Gymnastics #24 - The Road to Paris

[Aaron MB Fan]

For those keeping score at home, yes, I am in Iceland. Yes it is in the middle of the night. Yes, I should be asleep.

But! It’s once every four years!!!

Ugh first world problems but I’m also out of the country in Italy right now about to end a euro cation trip. I napped to prep to be up for this cause hello it’s US trials!!!

But ugh despite using VPN, I can’t access my PVR recording or live watching. NBC needs me to link my provider but only has US options no Canadian options despite me having NBC on cable . Managed to watch 30 mins in their free credit but looks like that’s all I’ll get to see live until I’m home in a couple of days. Ughhh

 

[Tesla]

Get the mistakes out now.

 

[canbelto]

13.9 with a fall is so funny to me

Nationals Score-flation

 

[peibeck]

Suni even more magical on second night of floor.

 

[museksk8r]

Has Simone ever been world champion on beam?

4 times in 2014, 2015, 2019 and 2023.

 

[Allskate]

I love, love, love that floor routine from Suni.

 

[HeatherC]

Simone has a pretty high start value on the beam and that fall was literally her only error so that score doesn't seem out of sorts to me.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

If we had a team of Simone, Suni, Jordan, Jade with no 5th

Vault:
Simone
Jade
Jordan

Bars:
Suni
Jordan
Simone

Beam:
Suni
Simone
Jordan

Floor:
Simone
Jade
Jordan

So you’d want someone to out score Jordan on beam the most.

Lowest on vault would be Jordan, but she’s really good. Lowest on bars is Jordan or Simone, depending on the day, but again, really high scores. Lowest on floor has been Jade with her highest as a 14.025, but again, that’s a hard score to beat.

So for team finals, beam is really the critical spot.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Only four times LOL

World champion on everything but bars?

 

[Rukia]

Simone has a pretty high start value on the beam and that fall was literally her only error so that score doesn't seem out of sorts to me.

oh I didn't think it was too high I just think it's funny she can score that high

 

[danafan]

13.9 with a fall is so funny to me

That would have made finals at worlds last year.

 

[FiveRinger]

I'm sorry, but Jade's beam routine is soo boring.

Don't hate me for saying this, but Jade is hard to watch. She always looks so bored, like she can't be bothered, I don't care what she's doing. There's a difference between calm and bored. She always looks like she wants to be anywhere but where she is.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Ugh first world problems but I’m also out of the country in Italy right now about to end a euro cation trip. I napped to prep to be up for this cause hello it’s US trials!!!

But ugh despite using VPN, I can’t access my PVR recording or live watching. NBC needs me to link my provider but only has US options no Canadian options despite me having NBC on cable . Managed to watch 30 mins in their free credit but looks like that’s all I’ll get to see live until I’m home in a couple of days. Ughhh

I’m watching on peacock with VPN. It’s $5 for a month.

 

[canbelto]

Is that Anna Liukin? She looks so much like Nastia.

 

[danafan]

World champion on everything but bars?

Yes, but she did a bronze on bars in 2018, where she won 6 medals at the same world championships, the first gymnast to do so since Elena Shushunova in 1987.

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Don't hate me for saying this, but Jade is hard to watch. She always looks so bored, like she can't be bothered, I don't care what she's doing. There's a difference between calm and bored. She always looks like she wants to be anywhere but where she is.

@Karen-W do you want this? Or do I take it?

 

[Allskate]

Don't hate me for saying this, but Jade is hard to watch. She always looks so bored, like she can't be bothered, I don't care what she's doing. There's a difference between calm and bored. She always looks like she wants to be anywhere but where she is.

I don't think she's really bored and don't think she can help that look. Joscelyn always looks to me like she's ready to cry, but I doubt she is.

 

[Carolla5501]

Simone has a pretty high start value on the beam and that fall was literally her only error so that score doesn't seem out of sorts to me.

Remember, this is the woman who fell on vault and would have won a World Championship if her coach had not been standing on the mat. Her difficulty is just so much stronger than anyone else so she can absorb mistakes better than anyone else.

 

[Karen-W]

@Karen-W do you want this? Or do I take it?

You can take it. I don't deign to respond to Beaver-Haters.

 

[museksk8r]

World champion on everything but bars?

Yes, but she is the World silver medalist in 2018.

 

[canbelto]

Tiana's beam acro series reminds me of the Chinese gymnasts.

 

[Tesla]

World champion on everything but bars?

Simone Biles

 

[HeatherC]

Tiana on beam....

 

[Karen-W]

Beautiful beam from Tiana!!!!!

 

[AngieNikodinovLove (ANL)]

Simone Biles

My favorite performance of all time is the floor routine from the Rio year.

 

[danafan]

Tiana's switch half was quite poorly executed. The rest was very good but you could probably 0.5 in body shape plus height. That won't beat Rivera IMO.

 

[canbelto]

Hezly sort of has that international look that judges favor ...

 

[HeatherC]

Hezly's FX music is going to give me nightmares tonight....I didn't like it when I first heard it months ago and it still bugs me.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Looool at Hezly’s face at the end.

 

[Karen-W]

Not as bad of a hop on the landing of that last pass but Hezly's leaving a door open for Tiana.