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I'm so sorry you had to see that.

There was some talk elsewhere on the gymternet of that being the rule, although I'm not sure what it was based on. Whether it was people getting confused about what the no substitution rule meant or it having been seriously mooted at any point.

Having it last should help with that. Re Euros, I read somewhere that Jake Jarman had been training high bar earlier this year to be able to do the mixed TF, which is interesting if true. He strikes me as the sort of athlete who'd be most interested in something like this. Good enough and from...

Wolf turns are a blight on the sport.

Is that a team of 2 WAGs and 2 MAGs to produce 1 routine on each event between them, or to produce 2?

That and/or the specialists. So for example Brazil. Andrade has expressed an interest in the event in LA, but with the Euros rules about 1 WAG and 1 MAG only, she wouldn't be eligible due to sitting out floor (this is assuming arena constraints will stay what they are and the qualifying...

Yes, and it would be better for the competition if the American or Chinese athlete who's got injured during EFs could be replaced by the 2nd qualifying Chinese or American instead of the 17th placed qualifiers. The latter being how it worked at Euros. It would be even better if teams could...

At Euros, it was the individuals rather than the country who qualified. If the top qualifying gymnast from France or wherever pulls out, the spot goes to the next country down, even if the second best French athlete outscored them. Which is not to say it'll be the same here. And I hope it's...

Mmm, there's an obvious drop in quality. Watching the Day 2 EF performances again, as a pair, the exhaustion and impact of the injury seem even more obvious when we're not in the middle of competitive excitement. There was just nothing left in the pot by then. No oomph. I would genuinely rather...

Jordan competed after Simone, so the stage was very much set for her to take it. I think @RichardL and I are both referring to that? Obviously Simone had the highest potential score if she hit, though it wasn't remotely surprising she eventually OOB'd herself out of a title. Really the only...

Definitely. That was Jordan's for the taking. And yes, the collective exhaustion. It's one of the reasons I really hope the mixed team event in LA is more flexible than it was at Euros. Several of the gymnasts in the floor final are the ones who'd have been their national qualifiers for mixed...

Thanks for setting out the wording. It's vague, likely on purpose. I'd be surprised if someone in Jessica's position would just make this up, so I expect there are 3 different sources. But 3 people who witnessed a discussion between the two at the time and came forward independently would...

There is, and to that end I find it completely plausible that Sabrina would sod the team off in pursuit of her own interests if the two could be definitively separated out. But that wasn't the situation she was in. Would be a helluva risk, notwithstanding that is this stupid and did it happen...

True, it would've made more sense to put the matter beyond doubt! Does anyone know what exactly was said in the podcast? I don't subscribe, and it would be interesting to hear the wording.

Yeah, I'm going to wait for more on this one. People do make stupid choices all the time, but this is sufficiently out there to require more corroboration.