Recent content by Aeris

I really hope they teach Yume Minamino a shaposh, she's too good to be stuck scoring sub-14 on UB.

Being chosen for a couple teams doesn't preclude discriminatory behavior or poor management. Aside from the general mismanagement and feeling of being treated worse that he feels was happening, there were 2 examples that definitely look outright vindictive towards him - someone else being...

It's the same lyrics I assume, but sounds like two different songs. The female in the duet version really blew him out of the water, maybe also because he isn't as experienced with live singing. Would be funny if it became common for gymnasts to shift into music careers. Flipping on stage is...

I'm happy Qiu Qiyuan seems to have gotten through her growth spurt, hopefully she'll be able to keep making teams in the coming years.

The letter grade needs to be lowered, it's simply a boring floor skill and not as difficult as others. The joke has gone on far too long.

Count mounts as a required 9th skill on UB, make the basic kip mount worth 0, and lower the amount of deductions taken. For vault I think the bonus should just be for doing any two different families. That way people can do something like DTY + Y1.5 if they want, but it won't be especially...

It's something that should be kept away from both sports. Audiences should be focusing on the performances while they are happening, not staring at numbers in the corner of the screen. During replays is where this info should be displayed. Gymnastics commentary would improve if the...

Will be nice to see Alice D'Amato. The decision to leave her off the World team is so bizarre.

The E-score rules are exactly the same now as they were then. I did not "want" Skye to win a medal, she simply deserved it, exactly based upon the rules we have and the routine she did compared to others. People should not accept bad judging.

Growing the audience of the sport is another reason to having completely accessible judging scoresheets. It makes things more understandable and gives people more to talk about.

When most of the people heavily involved with a sport can't make sense of the scores, it's a big problem. Keeping the deductions in the dark means the athletes, coaches, federations, and judges themselves don't have a clear way to assess routines. If for example everyone knew that someone was...

Doing a triple wolf on floor shortly after giving birth. What better evidence could you ask for about that skill line being overvalued.

There aren't any artistry deductions on UB though, nor are there supposed to be flow deductions for doing a normal cast handstand. Qiu Qiyuan at 2023 Worlds had 6 casts, with all of her skills in the routine unconnected after the opening jaeger, and received the highest E-score of the...

She's young still, a 2028 Olympic spot doesn't seem that out of reach. Unfortunate timing in both 2021 and 2024.

How else are the judges and FIG supposed to be held accountable? If we have all that info available but not the judge who did it, then it's mimicking figure skating during the 2005-2014 period, where judging protocols were available but it wasn't known which judge did each score. The judges'...