Okay so lets discuss how this routine is even allowed? Every move is a turn or a turn combination. The judges need to find a way to stop this from happening. In the past I have called Sanne Weavers interesting but this was over kill. If you can’t do two piked full in’s in a floor routine they need to find a way where only 1 or 2 turns total should count. She has a 6.4 start value for this.
Flavia slayed her floor final with great landings and a routine I am sure will satisfy the every 4 year fans looking for a new gymnast to go Gaga over.
Perhaps the most impressive routine I have seen so far from this Test Event belongs to Elisabeth Seitz on bars. 6.6 start value. Pretty decent form (minus the pak) and very good handstands. This was as good if not better than the routines that won bars at last years Worlds.
Not a fan of this vault and never will be. Unless someone learns to do this vault like Prod I don’t want to see this winning Event Finals. They need to start adding deductions that add up if you are going to attempt to even try this vault in competition. It’s not fair to a gymnast doing 2 real vaults to have this be allowed to get credit. The gym world is lucky I am not in charge. Dipa Karmakar ‘s Prod. 8.1 in execution errors and still gets a 15.100. There needs to be even more deductions. Invent some.
Others……
Anna Sofia Gomez on beam. Liked this routine. It’s too bad she messed up in event finals.
Catalina Ponor on Floor routine. 5.9 start value. Not bad for an old lady. The smile on her face at the end says it all. I bet she was thrilled to get through this routine,
I can’t bring myself to watch it. Of course we only get to celebrate Marta and what she brought to the table and we forget the talent was already there before she arrived. We forget what the gymnasts not named Mary Lou Retton did to get to this point because she was trained by Bela. And we will forget that one quads lazy self entitled set of gymnasts and coaches thought they could carry the legacy of the Mag 7 just because they existed.
So after you guys watch tell me what you think. Beware I am sure this will be Nastia and Gabby filled. No thanks if I want to watch bad TV I’ll turn on the Red Sox and watch them lose games out of stupidity.
Romania is now officially out of the Olympics and I have a hard time feeling sorry for them. This is what happens when you see a problem and you have seen it for at least 8 years and you do nothing about. Anyone associated with the Romanian federation for gymnastics should be fired on the spot.
I feel bad for the girls especially those like Diana Bulimer that have been training for 4 years for nothing. I feel sorry for Larisa Iordache who has carried the program on her back for so many years and yet she still could be passed over for an Olympic spot due to sucky luck. I even feel a little bad for Catalina Ponor who came out of retirement just for the Olympics ( though at least she had her dreamed fulfilled multiple times before) but mostly I feel bad for the Andreea Iridon ,Silvia Zarzu and names I’ll never know because they never received the proper attention from their federation and will never be given their chance to compete at an Olympics.
So now what Romania? Will you now stop trying to bring back Belu and Bitang every 4 years to brow beat these kids into submission or will you hire some real coaches (starting with bars) and get your ass in gear?
Oh and it shouldn’t have to be said but if Romania doesn’t give their one spot to Larisa Iordache I hope they never qualify for another Olympics again. It’s a NO BRAINER. Larisa has carried this team for years. This is her spot.
“They were very surprised,” she said. “They knew I was thinking about going to college and not deferring. They definitely wanted me to stay and try for another year. They were probably a little disappointed. In the end, it was my decision, and there was nothing they could do about it.”
Simone and Laurie are out to “Rest” for the long Olympic year. Not sure why Simone did 2 Vaults during team finals if she had no plans on competing during the Event Finals but I don’t think anyone questions her sitting out ( not sure why she is even at this meet at all to be honest) but when did Laurie Hernandez because a seasoned veteran, 3 time world champion who doesn’t have to earn her position? It’s not like she had 4 event finals. She made one. Not a big fan of special treatment for non proven up and comers.
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Just watched event finals ( beware after how Opening day ended this might be a bit bitchy:)
Vault:
Thought Shallon Olsen easily deserved the Vault gold. Her DTY looked decent enough and while her Khorkina vault is messy I thought it looked much better than Khorkina used to do it.
Ashton had the start value to win. Brenna fell again. I personally felt Brittany Rogers deserved the silver over Larissa Miller. Brittany has such pretty lines and she hit most of handstands and yet the rest of that routine has such messy form I wonder if her coach has two personalities and depending on the day that is why the routine goes from pretty to ugly in the bat of an eye. Hey for me to be impressed by Canadians means something.
Balance Beam:
Aly was screwed over. I hate how judges ignore bobbles in beam routines. Did they deduct anything from Ragan at all for her huge wobbles because it doesn’t seem like it. Aly getting credit fir her layout aside I don’t know how the judges came up with Ragan’s score at all. The rest of the beam final you can take or leave.
Floor:
Brenna’s score was a complete joke. She didn’t hit a single leap in that routine yet the judges didn’t seem to care. They were going to give the second American the silver medal regardless of what was put on the floor. She had some good landings but I felt Shallon with 2 extra tenths in start value (something the so called announcers lied about in the video) and as good landings should have been second. Neither Brenna or Shallon can dance. Aly deserved to win.
Don’t get me started on the men. At least they didn’t just up and down and act like fools this time but talk about a messy team. Thought Penev deserved the floor title over Dalton but the US men getting execution scores over a 9 is literally the craziest scoring I have seen from judges since they gave Gabby credit for an Amanar when she messed up and did a DTY at this same competition 4 years ago.
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The Documentary
So I am sure you saw the trailer for the “new” documentary on the camps shown during the live broadcast. So what do you think? It kind of reminds me of when the Emmy’s nominate themselves from broadcasts of the Emmy’s. Marta apologists creating a documentary on her system.
We already know those camps are child abuse (ask Wofford) and we already know they barely get fed at them but can we talk about how Marta gets too much credit for the US’s success the last 8 years ( Carly Patterson existed and was pretty good way before Marta) and how it took her 2 Olympic cycles to come up with the team gold medal because she did it her way instead of what was best for the team (Annia Hatch being hidden at Nationals because they were afraid she wouldn’t make trials instead of preparing for a floor worker that was needed and eventually cost the US the gold?)
The talent during the 1997-2000 quad just wasn’t there and that is why those girls didn’t succeed. Even the little talent they had crumbled under the pressure and was overrated anyway.
I think Marta gets too much credit. Remember she didn’t like Shawn. She didn’t like Simone.
What we learned. Simone is still the Queen. Aly did herself a solid but really needs to get over mental block of that Amanar. Laurie is not the anointed one yet. I say her scores were average for the next it girl. Ragan competed really well for a throw in and once she throws full difficulty Laurie better watch out. Brenna did a great job considering but I still felt Ragan was lowballed compared to the gifts Brenna got and Ashton just needs to keep hitting bars.
Good Night.
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US: Rotation 4: Balance beam
Looks like Marta wants a test and so the US will finish on beam.
Ashton: Short leaps. Bad form. Long lines does not equal form Peszek. 14.450 ( ha my ass)
Ragan: Great routine from Ragan. Not even a bobble. 15.050
Aly: Bobble after piked front and so she didn’t add the jump to it but rest was solid. The Best I have seen her do the turn combination. 14.800
Laurie: Messy bobble on switch leap and switch ring looked short but rest was great. Low landing on the double pike. 15.250
Simone: Great routine for Simone. one missed connection. Drilled the landing. Simone just did an exhibition on beam that looked like she did it on floor. One of her best routines of all time. 15.550
Brenna: She missed every connection and was short on every leap but besides the obvious she didn’t bobble and she stayed on. It was a success for her. 14.100 ( real judges take a point off. she missed that many leaps and connections)
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US: Rotation 3: Uneven Bars
Aly: Hit routine for Aly. She stayed on and had her usual messy form but it was a hit for her. 14.300
Laurie: Messy pak and some missed handstands but better than Jesolo : 14.800
Simone: Messy pak but not as messy as everyone else and she doesn’t flow on the bar. She also stalled on the top bar but still great. 15.050
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Brenna: She missed several handstands and still has the form issues but she stayed on. 15.250
Ashton: Her usual routine tho short handstand on high bar. 15.550
Regan: A little messy but a pretty good job. 14.600
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US: Rotation 2: Vault
Ragan: DTY. Nice landing. Iffy form. 14.600
Laurie: DTY, Piked, big step and a little form. 14.800
Brenna: DTY: Form, piked and step just like everyone else. 14.950 (again too high)
Aly: Amanar. Huge 2 steps and messy. 15.200
Simone: Amanar. Big step but dead on form. Beautiful. 15.800
Chang: Low and piked with a small step and even a little form issues but still pretty good. (missed the score)
Shallon Olson on floor. Great double double but she really doesn’t even pretend to dance but that was a nice routine for her. she had some good landings.
Megan Roberts: Had a great double front piked and nailed her full in landing but like the rest of Canada they have no dance ability. They don’t even really present a routine well.
Kirstin Peterman: Now she has much better presentation she at least looked like she was trying to dance.
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US: Rotation 1: Floor:
Please have no commentary. PLEASE HAVE NO COMMENTARY.
Damn it. Sam and that annoying Evan. So damn close. Hi Sam. How’s your mother? You know the one that got you this job.
Big issues from Brenna on her dance. Leaps were short and her Memmel turn wasn’t complete and she looked like she stepped out on the first pass. Too high with all her leap issues. 14.550
Ragan was short on her double layout but I day dreamed through rest. 14.300
( Stop laughing Peszek. You sound like an idiot school girl. Every time she laughs, take a drink. I’m already drunk.
Laurie is back to the spastic dance. It was so much better in podium training but good landings. 14.950
Great routine from Aly. nice landing until it froze before her last part. 15.600
Great routine from Simone. Huge step on her first pass but rest was nailed. I liked this routine much better today than podium. 16.050
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I need to get up for a Wedding tomorrow morning ( Oh fun, more when is it your turn talk) so I am not sure if I will live blog the entire thing but we will see. Off to find the Results page.
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1 Simone Biles – United States15.80015.050315.550116.050162.4501
2 Alexandra Raisman – United States15.20014.300614.800415.600259.9002
3 Lauren Hernandez – United States14.80014.800415.250214.950359.8003
4 Brenna Dowell – United States14.95015.250214.100614.550458.8504
5 Ragan Smith – United States14.60014.600515.050314.300558.5505
Not a fan of Simone‘s new floor routine at all. There is not a lot of choreography in this routine and what there is , is not very good but no one tumbles like this kid and as always Simone has great presentation so I am sure it will score well. The music is okay but USA Gymnastics is sucking big time on the floor routines of 2016. They all seem the same.
Is the double Memmel turn in Aly ‘s floor routine new or do I usually just day dream through this routine and not remember it? She really needs to upgrade the double pike at the end and get a higher started value if she wants to make this team. That an hitting the Amanar.
I really enjoyed Laurie Hernandez‘s floor routine for the first time during this podium training. She sold it but she didn’t over sell it like she does during competition and it made the floor routine a hella lot less annoying than the past. She is a beautiful dancer and she danced through this routine unlike competition when she IMO doesn’t relax her arms enough to make it seem like dance. Like most of these routines there is not a lot of fluidity in the dancing. It’s straighten an arm to a movement then abruptly end. I don’t know if I explained this well enough but just go watch something from the 80’s or 90’s and you will understand what I mean.
Vaults
Simone’s Cheng looks great. A little piked at the end. Laurie’s DTY needs way more height and distance and better form. oh Aly the Amanar is a mess. That did not look good at all but you stood it up. Ragan really flies off the horse for her DTY but she still landed short. Give her an inch in height and she should be fine.
Aly looked very good on beam. Only one connection was iffy but , DEAR ALY, Don’t leave it on the training floor this time.
Marta seems to be giving Aly a lot of comments during her routine. Talk about nerve wracking BS no one else has to deal with.
Okay now I am pretty much bored. What did you think?
Started watching this and found it more fun to watch then the entire set of videos. First the US’s warm up at the beginning. Everyone knows what to do and when to do it. All in unison. The damn Canadians were in the way half the time doing their own warm up in unison. Ashton didn’t do the back bends when everyone else did.
Then later on in the video you can see Rhonda and Kristie Phillips talking up a storm while the girls are training. Is Kristie judging this meet because to me that seems like a conflict of interest.
Regan fell on her first floor pass. Explains why i didn’t see the video on USA-Gymnastics individual routines. As much as I dislike this music at least her choreography is different from everyone elses. At least in part.
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This is why I can’t stand Gracie Gold. Everyone else is dressed nicely and she is dressed like she’s the princess of the ball. Girl needs to get over herself.lol
Biles, Dowell, Hernandez, Locklear, Nichols and Raisman.
(Feel free to discuss)
IMO,
Aly needs to prove herself or Marta wants to break her like she broke Alicia. Gabby isn’t here because we can’t have her losing to Simone in prime time. That might screw up NBC pretending Gabby has an actual shot at beating her come Nationals and Trials. Will Maggie have back her Amanar once again proving Marta screwed her over or will she make her do the DTY to pretend the opposite? Regan isn’t here because her beating Laurie at Jesolo can not happen on NBC and Brenna. Sweet, sweet Brenna. Is Marta really giving you another shot or is this a sick game?
Congrats to Lizzy Leduc for making Nationals for Floor by winning the Floor event at Regionals. She also had a great beam routine that for some reason only received a 9.8 while UCLA had their usual shit routines for higher scores. Talia Chiarelli also made it for floor after Michigan tanked beam and had to count a fall and didn’t make Nationals.
Gracie Gold finished 4th (she should have been 5th or 6th) and Ashley ends the drought in skating with Silver (should have been bronze (Satoko Miyahara was royally screwed of a medal but the Russian)
Evgenia Medvedeva won Gold and the judges refused to even look at her rotations which is blatant cheating but she easily deserved to win. Someday the Russians blatant disregard for fairness has to be brought into question because even when they deserve to win they do it in a shady way.
So happy Gold messed up. Ashley comes about her bad attitude naturally and she doesn’t try and hide she is what she is but if i have to listen to Gold pretend she’s the sweet innocent one , one more time I will turn skating off forever.
Great FS by Mao. My girl needs to start putting 2 programs together sometime soon.
The PCS scores for Wagner and Gold were hilariously ridiculous especially Gracie who fell and doubled a jump which took away from her overall performance. Overall there is no way she could touch Mao or Evgenia in overall skating.
As much as I wanted both ego’s off the podium for their Kwan related comments before this competition started I am glad it was Ashley who medaled and not Gracie. Funny for 2 girls that like bashing Kwan funny how they are both coached by her old coaches and they wish they were in the same league as her.
When Michelle made mistakes they docked her to keep her out of medals. This code has a built in excuse to hide mistakes like they did for Chan in the SP and Gracie in the LP.
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