Gymnastics #24 - The Road to Paris

I guess I'm just a weirdo because I like them all and can't wait to see the teams competing in them in Paris. I love that red one and the team final one looks great to me. :cheer:

I also like them. I think the current style is a much better look than some of the weird faux cutouts that were happening last year. I also really hated the trials leos, and I think all of these are better.

The shiny one with the black star tip that Suni is wearing in the group shot looks like exactly Simone’s style.

I really like the blue to red sparkly one that Leanne is wearing. For the blues, I like the one with the white top that Jos is wearing better than the darker one Simone is wearing, but the one Simone is wearing looks very current to gymnastics fashion.

The red one that Jade is wearing, I didn’t love when Jordan picked it up in the video, but I think it looks really good on Jade! The firework one is great, of course.

I like the Stars and Stripes one as well. The first were right to notice the retro vibe, but I think it’s also cute. The super patriotic ones over the last few years have been far less cute. I did not like the Tokyo team final ones at all.

Based on the last two Olympics, I’d expect that the Stars and Stripes are for team final, the firework could be for quals, and they will choose between the rest for individual events. In London they actually wore the red for team final.
 
Here’s a cute clip of the team seeing the Leo’s for the first time. They are growing on me. And I’m happy because they are happy.

 
Well, YouTube just served me a video of 1992 Barcelona and Shannon Miller is doing the vault compulsories and all she has an is a white leotard with a blue star at the shoulder so I guess anything is better.
 
So I just debuted my new gymnastics routine last night… Comments?

Seriously?! That was amazing! :love:
 
So I just debuted my new gymnastics routine last night… Comments?


Slay! That was really good!!!
 
Riley has been one of my current favorite gymnast because I really admire her body line. just like in figure skating I do kind of appreciate the long limbed lyrical figure. I do think that if she decided to go for Paris, obviously didn’t have injuries and can update her codes she could have made us Olympic team. I wish we could’ve seen her on and Olympic team if for just bars.

In 21 I think she could have been the second individual even with her injury and have made the bars final

 
So I just debuted my new gymnastics routine last night… Comments?

Totally enjoyed that. You are so talented!
 
So I just debuted my new gymnastics routine last night… Comments?

OMG that is amazing! Do you choreograph for yourself or others? This routine would look great on an NCAA athlete and would be a breath of fresh air in elite.
 
So I just debuted my new gymnastics routine last night… Comments?

This made my day! I want an NCAA gurl to copy this choreography :)
 
Peacock has the tiles up for both women’s and men’s qualification rounds, team finals and all-around competitions. As with Olympic trial coverage, they also have each apparatus feeds as well as a “world” feed for team finals.

US men are in Q round 1 with Germany, Great Britain and Canada
US women are in Q round 2 with China and Italy
 
So I just debuted my new gymnastics routine last night… Comments?

If local athletes are included on the post Olympic tour stops, then you should be added to your local stop or nearest one. You can bling out your costume like an ice dancer!! 😜
 
Here’s a cute clip of the team seeing the Leo’s for the first time. They are growing on me. And I’m happy because they are happy.

They are great apart from the black stars one IMO. Very sparkly.
 
I hope they will have some practices wearing these leotards — or others that weigh a pound.

I recall when Vera Wang (?) gave Kwan a dress so heavy with crystals that she could not wear it in competition.
Was that the silver one with the America flag that she only ended up wearing in the finale of the gala in SLC? I seem to remember hearing that that dress was possibly made for her to skate the program in but in the end it was too heavy for her to skate in. She wore it at the very end when everyone came out to do a lap and bow.
 
So I just debuted my new gymnastics routine last night… Comments?

Aww 🥰, that was spectacular! Serving “work it, baby, work it, own it”, energy. ❤️
 
Riley has been one of my current favorite gymnast because I really admire her body line. just like in figure skating I do kind of appreciate the long limbed lyrical figure. I do think that if she decided to go for Paris, obviously didn’t have injuries and can update her codes she could have made us Olympic team. I wish we could’ve seen her on and Olympic team if for just bars.

In 21 I think she could have been the second individual even with her injury and have made the bars final

Absolutely agree! Riley was one of the most wonderful, artistic and aesthetically beautiful gymnasts in US history. Unfortunately, she was elite during a period in time when that beauty was not rewarded due to the code she competed in. I would have loved to see her compete in Shannon Miller’s era, Nastia Liukin’s era, or even the current era we are in to better reward her artistry.

BTW, I am in no way saying I don’t appreciate the gymnasts known for their power. If you were to ask me for my Magnificent 7 from all eras of USAG women, my dream team would be: Chellsie Memmel, Dominique Dawes, Vanessa Atler, Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, Jade Carey, and Riley McCusker with alternates Alicia Sacramone and Shannon Miller. Bridget Sloan for Miss Congeniality.
 
Absolutely agree! Riley was one of the most wonderful, artistic and aesthetically beautiful gymnasts in US history. Unfortunately, she was elite during a period in time when that beauty was not rewarded due to the code she competed in. I would have loved to see her compete in Shannon Miller’s era, Nastia Liukin’s era, or even the current era we are in to better reward her artistry.

BTW, I am in no way saying I don’t appreciate the gymnasts known for their power. If you were to ask me for my Magnificent 7 from all eras of USAG women, my dream team would be: Chellsie Memmel, Dominique Dawes, Vanessa Atler, Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, Jade Carey, and Riley McCusker with alternates Alicia Sacramone and Shannon Miller. Bridget Sloan for Miss Congeniality.

Did you ever like Jamie Dantzscher?
 
If you were to ask me for my Magnificent 7 from all eras of USAG women, my dream team would be: Chellsie Memmel, Dominique Dawes, Vanessa Atler, Sunisa Lee, Simone Biles, Jade Carey

Sub out Atler for McKayla Maroney?

Or Raisman or Johnson?

I go Hurd, Zemeskyl , Johnson, Biles, Liukin, Patterson, Lee. Alternates - Jones or McCusker, Maroney or Douglass
 
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one of the most abusive coaches in gymnastics history,

I'm halfway through Dominique Moceanu's book, "Off Balance."

Skinner really needs to read it. If she hasn't already. In Moceanu's case, they used their common heritage with her as a leverage, because she was being abused at home by her father when they claimed she wasn't working hard enough.

She credits her old coaches from when she was living in Florida, plus Alexander Alexandrov (who did coach her for a time at the Karolyi gym) for helping her develop as a gymnast. Rhe Karolyis fired him right before 1995 Nationals, obviously because they didn't want him getting the credit for coaching her if she won (which obviously she did).
 

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