Recent content by ArnoldRimmer

Does it tend to be more relocaters or people who are local?

It's so weird. Even for people who evidently don't care about the trail of bodies behind Al, if you're willing and able to move around to the level this family are... why those two? They're not that amazing!

Thank you for keeping us in the loop!

I shall file that fact away in case it ever comes up in a pub quiz.

USAG really were in shambles at that point also. The individual route probably felt less unpredictable.

I read this morning that the next Winter Olympics will be the first Games when events have been held in different countries. And that's in one that will already be spread across a region. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articles/cd6z281w809o My guess is we'll see more of this as individual cities...

It was byzantine and I can see why they got rid of it... but I did like the concept of athletes getting a way round federation shenanigans. I know the programmes still had to be willing to send the athletes anyway so it wasn't entirely bypassing them, but in practice they pretty much all did...

Oh absolutely, and for me that's the most interesting thought experiment here. It would never have happened at the time, not least because she was injured. But if the US had known how good Russia were going to look, how the scoring would go and that Jade would be fine by the Games, would people...

Yes, obviously saying which one did better is hindsight. No shit sherlock. When things have already happened, like for example gymnastics competitions, we can look back on those things and recollect them. A little tip for you, attempting to condescend to an entire sub requires you to sound smart.

I see that skank Eteri has turned up again like a bad penny. Social media is aflame.

Using your brain only a little bit appears to be what got you into this pickle in the first place. It is a fact that Skinner's AA results were better than those McCallum got in TFs (and indeed prelims). This means the US would've been better, not worse off if they'd used her, based on the only...

It's because Jordan couldn't have been left off in the circumstances. Re-choosing the team in retrospect and with full freedom is an interesting thought experiment, especially in 2021 when so much happened, but it's different to discussing what the realistic options were at the time. That was...

'Potential' isn't the same thing as actual scores received and known, especially not when we're talking about Grace McCallum. Skinner's overall scores in Tokyo were higher, this is just a fact. 7.1 beam execution score and all. That's the best data we have. Even then, there are three events not...

How unfortunate. I can't even begin to imagine that kind of pressure.

I have now watched two and a half ice skating routines this Olympics. Wasn't he supposed to canter home? What the hell happened, is he injured or did his head go?