Gymnastics News #23: Defying Gravity

[airgelaal]

Canada

Aren't you afraid to jinx the USA and Japan?

 

[Rukia]

us in 2nd going to high bar is kind of their nightmare situation hahaha

 

[skatingguy]

Aren't you afraid to jinx the USA and Japan?

No, why do I care whether either of these teams come flying off the high bar - one of China's men already tried to fly right off the podium.

 

[pollyanna]

Khoi Young

 

[Sarah]

Aren't you afraid to jinx the USA and Japan?

With all of us expecting the US to count 45 falls on high bar, how can you jinx the US?

 

[Theatregirl1122]

us in 2nd going to high bar is kind of their nightmare situation hahaha

They really are set up perfectly to heartbreakingly finish 4th.

NBC commentators saying that it's gutsy for them to put Khoi Young up on High Bar after he fell in Quals. Didn't 3 out of 4 of them fall in quals? What does Tim think they're gonna do?

 

[Sarah]

They really are set up perfectly to heartbreakingly finish 4th.

NBC commentators saying that it's gutsy for them to put Khoi Young up on High Bar after he fell in Quals. Didn't 3 out of 4 of them fall in quals? What does Tim think they're gonna do?

Put 2 up and count a zero? Bring in Simone?

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Khoi Young

He didn't really mess up. He has a 4.8 difficulty and an 8.033 execution.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

Put 2 up and count a zero? Bring in Simone?

If we're going that way, I think I'd bring in Shi!

 

[Sarah]

If we're going that way, I think I'd bring in Shi!

She's too good on bars. Wouldn't fit.

 

[pollyanna]

He didn't really mess up. He has a 4.8 difficulty and an 8.033 execution.

Thanks, I can't watch, I'm at work, so I'm just following real time scores and placements.

 

[skatingguy]

Khoi Young

That was about as high as Young could score - it was good routine, but he lacks difficulty, and amplitude.

 

[Rukia]

Taking Juda seems like a fantastic choice right now

 

[Theatregirl1122]

The US commentators suffer from a VAST desire to commentator curse

 

[Sarah]

Don't break my heart...

 

[Rukia]

The US commentators suffer from a VAST desire to commentator curse

I think gb just cursed themselves

 

[tony]

Great Britain giving the US plenty of breathing room anyways.

 

[Sarah]

It appears that GB is trying to help the US...

 

[Theatregirl1122]

I think gb just cursed themselves

They are still going. They could still commentator curse the US men.

 

[skatingguy]

Great Britain with a fall, and two feet out of bounds, and another step out of bounds on floor.

 

[Theatregirl1122]

It appears that GB is trying to help the US...

Well, someone's gotta do it if the US won't...

 

[skatingguy]

Floor worker just seems like the most inappropriate term.

 

[airgelaal]

This should be close

 

[tony]

This should be close

Yes, it's going to be VERY close! Imagine if China didn't have the horror rotation, too.

 

[Rukia]

us men basically hit high bar well I never

 

[tony]

Japan needs 12.566 to win

 

[Theatregirl1122]

FRED RICHARD! Not clean, but he HELD ON.

The US, absolutely INEXPLICABLY develops composure on their worst event for a medal.

 

[Sarah]

So... who had the US basically hitting high bar?

 

[skatingguy]

Looks like the US is fine with 3 solid routines on the High Bar - they're saving the disasters for next year just make sure the heart break is really painful.

 

[Rukia]

Looks like the US is fine with 3 solid routines on the High Bar - they're saving the disasters for next year just make sure the heart break is really painful.

so true love that for us