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Worlds might be viable? The travel is obviously a complicating factor, but if ever there was a year where BG might feel the need to make accommodations this is it.

Alice did a Q and A on instagram https://www.instagram.com/stories/alicekinsella17/3598496095974471501/ She's 'definitely' aiming for LA, and planned the baby this year because it was her aspiration to have a kid then come back. Doesn't know what she wants her first competition back to be, and...

Jess says she's currently not aiming for Euros. Also Rebeca sent her some nice ACL recovery messages. I like the idea of Rebeca as a bust ACL hype woman fairy for the sport. https://www.olympics.com/en/news/jessica-gadirova-exclusive-rebeca-andrade-helped-me-through-injury

I feel all modern now, because I know exactly what a girlypop is. The joy of having tweens in the house. Re GMF, the selection policy also has a broad extenuating circumstances exemption for gymnasts who've not done a DSE, page 6...

Also, Jake has weighed in on the balance issue!

A reddit poster said GMF stated on instagram that she's not having an extended break and does intend to compete this year, but was tired. I couldn't see it, may have been a now disappeared story. The last person on there that I saw make an unsourced GB claim (Alice is having 2025 off) was right...

It was bizarre, wasn't it? Several of them were behaving like it was the hardest skill in the routine.

Catching up now, and you all were not exaggerating at all about that scale, were you? I wondered if some dramatic effect was being employed. Nope!

Anyone know where I might see said scale? I missed everything earlier, and it sounds irresistible.

Full results for every single event https://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/5296128/results.html Not seen video of Jess on beam yet, but she got 11.25 with a 6.55 E score, so I'm assuming that went tits up. Leat went clean again though! Looking forward to seeing her beam internationally.

AA is on now. Just saw Jess on bars. She did a double tuck dismount, generally as you'd expect otherwise. The Ezhova has not got any less whippy. 13.4.

I agree, but wouldn't even say the US has had particular 2nd vault issues in the past. For a good chunk of the last 15 years or so, there've been multiple gymnasts with 2 legitimate vaults available for teams. They've left potential vault medallists off at times. Obviously yes it would've been...

Jess trained bars and beam today, and dismounted beam with a full. There's some footage on IG I haven't seen any other PT footage. GMF is in Liverpool but do we know if she's actually competing yet? Also Jess said on the BBC that she wants to do AA at worlds...

All this, plus Ellie Black saying she wants to go for LA. It was a big news day yesterday! @Ms Motts Alice said on Twitter that she isn't retiring. Coming back after a baby is a big undertaking, of course, but for an Olympic athlete she's timed this beautifully. Maximum time left before LA!

Looks like that's settled then! Lovely news for them both. Also, it's very Alice that we spend years talking about her never getting any real break from competition, BG using her on every event at everything, and now she's getting some time off and spending it like this.