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COESpiral

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  1. COESpiral

    Gymnastics

    I don't think it's 2020 where USAG starts having problems (which is only two years away). Simone will be competing and, barring injury, you know she's still going to bring home a lot of hardware. It's after Tokyo where we see the repercussions. I'm not sure I see a team that could bring home medals, much less gold. It's all going to depend on finding the right leadership and a training method that protects the athletes in all aspects, body and psyche.
  2. I'm really excited to see this get underway. I've missed Phryne and Jack and Dot and all the rest of the crime-fighting gang!
  3. She says she’s been having boot problems all season and was recently thrown under the bus by her boot manufacturer after she posted a pic on Instagram of the heel coming apart (she never gave the name of the company). But someone from Avanta decided to jump in and point fingers making themselves look stupid in the process. I don’t know if that’s the actual problem or if she doesn’t have the mental toughness to compete but either way it’s frustrating.
  4. What she did is definitely impressive and kudos to her, but she’s 13 and built like a pencil. What happens to her when puberty fully hits? Maybe she’ll be one of the lottery winners where her body doesn’t change much and she can continue the momentum but the odds aren’t in her favor. Enjoy while it lasts I guess and congratulations on making history.
  5. Oh right, I forgot about H/B taking their place. So it's basically P/C's Worlds to lose. My guess is H/D will end up with a medal unless they pull last year's stunt and trip mid-way through the program. I thought C/L were underscored at the Olys, so it wouldn't surprise me if a Worlds medal was consolation prize. Patrick Chan as a model? Um...no.
  6. With a number of the big names out of Worlds, this year's competition will be interesting. But then, the Worlds following an Olympics usually is as it gives us such champions as Kimmie Meissner in 2006 and Cappellini/Lanotte in 2014. Who's going to be the surprise champion this year? My predictions: Men: Nathan Chen or Shoma Uno Women: Pick a Russian, any Russian Pairs: Sui/Han Dance: Papadakis/Cizeron (or if they opt out, the Shib Sibs)
  7. Anymore, I think of Mirai in the same way I think of Gabby Douglas: she's damned if she does and damned if she doesn't. Both ladies seem to have an absolute talent for saying wrong thing at the wrong time and while you know full well they don't mean to come across as not thinking or crass or irresponsible, that's how it's translated. And then they have to go back and say, no, that's not what I meant and it came out wrong the first time. I don't for a second believe Mirai thinks she's the "savior" of the team event or that she is flip about her performances. Girl just has her mouth working at a different speed than her brain and when her brain catches up it's like, oh shit. It's the kind of thing the media absolutely loves and I hate that. She's apologized, she's exhausted physically and mentally, and she just wants to go home and snoodle with her dogs. I'm giving her a break.
  8. *sigh* Well, I know how this is going to end, so I'm calling it an Olympics. At least Mirai's got a bronze medal in the team event.
  9. Great job, Choi!!! Maybe you'll be South Korea's next skating star?
  10. Love the South Korean girl's dress. A beautiful blue.
  11. "She's the queen of the triple-triple!" Well, you jinxed her in the SP and the LP Tara. You should have used some of your eyelash glue in your lipstick.
  12. Tara was doing some fluff piece about rivalries and showed Nancy/Tonya, Katarina/Debi, and then went to Michelle/Tara and Tara snidely comments about how SHE knows how well that can turn out. Eff her. I'm still convinced had the skating order been switched, she'd be singing a different song.
  13. I said the exact same thing. I can't even with this.
  14. Awww, poor Brazilian girl. I like her. She's got an it factor that makes me want to watch her.
  15. Lipnitskaya was the one that after the team event, Putin rubbed her head. I think that's what did her in for the individual event.
  16. A German skating to Schindler's List? Um...
  17. If true, it may be too little, too late. He should have left her four years ago. I know he more or less grew up with her, but she was only going to get him so far. Aw, Hungarian skater...CARMEN??? After Tuesday's AC/DC delight, this disappoints me in my soul.
  18. Someone tell me how Kostner does. I can't take the orgasmic squeaky sounds from Johnny about the Russian skaters anymore.
  19. I don't see Mirai sounding like that at all. But anyone could sound like they've given up when talking to Andrea. I think she's just irritated with herself for overshooting the jump and doesn't want to repeat the mistake on Thursday.
  20. Ugh, for Bradie, Mirai, and Karen. Mirai's I can forgive as she was doing the hardest jump, but Bradie and Karen got Olympic Nerves.
  21. Part of me thinks that if Mirai isn't secure with the triple axel right now, just do a double and keep everything else clean. The other part of me wants her to get mad and just rip off every jump she can since we all know the gold and silver are spoken for already.
  22. Most women tend to wear white or beige skates, while men wear black but there are boot covers that you can put over your skates if you want the boots to match the outfit. I've seen that before, especially during exhibitions, but in some competitions.
  23. The Belgian woman's outfit looks like there's an arrow pointing at her crotch. I sincerely hope that wasn't planned.
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