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Oh yeah I always forget it wasn't shown live in the US- pretty sure the BBC did. 29 years ago seems such a different world sometimes!

I think a lot of people struggle now with the way it was framed. But yeah, agree it's important to respect Kerri's agency here too. A lot of the conversation is about whether the US needed it... but she was also in a position where her own individual ambitions were on the line. She'd wanted to...

Yes, and it's only in hindsight that would've been clear. There were still 3 Russian scores to go when Kerri set off for her 2nd vault, on an event where the 9.8s had been raining down.

I expect we'll see loads more banana'd Lopez attempts this quad.

Not like they'll need much deliberation time now!

As per BBS, Skye hit beam. So it looks like that's settled.

Going to be interesting to see what they do if she falls now!

Everyone is saying the same. Does this mean they want her, do we think?

Same. I don't see the point in taking Skye just for bars, as she's not likely to contend. Strikes me as one of those situations where there's no point in half measures. Either take her for high scoring potential and embrace both the risks and potential benefits fully, or require more than 1 hit...

Do you think it matters which? For me, where it gets interesting is what happens if she hits bars but not beam.

Agree. It makes more sense in an individual worlds to take a punt on the inconsistent big scorer. That being said, I don't think they'll take Skye if she doesn't hit tomorrow. Not because I don't agree with your logic, but because the US place so much reliance on this one selection event.

The standard in 05 was possibly held up a bit by the use of an old code. There wasn't the growing pains you usually get while everyone is still working out the kinks. Agree 09 wasn't much cop. Another one that was impacted by some top gymnasts peaking earlier in the year. I'd really hoped the...

05 I feel is hard to call because the general standard wasn't too high, but the top gymnasts there really had a stormer. There's a big drop off in quality.

There's definitely other times they've had depleted fields, even excepting 2021 which was a unique case. And the times when the fields were strongest have often been when they've featured multiple athletes who had a disappointing Olympic year, like in 01 and 05. I think this must be the worst...

Definitely. However in a parallel universe where the Tokyo Olympics were held in 2020, there'd have been more scope for athletes to have a few months off after the Games and be back in time for worlds if they'd wanted. We're seeing quite a few athletes with exhaustion now, and injuries they...