I found Nastia's commentary to be very similar to Samantha's, but slightly less annoying because she didn't talk quite as much. Sam seems to feel the need to talk continuously and avoid any seconds of silence on air like the plague.
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... It must be hard to demonstrate adding value as a commentator when your best contribution is silence, which could be achieved by just not hiring or paying anybody.
It has taken a long time but that's a good thing. It's crazy that if he hadn't been banned, he would likely have still found someone to give him a job.
That's a fun video because I always wondered if she could do a standing full twisting back tuck or standing Arabian tuck on the beam and she does the Arabian at 0:48.
At what point in the comeback does she start pointing her toes?
Well with 2 Olympic Gold medals and 3 World Championship Gold medals, it hasn’t seemed to be a problem.
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Are you sure about the bolded part? Everything I've read so far indicates only one WAG athlete has had their visa approved (Alyona Glotova).
This is what I saw- only one woman was approved and left for Rotterdam. And 3 of the men’s team also. I never did understand how Melnikova and Listunova (who has been photographed at a rally wearing the Z) ever got AIN anyway. I don’t know about Kalmykova. I read that Russia WAG will not be able to qualify a team to the Olympics but wouldn’t there be another opportunity next year?
Yeah only three teams qualify directly this year. The other nine team spots will be determined in 2027. They would have to qualify again to compete as a team at 2027 worlds though via continental championships (if I understand this correctly the top 8 teams from this year will not have to requalify for 2027 worlds but don't quote me on that).
