Blanka Vlašić IAAF Osaka 2007 High Jump Final (2 of 5)

[HUGOVANTA]

YEEAAHHH BABBYY!!

[SullenMorbius]

She possess the type of beauty for which men go to war. She is stunning. Blanka Vlasic.

[gymbo3968]

jafs desf caul haale

[GhettoScene]

i wish i could bend like that... haha

[agentfrutopia]

she has a beautiful form

[cooky490]

fantastic jumping ladie

[tonylui28]

love her dance :D

[glamzonian09]

She's amazing, I wish I was like her

[AthenaPallas]

luv da way she dancez :D. Shame she didnt win 2day :( But silver is enough =)

[opasnasam]

she is vlašić :)) haha

[50meVistabel]

V-lah-sh-ich

[sirnyk]

how is her name pronounced?

[fundowsky]

her surname is pronounce vlasheech

[fundowsky]

her name is pronounced just like the second part of Casablanca.

[DaSuthNa]

Yeah. "ć" is a light "ch" (tongue further forward than in the harder "č"). So Vlasheech is a good english approximation. The Aussie commentator is saying "Vlasheesh", which sounds dumb! :-)

[sirnyk]

Thanks

[ktayor1]

Its an aussie, what do you expect, of course its gonna sound dumb when they say things haha

[DaSuthNa]

Fair go! *I'm* an Aussie!  :-)

Many would know the diff between a "ch" and a "sh". Especially given the large number of ex-yugos in sport (esp. soccer) in Aus.

(I wouldn't expect your average one to know the diff between a ć and a č, but that's not a problem confined to Aus.)

What makes this dude's pronunciation disappointing is he's from SBS, a multicultural broadcaster which is meant to know better.

(Talking of mistakes, the IAAF graphic didn't have a tick over the "c".)

[ktayor1]

Hehe thats cool mate, one thing Ill give you aussies, your girls are hot, just like blanka here, although shes not an oz (thank goodness, would never hear the end of it haha) but the girls are definitely better looking than here in nz. Later dude.

[vatroslav]

her name is pronounced very simply: BLANKA the last name: VLAŠIĆ (V L A SH I CH)

:)

[ktayor1]

This girls hot as hell, yum yum, love the dance too, damn sexy.

[hockeychimp44]

first comment:P:P:P