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choclatechip45

choclatechip45

10 minutes ago, DawnDavenport said:

It may have been before the specialist era but the US was good on bars and weak on vault. They could have use Atler on vault, beam, and floor. Dantzcher was terrible on beam so there was a hole to fill and Atler could have not done bars. That might have helped but who knows. She was becoming more of a headcase as time progressed so she may still have imploded the way she did. I think toward the end she even admitted to an eating disorder, which is very very sad to think about.

Jamie Dantzcher was a hot mess. She had a terrible attitude. She received a 0.1 deduction on her floor in Sydney because she forgot to salute the judges as she was more concerned with giving Bela the middle finger than actually caring about the team.

Let's not forget Beth Rybacki and her drama. She acted so insane regarding Atler's departure, and Dantzcher. I think 2000 was more about Beth getting HER Olympics than her athlete.

I remember her saying in an interview that Valeri's wife would take her to sauna to loose weight. I also remember hearing Jamie was the ringleader of the anti-Tasha clique because they chose Tasha over Alyssa. 

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5 minutes ago, CeeBeeGee said:

Did she ever! Watching the Beth fluff--it's CRAZY how personally she and Steve took everything to do with their gymnasts. THEY are hormonal teenagers, YOU are supposed to be the adult! I've always had a lingering contempt in the back of my mind after watching that fluff.

Oh God. I forgot about that! "We gave everything to that girl!". No bitch, she paid you tens of thousands of dollars per year to train her! It's not like she was a delinquent foster kid that killed your family. What a freaking nut job. I imagine she would have had a nervous breakdown if Jamie D. hadn't made the team.

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choclatechip45

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2 minutes ago, DawnDavenport said:

I really like Ray's gymnastics. I think by the time Sydney rolled around, she was battling a shoulder issue. I can't believe after almost breaking her neck on the vault that was set too low, she's goes to bars and does a freaking double-double layout dismount! I also really liked her triple twist-punch front mount on floor and her beam was really exquisite when she hit it.

The Women's competition in Sydney just needs to be wiped from memory. From the terrible floor that caused so many issues, to the incorrectly set vault in the all-around, China falsifying ages, Romania winning the team comp, it was a total shitfest (I hate their gymnastics). The only saving grace were the event finals. Everything else was terrible.

 I always felt bad for Elise I don't know how well she would have done if the vault was set correctly, but I remember they made it seem like she would take home all the medals in Sydney. So happy for her she found redemption in NCAA. 

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6 minutes ago, choclatechip45 said:

I remember her saying in an interview that Valeri's wife would take her to sauna to loose weight. I also remember hearing Jamie was the ringleader of the anti-Tasha clique because they chose Tasha over Alyssa. 

I love me some Miss Foxy Tasha! She was/is a beautiful woman. It's too bad her ankles gave out before Athens. The whole Dantzcher family is trash. Didn't  the twin sisters call Sasha Artemev a faggot online because he would't date or broke up with one of them? 

Jamie D. always had a bad attitude. She was even a bitch when they had the "ceremony" for the bronze medal in think in '04 or '05. Constant sourpuss. I'm loathe to call it bitch face because she doesn't deserve the accolade like Bogi, and Mustafina.

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5 minutes ago, choclatechip45 said:

 I always felt bad for Elise I don't know how well she would have done if the vault was set correctly, but I remember they made it seem like she would take home all the medals in Sydney. So happy for her she found redemption in NCAA. 

She certainly had potential to medal on bars and beam, but I don't think she had the skills to be competitive in the AA but she could have potentially finished top 8 in Sydney. 

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choclatechip45

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Just now, DawnDavenport said:

She certainly had potential to medal on bars and beam, but I don't think she had the skills to be competitive in the AA but she could have potentially finished top 8 in Sydney. 

Thanks I was young when Sydney happened so all my knowledge is from what NBC would feed me. I just remember them really hyping her up.

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5 minutes ago, DawnDavenport said:

I love me some Miss Foxy Tasha! She was/is a beautiful woman. It's too bad her ankles gave out before Athens. The whole Dantzcher family is trash. Didn't  the twin sisters call Sasha Artemev a faggot online because he would't date or broke up with one of them? 

Jamie D. always had a bad attitude. She was even a bitch when they had the "ceremony" for the bronze medal in think in '04 or '05. Constant sourpuss. I'm loathe to call it bitch face because she doesn't deserve the accolade like Bogi, and Mustafina.

One of the twins is married to Brandon Crawford of the SF Giants. 

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Daisy

Daisy

1 minute ago, Elsydeon said:

Ugh! Why does this final have to be at the same time as the Brazil-Sweden semifinal?

 

i know compared to most events in gymnastics this seems so early!

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Daisy

Daisy

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14.833 for this Chinese guy. 
Darnell is still rocking his blanket. 

Belavasky is up (sorry if i am butchering the names, my stream quality is poop)

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Rinaldo

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1 minute ago, Daisy said:

well this chinese guy is NOT winning a medal. just fell on his back.

Oh, man. I was rooting for him (You) -- credit where it's due, that was beautiful work to see -- but smacking on to his back is something extraordinary, and not in a good way. 14.833 for him.

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DawnDavenport

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Just now, Daisy said:

14.433 for this Chinese guy. 
Darnell is still rocking his blanket. 

Belavasky is up (sorry if i am butchering the names, my stream quality is poop)

This is it for China. They go home with two team bronze medals and that's it. Truly #TearsofBronze

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kittykat

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4 minutes ago, DawnDavenport said:

#SoSad:(

So far China has two team bronze medals. Someone is going to a hard labor camp.

And they have no qualifiers in high bar.  Yan Wang is in floor final.  Aside from the team bronzes this has NOT been a good year for the Chinese teams.   Did we do this?

15.7 for David.  Oleg, Manrique and Ryohei left.  Hang on Danell.

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Daisy

Daisy

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Oleg is not winning the gold medal. 

Wow.  how did that happen?
Oleg 16.041 

i guess his wobbles weren't that bad i guess. 

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kittykat

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Just now, DawnDavenport said:

Compared to Danell's 9.0 E-score, how in the hell was Oleg's 8.941? Consolation for not winning AA? 

I'm catching deep whiffs of overscoring here.

DANELL HAS A MEDAL WOOOOOO!  Ahem...sorry Manrique.

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Daisy

Daisy

3 minutes ago, DawnDavenport said:

He's in first though only because of  his D-score. This code sucks ass. 

I loathe this code. 

1 minute ago, emma675 said:

What?? He had some serious wobbles on several of his handstands. And when I can see it, it's big!

Right? I mean I don't get this event LOL but even i know a lot of those form breaks were not Gold Medal worthy. geeze Marie. they need to put me in charge. I'll hire you @DawnDavenport to help me write up a kick ass CoP

1 minute ago, DawnDavenport said:

Compared to Danell's 9.0 E-score, how in the hell was Oleg's 8.941? Consolation for not winning AA? 

it wouldn't even surprise me. Why i <3 Judged sports so much i'll never know. 

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DawnDavenport

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Just now, greendog78 said:

He was over scored on PB in the AA too...

Please let Kato win now. The scoring in this sport is so f*ed up. The code didn't do a damn thing to fix the system. Just like figure skating, the judges just had to be more creative to hold up inferior routines/programs.

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Shangrilala

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Okay, now I'm completely confused about Jamie Dantzcher.  I remember those trials, and those Olympics, and I thought I remembered Jamie getting selected was a huge deal and the way they framed it had to do with tension between the Karolyi's and Jamie - that they didn't really like her as a gymnast so really paid her no attention and she was much more talented, disciplined and focused than they gave her credit for?  I also remember her coming out after Sydney and really criticizing Bela and Marta for how they managed the team in Sydney (and I want to say another gymnast had the same criticism?).  So I always thought it was Karolyi (the big bad!) vs. Dantzcher, and of course Dantzcher lost because that's just politics.  

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Daisy

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2 minutes ago, DawnDavenport said:

Please let Kato win now. The scoring in this sport is so f*ed up. The code didn't do a damn thing to fix the system. Just like figure skating, the judges just had to be more creative to hold up inferior routines/programs.

 

Was there even an issue with Gymnastics scoring? or was it a pre-emptive strike? Because I know people go "Well how did a 10.0 system worked, and i'm like how should I know but it worked since the dawn of time until they changed it. 

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DawnDavenport

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1 minute ago, Shangrilala said:

Okay, now I'm completely confused about Jamie Dantzcher.  I remember those trials, and those Olympics, and I thought I remembered Jamie getting selected was a huge deal and the way they framed it had to do with tension between the Karolyi's and Jamie - that they didn't really like her as a gymnast so really paid her no attention and she was much more talented, disciplined and focused than they gave her credit for?  I also remember her coming out after Sydney and really criticizing Bela and Marta for how they managed the team in Sydney (and I want to say another gymnast had the same criticism?).  So I always thought it was Karolyi (the big bad!) vs. Dantzcher, and of course Dantzcher lost because that's just politics.  

It's probably due to her antics in '99. Plus, she was a very inconsistent gymnast. She was pissed she didn't get to do AA in qualifications in Sydney, despite the fact that she should have known there was no way she was getting anywhere near the beam there. She was also pissed she wasn't chosen for bars in quals. as well. That's why she lost a 0.1 on floor in the team final. It was an FU to Bela and she forgot to salute the judges at the end. 

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