Dominique Dawes is Still Fine As Hell
When I heard through the grapevine that Dominique Dawes would be returning to Olympic competition as a journalist for Yahoo! sports, I wanted to choke Jamie Mottram for not convincing her to blog for the site or at the very least, requiring her to upload pictures of herself thrice a day.
And then, I choked thinking back to that magic summer of 1996; the summer when Dawes’ and the rest of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team stole hearts all over the world.
And Dawes specifically stole my innocence.
I entered that summer as a shy teenager. And somewhere between her fine self on the floor exercise and balance beam, I went into my sophomore year of high school more confident, more self-assured, and more spiteful towards my younger sister and brother for my never being able to find a room with a television and a lock on the door.
In five days, a new era of female gymnasts will encourage fantasy, pain and pleasure in 15-year-old boys across the country. But there will never be another Dominique Dawes.
Not now, not ever.
Comments
By Diallo on August 4th, 2008 at 8:09 am
I just KNEW Dominique would be my first ex-wife. Hell, she still can. Is she single? lol
By Truth About It Dot Net on August 4th, 2008 at 4:26 pm
Well…..she definitely got finer with age……but damn, look at those guns!
By JC on August 5th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
She’s one of the few women that looks like she’s so down to earth. Good luck to all of the single guys out there trying to catch her!
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