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Artistic Gymnastics: Stick the Landing!


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3 minutes ago, DawnDavenport said:

Sam is now 11th after Chaopan's parallel bar score. I don't want the Chinese men to medal #TearsofNoMedal. Luckily he's got High Bar and Floor next. Not good events. 

Verniaiev better not win this. I'l be pissed and he'll be the most undeserved gold medalist ever!

Tears of Nothing indeed.  But yeah he's closing on weak events so we'll see.  Hopefully Sam can at least close on a strong Floor routine.

Oleg is doing well but after the team debacle, I just can't with him.

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Oh Sam. Stop celebrating your Parallel Bars score. Too little too late. I kinda hope his floor is worse than Monday. I'm sick of his preening and mugging. It was cute when you were and up and comer. Now, you've proven to be an inconsistent headcase. Go away please. I'm hoping for 

#Samfor15th! 

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Just now, PoshSprinkles said:

@Daisy I'm certainly #tearsofnothing at this point. I was really rooting for him, too. I just can't abide by his tactics though. He could have subbed in on every event and deliberately chose not to. All of the others in the AA worked their butts off for their teams. 

just making sure, @PoshSprinkles. yah, I am not liking that he's doing well now, and everytime Kyle/Brenda mention how this is a test because you have to do 24 routines, and I'm like - well, except for Oleg, because he frigging cheated. 

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35 minutes ago, GreyBunny said:

Patriotism isn't about choreography.  If someone doesn't want to put their hand over their heart (I don't) they have every right not to do so.   It's places like North Korea and the former Soviet Union where people are shamed, forced, threatened, and even jailed if they don't bow or salute the right way or don't wear the right "patriotic" pins on their clothes.  I'd rather not live in a place like North Korea, nor be told to "live somewhere else" just because I don't put my hand on my chest. 

Yes to all this. I was at a baseball game on Sunday in line at a concession stand when the anthem played. I stopped and turned, did the hand on heart thing because it's a habit for me. Other people in line continued ordering their food, left their hats on, etc. On the jumbotron I could see players chewing gum with their hands behind their backs and some staring off into space. I would never presume that those men & women don't love their country. Gabby has represented the U.S. well and critics need to find something else to complain about.

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2 minutes ago, PoshSprinkles said:

If Oleg gets the same score at quals, Kohei would need over a 16.034 to pass him. If Oleg falls, then he has an opening. 

Yeah, we pretty much need Oleg to screw up in a big way for Kohei to have a shot, given the stingy scoring on HB today. 

eta: I forgot tha they said up front that Oleg is closing out the show, so the pressure is REALLY on Kohei. 

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That wasn't Kohei. 

Just now, Cherpumple said:

Just curious, but are the NBC commentators giving the side eye to Oleg's shady strategy or not? The BBC folks haven't said anything about it, except for being surprised the other day when he chose not to perform. They are pretty bland as commentators.

No, not a word about the other day's "strategy." 

3 minutes ago, Cherpumple said:

Just curious, but are the NBC commentators giving the side eye to Oleg's shady strategy or not? The BBC folks haven't said anything about it, except for being surprised the other day when he chose not to perform. They are pretty bland as commentators.

I'm wondering if the commentators weren't told to toe the party line on this one. Yesterday on the Daily Dismount, they read through the whole text of Oleg's tweet, and Jon seemingly accepted it--but during the live broadcast he was stunned and horrified. When Courtney suggested it was due to injury, Jon contended that you can still get SOMEONE up there to do the event. So that about-face seems too abrupt to me to think he just accepted Oleg's explanation without question. But I'm sure the FIG would be perfectly happy for no one to talk about this again. 

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Just now, Jillibean said:

I'm wondering if the commentators weren't told to toe the party line on this one. Yesterday on the Daily Dismount, they read through the whole text of Oleg's tweet, and Jon seemingly accepted it--but during the live broadcast he was stunned and horrified. When Courtney suggested it was due to injury, Jon contended that you can still get SOMEONE up there to do the event. So that about-face seems too abrupt to me to think he just accepted Oleg's explanation without question. But I'm sure the FIG would be perfectly happy for no one to talk about this again. 

Until it happens again in 4 years...which it will if there aren't consequences and the result is a gold AA.

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