Artistic Gymnastics: Stick the Landing!

[Enero]

I thought Kohei was competing on High Bar? I guess not. Too bad. I was looking forward to seeing him compete again. 

Ok just heard why Kohei is not competing. 

Edited August 16, 2016 by Enero

[kittykat]

MY POOR BABY!!!  I need to stop cheering for people I like.  I am seriously cursing them.

[pivot]

Man, that face plant had to hurt hard. Poor guy.

[Arynm]

Gymnast from GB just grinning after that fall until he realized the camera was on him was a little suspect. I hope it was a nervous smile.

[Rinaldo]

Painful fall for Epke, but he came back and did a whole medal-worthy routine. But there's that unignorable fall. 14.033. How he must feel. And I've been looking forward to him in particular.

Edited August 16, 2016 by Rinaldo

[Daisy]

14.033. heartbroken :(
NIle Wilson will be up next

Just now, Arynm said:

Gymnast from GB just grinning after that fall until he realized the camera was on him was a little suspect. I hope it was a nervous smile.

 

he had the exact same smile coming up to the bar. I am voting for nervous smile. he couldn't be that douchecanoeish. 

[greendog78]

That looked bad. Hope Epke is okay. This hasn't been a good year for him.

[Daisy]

Wilson - 15.466

Sam Mikulak is next

[legaleagle53]

10 minutes ago, Daisy said:

omg. OH MY GOD. Zonderland crashed.

Whatever you do, don't tell galaxygirl76!

Edited August 16, 2016 by legaleagle53

[Rinaldo]

Sam finally put it together when it counted. It's about freaking time. 15.4, behind Hambüchen and Wilson at the moment.

Edited August 16, 2016 by Rinaldo

[pivot]

Sam actually didn't choke. I am shocked. 

[Daisy]

15.4 for Sam. 
Oleg is up

[briochetwist]

This entire thread baffles and confounds me. I watch on CBC, not NBC, which clearly is the jr high network, because I haven't heard of any of these ridiculous and petty controversies. From watching CBC I thought all of the American ladies were amazing, did their country proud and supported each other. Not really sure what the rest of this crap is about! Awesome job ladies, congrats!

[kittykat]

Heeyyyy look who finally showed up.

15.4 behind Nile with Oleg and Danell still in the rotation.  We'll see.

Edited August 16, 2016 by kittykat

[choclatechip45]

Is the world ending? Sam didn't choke.

[Daisy]

Oleg's out. 

[legaleagle53]

Just now, choclatechip45 said:

Is the world ending? Sam didn't choke.

Not only that, but he could well medal.  Will wonders never cease?

[Enero]

Poor Oleg. At least he has his gold and silver though. He's probably exhausted. No medal here though.

[Rinaldo]

Yeah, no medal for Oleg this time. Besides the landing, he didn't get over the bar that one time.

[pivot]

Man, Horton has given such great explanation of scoring. I have learned so much. Why can't he be in prime time? 

[Daisy]

Brazil guy up. 

[greendog78]

And headcase Oleg is back. #ohwell

[Daisy]

Oohoo Brazil guy could make things spicy. 

[kittykat]

Team Drama alive and well in our last event final.

I still can't believe any Japanese didn't make the cut.

[Daisy]

Not spicy enough. Fabian is guaranteed a medal. i want him to win gold.

[Rinaldo]

Yeah, Brazilian looked good to me -- but I'm not knowledgeable enough to know how hard it was, or where deductions come. 15.208, 4th place at present.

[windsprints]

Quote

I thought all of the American ladies were amazing, did their country proud and supported each other.

I watch on NBC (online & tv) and think the same.  Proud of the TeamUSA women & think they're all wonderful.

[kittykat]

Just now, Rinaldo said:

Yeah, Brazilian looked good to me -- but I'm not knowledgeable enough to know how hard it was, or where deductions come. 15.208, 4th place at present.

I'm guessing lower D score.

And then there was Manrique and Danell.

[greendog78]

The Brazilian's D score was 6.9. The other guys have 7+

[Daisy]

wow. the ironies of Danell trumps Sam. 

[Elsydeon]

Hope Danell knocks Sam out.

[SophiaD]

I hope Sam hangs on for a medal. I've always liked him.

[Rinaldo]

I'd love to know where all the deductions were for the Cuban guy. It looked impressive to me (Jon thought so too) and that dismount was insane.

Leyva did really well, but who knows.

[DawnDavenport]

Just now, SophiaD said:

I hope Sam hangs on for a medal. I've always liked him.

Danell > Sam always.

[Daisy]

Your Podium On High Bar
Fabian: Gold. 
Danell: Silver
Wilson: Bronze 

:( Gymnastics is over. I'mma gonna miss you guys!!
 

[greendog78]

Ahh Two silvers for Danell. Not too bad.

Are they streaming the Gala or no?

[Sew Sumi]

And to think Danell was the alternate. 

[choclatechip45]

Danell ousts Sam The Golden boy! So Dalton and Sam both go two Olympics no medals that must be hard.

[Minneapple]

1 minute ago, Daisy said:

:( Gymnastics is over. I'mma gonna miss you guys!!
 

Oh, come on, they have the cheesy gymnastics gala this year, don't they? Don't leave just yet?

We will get men's gymnastics in primetime tonight.

[kittykat]

Hey everyone the ALTERNATE grabbed two medals in one day.

Either way I'm glad at least one guy is medalling.  I know we've talked a lot of crap about this team but medalwise they were better than London (Danell's AA bronze was the lone US medal).  I'm glad Sam went out on high note with a clean routine (tears of fourth).

I do hope they double down on expectations for Tokyo.  Even if they have to code whore it for a while.  Great games for Alex Naddour and Danell Leyva.  I'm sorry for Jake Dalton and Sam but they just didn't deliver when it counted.  I wouldn't be surprised if the Tokyo 4 was all fresh blood.

Edited August 16, 2016 by kittykat

[DawnDavenport]

#ByeSam

[Rinaldo]

So Danell the alternate gets two silvers, about an hour apart. Well done, Messrs. Hambüchen, Leyva, and Wilson.

[DawnDavenport]

3 minutes ago, choclatechip45 said:

Danell ousts Sam The Golden boy! So Dalton and Sam both go two Olympics no medals that must be hard.

#BooHoo. Time to move on. Now. Sam might make it gay porn. Not sure about Dalton.

Edited August 16, 2016 by DawnDavenport

[emma675]

Way to go, Leyva! I'm happy someone from the men's team finally medaled (and it wasn't Sam).

We're all planning to head over to the rhythmic gymnastics thread now, right? Right?! I'm going to miss posting with you guys!

[choclatechip45]

Both guys who medaled coaches are coached by their dads.  Naddour left NCAA early and Leyva never did NCAA. Neither have trained at OTC. Wonder if this will make USA Men's gymnastics rethink things.

16 minutes ago, DawnDavenport said:

#BooHoo. Time to move on. Now. Sam might make it gay porn. Not sure was Dalton.

I don't feel that bad. Hopefully USA gym moves on from them. 

Can someone explain to me all this talent Sam supposedly has? 

Under the new code this is the most medals USA Mag has won.

Edited August 16, 2016 by choclatechip45

[NUguy514]

Wow, the US came away with twelve medals between the men and the women, the most we've ever won in a fully attended Games.  Great Britain had the second most with seven.

I still can't believe an American man medaled on pommel horse (*checks outside for flying pigs*), but good for Alex!  And I'm so thrilled for Danell!  I wish he had won parallel bars, but Horton did a great job of explaining why Oleg's score was fair.  Danell's silver on high bar was exactly right, and I'm so thrilled Fabien FINALLY won that damn gold medal!!

The floor medalists – perfect.  Simone goes out on top, Aly proves that she's a better gymnast now than she was in London, and Amy wins GB's first floor medal.  Today was a MUCH better day than yesterday (except for Sanne's and Laurie's beam routines, which were fabulous).

[DawnDavenport]

14 minutes ago, choclatechip45 said:

Both guys who medal coaches are their dads. Naddour left NCAA early and Leyva never did NCAA. Neither have trained at OTC. Wonder if this will make USA Men's gymnastics rethink things.

I don't feel that bad. Hopefully USA gym moves on from them. 

Can someone explain to me all this talent Sam supposedly has? 

Didn't  you see? Sam was nipping at Kohei's heels all competition! He's as good or better than Kohei and is going to dominate until Tokyo! 

Seriously, Dalton and Mikulak have two Olympics to prove themselves and they under-performed both times. It's sad when the alternate gets two sliver event medals and the other first timer gets a bronze on the US's weakest event. Time to move on. He had four years to make a name for himself and couldn't deliver.

At least with Kwan after '98, she continues to win Worlds and stayed competitive despite people saying she should retire and make room for the next wave of youngsters. Turns out, none of them except Hughes got lucky and beat her.

Edited August 16, 2016 by DawnDavenport

[NUguy514]

10 minutes ago, choclatechip45 said:

Can someone explain to me all this talent Sam supposedly has? 

I cannot.  The rumor is that he performs hungover not infrequently.  Maybe his talent is doing so and not dying?

[choclatechip45]

So The US men have earned 6 medals since 2008 half of those are Danell's. Why isn't he the golden boy?

4 minutes ago, NUguy514 said:

I cannot.  The rumor is that he performs hungover not infrequently.  Maybe his talent is doing so and not dying?

Is that actually a rumor? That explains so much. 

[DawnDavenport]

2 minutes ago, choclatechip45 said:

So The US men have earned 6 medals since 2008 half of those are Danell's. Why isn't he the golden boy?

Is that actually a rumor? That explains so much. 

Because Sam is the epitome of All-American SoCal surfer frat boy and Danell is not? I think that has something to do with it. Also, Sam is much more outgoing than Danell. I wonder if Danell gets annoyed with all the attention Sam gets? I bet he will now if he doesn't get recognized. Both he and Alex salvaged the Men's team in Rio. I'm sure it'll still be Sam, Sam, Sam until he (hopefully soon) leaves.