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Artistic Gymnastics: Stick the Landing!


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I do wonder if it was a male athlete with the same facial expressions and attitude, if there would even be an issue.  Would this be just brushed off as competitiveness and it would not even be reported.   But women are held to a different standard.  We are not allowed to be competitive and its looked down on if we show it overtly.  We are required to be supportive of our competitors when men aren't.  Just a thought.  To me there is obviously something going on with Gabby and even if there wasn't i have no issue with the things people on the interweb are complaining about

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  On 8/15/2016 at 4:35 PM, Growsonwalls said:

If anything I feel like there should be pressure with whoever takes over after Marta to make the decision making more democratic and less about one person (Marta). It's not fair that Gabby is being blamed because of Marta's decisions. If there's one thing that makes me cringe it's how all the girls always talk about "impressing Marta" as if that was the only thing that mattered to them. In that sense I won't miss Marta even though I respect her dedication to the sport. 

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I agree sometimes I think Aly is part of a cult. At lest Simone spoke out against Martha at worlds. I understand why they don't.

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  On 8/15/2016 at 4:40 PM, Aliconehead said:

I do wonder if it was a male athlete with the same facial expressions and attitude, if there would even be an issue.

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Commentators sometimes make comments about the (Russian, Japanese, Chinese) male gymnasts being sour faced or being unsupportive of their teammates but nothing compared to the social media storm that blow up around Gabby.

It's not quite the same, but people did complain about Danell Leyva's behavior during quals and the team event. Hiding under a towel isn't very supportive looking. I'll take Gabby's faces over the ridiculous yelling the US men's team does any day.

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  On 8/15/2016 at 5:01 PM, Cherpumple said:

Didn't the Soviet and then post-Soviet men used to kiss each other on the lips after each performance? That seems pretty supportive! I remember thinking it was sweet, but soooo different from how American men would act.

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I remember some Russian kisses :)

China is up now on the rings

I wouldn't be surprised to see Gabby on DWTS next season.  Her sponsors are speaking out in support of her and she has been trending on Twitter and yahoo when others on the team are winning medals.  It may not be the win she expected, but she can use the experience to work in her favor.

I am beyond nervous for beam.  There are too many people that I want to see on the podium.  I am rooting for Simone and Laurie.  I also want Ponor to get a medal for Romania, Flavia to smash it for Brazil, and for Sanne to hit her routine and take it all.  Why are there only three medal spots?

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the Greek gynmast got 
16.0 WOW.

  On 8/15/2016 at 5:08 PM, IdleBrook said:

I wouldn't be surprised to see Gabby on DWTS next season.  Her sponsors are speaking out in support of her and she has been trending on Twitter and yahoo when others on the team are winning medals.  It may not be the win she expected, but she can use the experience to work in her favor.

I am beyond nervous for beam.  There are too many people that I want to see on the podium.  I am rooting for Simone and Laurie.  I also want Ponor to get a medal for Romania, Flavia to smash it for Brazil, and for Sanne to hit her routine and take it all.  Why are there only three medal spots?

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Me too. Beam is gonna be STRESSFUL. 

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  On 8/15/2016 at 5:29 PM, DawnDavenport said:

No medals for China! Wow. Their last hope is Parallel Bars. Who would have thought they would show up with no finalists on Pommels and no medals on Rings.

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Not me. 
so... Tokyo is gonna be interesting. 
Japan was defending MAG Team/AA, and China demanding MEDALS...

  On 8/15/2016 at 5:31 PM, DawnDavenport said:

Can the gym gods give us #TearsofNothing on Parallel Bars?

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Could you imagine?

  On 8/15/2016 at 5:32 PM, DawnDavenport said:

Now on to vault. This can either be a hot mess of near death or close to perfection. I like how there generally isn't an in between with men's vault.

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geeze i hope it's clean.. at least no broken bones. (France's legs still haunt me).

  On 8/15/2016 at 5:34 PM, BlackberryJam said:

I kind of enjoy the hot messes, legs flailing in the air, arms pinwheeling, ass first landings, so much fun.

Unless there is an injury. *shudder* NO injuries!

I'm loving Tears of Nothing.

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OMG, your description is perfect! Almost like a Looney Tunes cartoon.

Agree on the Creepy Cult of Marta. I still remember when some former Romanian gymnasts accused her and Bela of beating them. Never knew if anything came of it, it just says on her Wikipedia page that Marta responded by calling the complainants "trash" (lovely response.) 

I thought it was weird when they came up with their team nickname in reference to her, rather than in reference to themselves.

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