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You are only allowed to defer a certain amount of years so holding off protects her full eligibility just in case.

Interestingly, Hezly hasn't signed with LSU yet. Looks like she is going to defer until 2028 instead of go for one year then defer the Olympic year.

Anyone wanting to make a serious push at the LA team is probably better off deferring the year and training at their elite gym.

I think it's good to hire someone from outside the gymnastics bubble. Maybe an outside view will help modernise the way some things are done and bring a fresh perspective to the organisation.

IF that is true, why would you tell anyone thats what you've agreed to do? Camelia is clearly a monster who should never be allowed near a gym again but this specific incident sounds a bit too far fetched to be believable without clear evidence.

You can always find ways in judging to justify changing a close result. But I don't think the gymnastics communities view is relevant here given how much bias exists in this discussion. Popular US Gymnast vs Controversial Russian. Of course the community thinks the US gymnast should have won.

Even if Schoenmaier's appears better in the screenshots, they also arent deduction-less moments from her. For some of them, it is the same deduction amount as Melnikova's too despite the screenshots making it look drastically different. Anything can look vastly superior in screenshots but...

Same with direct and pointy feedback. I think of all the composition issues US routines have had and lots of coaches sort of saying 'we know but we cant do anything that the athletes want it' when they or the heads of the program should be stepping in and making it clear the routines need changed.

I'm glad this place has been able to discuss and judge the AIN athletes by their gymnastics rather than letting external issues drive the whole conversation about them.

Melnikova's was my favourite from event final day. We need to get Kaliya in a Leo that properly fits.

That bars final was great. Kaliya's routine is crazy good. Melnikova has impressed me. I didnt expect her to return in such good form but good on her. Skye with her best routine for the season And I'm so happy Kate hit bars 2/2. Hopefully this gives her a huge confidence boost for the rest of...

If she did that routine in qualification, should would have qualified to the beam final in 4th! How frustrating. One day she will make a major final.

I agree on that. That's the type of training mix that I hope becomes more normalised moving forward given the benefits cross-training is showing to have. And with many gymnasts globally peaking at an older age, this type of mixed training at a younger age could help more athletes still be...

A lot of that is children not feeling fear the same as they do the they get older. The older you get, the more you understand the risks of landing on your neck so skills become more scary to do. In my expereince at Dance Studios, if we taught them the base arco skill before they started to...

No, I didnt say that at all.