

he's 24 by the end of the 2022 winter olympics, born in 1997.

participates in the individual large hill event for the olympics, but does normal hill on other competitions.

got a silver medal in 2018 and a gold medal in 2022, both in the olympics. those were the first olympic events he participated in.

has joined the fis world cup every year since 2014, regularly gets bronze and silver medals.

got his first gold medal when he was 20 years old, during the 2017/2018 season.

vere - figure skating

he's 25 by the end of the 2022 winter olympics, born in 1996.

currently participates in the men's singles competition, but used to be an ice dancer before his partner left figure skating.

started competing in 2010 as a junior, and in 2012 as a senior, both in the isu world championships. his first olympics were in 2018.

got a bronze in the 2018 olympics, and a silver in 2022, both in men's singles.

he has two bronze medals for his ice dancing, in 2011 and 2014. after changing to men's singles he got three silver medals and a gold, respectively in 2017, 2019, 2021 and 2023.

participated in the feminine categories until 2016, changed to masculine when he split off from his dance partner.

kuras - speed skating

he's 32 by the end of the 2022 winter olympics, born in 1990.

formerly an ice dancer in figure skating, currently does the 5000 metres event in speed skating.

has a bronze medal in ice dancing from the isu world championships, from 2014, and no olympic medals from figure skating.

has three silver medals in speed skating isu world cups, in 2017, 2020 and 2021. he also has two golds from the same competitions, in 2019 and 2024.

got a gold medal in his first olympics in speed skating, 2018, and a silver in 2022.

leander - athletics

he's 18 by the end of the 2024 summer olympics, born in 2006.

competed in the olympics for the first time in 2024 and got 4th place in the javelin throw.

got a silver medal in javelin in the 2023 world athletics u20 championships.

didn't always do javelin events, in the 2022 edition of the u20 championships did discus throw instead.

has practice with pole vaulting, but hasn't participated in any competitions for it.