Gymnasts Booed at Pan Am Games

[Vintage Gymnast]

The behavior of that crowd is disgusting. I would love to see half of them try to WALK on the beam much less do what Peng can do. What a sad day when people laugh at a very talented little girl. :-(

[krazykidzmom]

If you look at the other competitors it wasn't just Peng. If I had any say so with USAG I would protest having a meet there again. Obviously the gymnastics community has to be educated there. And it is too bad for those that have a passion for and respect the sport to be a part of that. If that were my daughter after all of the hard work she has put in I would be in jail right now, if I encountered any of those people. Also, PARENTS OUT THERE IN THIS SPORT!!! Be empathetic...don't wish ill will. Always wish the best competitor on the top of their game...my dd competes against herself and doesn't wish ill will. If she gets beat, she needs to work harder. If there is an attitude to always beat whomever, it will never work, because any given meet there is always someone better. Wishing ill will on another child in anything is a total insecurity that parents have passed down to their kids. In all of the sports my kids are involved with this is the lesson that I have learned. When kids are cruel, guess what? The parents are the ones saying "you need to beat her" or "take her out". I know what goes around comes around! And the "apple certainly doesn't fall far from the tree."

[mac.n.cheese.flipz]

That's absolutely sickening. All of the gymnasts at that meet worked extremely hard to get to the level they are at and people are laughing at them because they had a bad routine? That is definitely NOT funny.

[whipback]

It was ridiculous. And Rio De Jounaro or however you spell it is a contender for the 2016 Olympics. I hope if they get it they wont act in such a way.