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[chasingrainbowsforever]

Oksana-Rus

#digital art #purple blue

[mirrorsinner]

Just take my hand, lead, dance with me...and I will simply follow the blueness of the water, the white waves rolling free...where the earth beneath my feet and stars make my heart whole again...in long and priceless moments of shared solitude...

Oksana Rus

#words for her

[aviationgeek71]

“Listen to the sunset; see its pretty hue. When you see it, think of me, and I’ll think of you.”

― Oksana Rus

#sunset chaser #sunset #my photo #sunsets #evening sky #sky #clouds #beautiful #beauty #quotation #quotes to live by #quote #quotations #quotes #love quotes #life quote #quoteoftheday #in love with the sky #love #lovers #photographers on tumblr

[freifraufischer]

The geopolitics that left two of Ukraine’s best gymnasts out of the Olympics...

The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 was very awkward in it’s timing from a sporting point of view.  Most spots for the 1992 Olympic Games were gained by USSR teams competing in that year but by the next the country didn’t exist.  It was decided to allow the former Soviet Republics (other than the Baltic States that had become independent earlier) to compete as the Unified Team under the Olympic banner for team events with their individual country’s flag and anthems for individual events.

This makes one of the traditional debates about the 1992 Olympics a bit complicated one Tatiana Gutsu fell in her optional beam exercise and Rosa Galieva finished ahead of her.  In any year previous there would be no question that a Soviet coach could decide substitute a gymnast with perceived greater medal potential.  It had happened in 1985 at the world championships and 1990 at the Goodwill Games.  But when the AA was an individual competition was it right that a Russian coach could pull an Uzbek gymnast in favor of a Ukrainian?  Mostly this is a debate only American gymnastics fans care about because of it’s implications for the Gutsu vs Miller all around battle.

But it does highlight just how complicated the Unified Team was as an organization.  One might say that they simply behaved like it was a USSR team ... but let me show you how they didn’t from the very beginning.

Let’s start with the 1992 European Championships which was the first gymnastics meet where these gymnasts competed under their own flags and which happened before the 1992 Olympic Games.  Here are the results from the AA with the non-former Soviet countries removed.

1 Tatiana Gutsu UKR 39.725 4 Tatiana Lysenko UKR 39.137 5 Svetlana Boginskaya BLR 39.136 6 Ludmilla Stovbchataya UKR 39.061 10 Elena Grudneva RUS 38.849

4 of these 5 gymnasts would be on the 6 person 1992 Unified Team.  Their names are bolded.

It should be noted that a number of relevant gymnasts couldn’t compete in 1992 Euros because their new countries were in Asia so this excludes Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan athletes who will be relevant to this conversation later.

Now let’s look at the 1992 CIS Championships.  The CIS was the temporary successor organization to the USSR for this transition.  I have added their country listing at the time.

1 Tatiana Lysenko 39.725 - UKR 2 Roza Galiyeva 39.412 - UZB 3 Oksana Chusovitina 39.099 - UZB 4 Svetlana Boginskaya 38.950 - BLR 5 Natalia Kalinina 38.862 - UKR 6 Tatiana Gutsu 38.825 - UKR 7 Anna Zaitseva 38.687 - KAZ 7 Ludmilla Stovbchataya 38.687 - UKR 9 Svetlana Kozlova 38.487 - RUS 10 Elena Grudneva 38.450 - RUS

I have bolded the members of the Unified Team.  Gutsu won 3 of the CIS Championships event finals on vault, bars, and beam.  Stovbchataya won the event final on floor.

During the USSR period it was entirely possible for the team selectors to creat a team with no Russian gymnasts.  They had in 1989 at the World Championships where the team had been made up of 2 Ukrainians, 2 Latvians and 2 Belarussians.  But they did not pick the Unified Team blind to country of origin.  There had to be a Russian on the team and so they skipped over two Ukrainians who had better results (and a Kazak) in order to put Elena Grudneva on the 1992 Olympic team.

I suspect that if Ukraine had been allowed to compete as it’s own country in 1992 they could have won the gold outright.

Natalia Kalinina was one of the greatest gymnasts never to make an Olympic Team.  She was a member of the 1991 USSR World Championship team that had won gold and had beaten Boginskaya in 1990 to take the 1990 Goodwill Games AA.  The above video is from that performance.  She was a stunning classical floor worker.  She continued to compete for Ukraine for a few years after being snubbed from the 1992 selection.

This is Ludmilla Stovbchataya’s 1992 European Championships EF Beam.

She won the bronze behind Gutsu and Boginskaya.

Stovbchataya would continue to complete for Ukraine as well for a few years past the 1992 Olympics.  

#gymnastics #ludmilla stovbchataya #natalia kalinina

[theanticool]

Karina Tazabekova (RUS) vs Mikiah Kreps (USA) - AIBA WWCH 2019, W54kg

Russian amateur standout Karina Tazabekova will be  making her pro debut this Saturday (Sept. 24). She will face off with Oksana Marakhovskaya (0-3-1).

#Karina Tazabekova #Mikiah Kreps #Boxing #Boxing Bouts #AIBA

[ruknowhere]

Morning Meditation

“During the flames of controversy, opinions, mass disputes, conflict, and world news, sometimes the most precious, refreshing, peaceful words to hear amidst all the chaos are simply and humbly 'I don't know.”

― Criss Jami, Killosophy

“I love the quietude of misty dawn before the sober sun is up... The morning songs of birds awakening in blooming garden sets my soul gently... Aroma flowers with glistering of the dew... Deep full chest breath... Shy sunbeams flickering over the tops of wisdom whispering choir of waving trees... Serenity of mind... The crystal still lagoon reflecting soft lavender sailing clouds...I step in breeze realm, close eyes and fly with them over the miles, time and space... The serenading music fills my heart... Above the skies the joy of the refreshing winds, as our summer, recalls my being by your side and makes me feel the touch of you and gladness of your tranquil vibes. I smile...”

Oksana Rus

“I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud

I wandered lonely as a cloud

That floats on high o'er vales and hills,

When all at once I saw a crowd,

A host, of golden daffodils;

Beside the lake, beneath the trees,

Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine

And twinkle on the milky way,

They stretched in never-ending line

Along the margin of a bay:

Ten thousand saw I at a glance,

Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they

Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:

A poet could not but be gay,

In such a jocund company:

I gazed--and gazed--but little thought

What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie

In vacant or in pensive mood,

They flash upon that inward eye

Which is the bliss of solitude;

And then my heart with pleasure fills,

And dances with the daffodils.”

― William Wordsworth,

“Change what cannot be accepted and accept what cannot be changed.” -Reinhold Niebuhr

“We are not going to change the whole world, but we can change ourselves and feel free as birds. We can be serene even in the midst of calamities and, by our serenity, make others more tranquil. Serenity is contagious. If we smile at someone, he or she will smile back. And a smile costs nothing. We should plague everyone with joy. If we are to die in a minute, why not die happily, laughing? (136-137)”

― Swami Satchidananda

[cyberbenb]

Ukraine commemorates the Day of Ukrainian Statehood

On July 28, Ukraine celebrates the Day of Ukrainian Statehood. In 2021, during the celebration of Independence Day, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, announced a new national holiday. Today Ukrainians also celebrate the Day of the Baptism of Kyivan Rus. These two holidays are celebrated on the same day for a reason.

“We consider the starting point to be the year of the founding of Kyiv — the capital of Kyivan Rus-Ukraine, which is rightly called the place where everything begins,” Zelenskyy said on August 24, 2021.

The Day of Ukrainian Statehood honors and celebrates Ukraine’s rich history and culture, as well as serves to counter Russian disinformation and its propaganda about the so-called common origin of Ukraine and Russia.

Russia is now trying to take away Ukrainian statehood and destroy Ukraine as a state. But it won’t succeed.

Ukraine will win, and Russia will be defeated. Glory to Ukraine!

Text: Oksana Dumska Design: Vladyslav Rybalko

[ishaapoetry]

“Listen to the sunset; see its pretty hue. When you see it, think of me, and I’ll think of you.”

— Oksana Rus

[kragnir]

Okay, so now we know. Only HIMARS are not allowed to strike mafia territory. Question: Why? I can’t figure this out. Anyone know why not HIMARS, but everything else is okay?

[serjku]

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[blacfiremeckha]

It is always nice to explore new destinations.. this island is just something you need to visit again and again.. “Just take my hand, lead, dance with me...and I will simply follow the blueness of the water, the white waves rolling free...where the earth beneath my feet and stars make my heart whole again...in long and priceless moments of shared solitude...” - Oksana Rus #virginisland #bantayanisland #cebu2022 #nognogfiles #layasnikulas #balbongnognog #islandhopping #igerph #pinasmuna #visayas #philippines (at Bantayan Island) https://www.instagram.com/p/CfN7m6wLkMs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#virginisland #bantayanisland #cebu2022 #nognogfiles #layasnikulas #balbongnognog #islandhopping #igerph #pinasmuna #visayas #philippines

[anzacdaygallipoli]

Köprülü Kanyon'da günde 3 bin bot suya iniyor - Lutars Turizm

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Köprülü Kanyon'da günde 3 bin bot suya iniyor

ANTALYA’nın Manavgat ilçesinde, Köprülü Kanyon Milli Parkı’nın içinde yapılan rafting turları yoğun ilgi görüyor. Sabah ve öğle turlarında suya indirilen 3 bin bot, turistlerin eğlence anları ile birlikte renkli görüntüler oluşturuyor.

Kent merkezi ile ilçelerindeki turistik tesislerde tatillerini geçirenler, Köprülü Kanyon Milli Parkı’nda rafting yapıyor. Rafting botlarının ziyaretçilerle dolup, taştığı Köprülü Kanyon’u, Rusların yanı sıra İran ve Avrupa’dan gelen turistler de tercih ediyor. Rafting yapmak isteyen turistler, profesyonel rehberlerin yardımıyla rotada ilerliyor. Turistler, Köprülü Kanyon’un farklı noktalarında akıntıların oluşturduğu dalgaların arasından sıyrılarak, su içindeki akıntı ve girdapları aşıyor. 7 ile 10 kilometre arasında değişen rafting parkuru üzerindeki mola istasyonları ise kürek çekmekten yorgun düşenlere dinlenme imkanı sağlıyor.

‘ÇOK ÖNEMLİ DESTİNASYON’Rafting işletmecisi Süleyman Aksu, haziran ayı ile birlikte raftinge gelen turist turlarında gözle görülür artış olduğunu belirterek, günde 3 bine yakın botun suya giriş yaptığını söyledi. Tatil için Antalya ve çevresini seçen her 10 turistten 2’sinin rafting yapmak için geldiğini kaydeden Aksu, “Antalya için Köprülü Kanyon çok önemli bir destinasyon. Buradaki doğal güzellikleri gören turistler hayran kalıyor. Bir kere rafting yapan, bir sonraki tatil programına raftingi mutlaka dahil ediyor. Çünkü burada aradığı her şeyi buluyor. Eğlenceli bir gün geçiriyor, kanyon suyunda serinliyor, bol bol kahkaha atıp, korkuyu yaşıyor. Kısacası yaşanabilecek tüm duyguları turistlere hissettiriyoruz. Kanyon suları, heyecanı, korkuyu, adrenalini ve eğlenceyi yaşatıyor” dedi. BOT SAYISI 5 BİNİN ÜZERİNE ÇIKIYORDebi yüksekliği ile birlikte suda yüzen bot sayısının 5 binin üzerine çıktığını aktaran Aksu, “Bölge alternatif turizm yönünden zengin bir nokta. Burada sadece rafting yaptırılmıyor. Köprülü Kanyon’un üst bölgesinde Tazı Kanyonu bulunuyor. Cip safari araçlarıyla turistler kanyona götürülüyor. Aynı zamanda doğa yürüyüşleri ve treakingler de turistik eğlenceye renk katıyor” diye konuştu.?Ailesiyle birlikte Rusya’dan tatile gelen Kristina Mayseva, kanyona hayran kaldığını söyleyerek, “Burada umduğumdan daha güzel anlar yaşıyorum. Rafting çok heyecanlı. Su buz gibi. Dalgaların arasından geçerken adrenalini tüm vücudumda hissettim” dedi.

Rafting heyecanı yaşayan Rus turist Oksana Miyoza ise “Çok eğleniyorum. Kimi zaman heyecanlandım, kimi zaman korktum ama çok güzel zaman geçiriyorum” diye konuştu.

Demirören Haber Ajansı / İbrahim Laleli – Güncel

#Bot #Köprülü Kanyon #Rafting #turist #Turistler

[lilllium]

—Oksana Rus

#oksana rus #poetry #chaotic academia #light academia #literature #cottagecore #books and libraries #dead poets society #dark academia #quotes #sunset #theme: love #theme: longing #sky #i miss you #light academia aesthetic #dark academia aesthetic #book quotes #q #literature aesthetic

[profanityandprose]

“Soft on the neck of either dove, love's hands let slip the reins: and while we look for light of love, love's twilight wanes..”

— Oksana Rus

#me #mine #personal #my photo #my image #selfie #self portrait #original photography #original content #words #poetry #prose #quote #literature #oksana rus