Recent content by BB12

Sometimes I think the perception of what is 'easy' is off. Most athletes are competing the top range of the skills they can safety perform on a regular basis. That should be the focus when determining what level is appropriate for NCAA, not the 1% who are former elites and can do more.

Completely agree, particularly about the elite part. The vast majority of these athletes are lvl10s and the code should reflect that. I am all for making the requirements slightly harder so it matches the lvl10 code or requiring extra skills in routines that can be a lower difficulty but make...

I really like Bama's roster this year. I have them as the 4th team in the SEC evening session.

I hope Ruby does both CWG and Euros. I always enjoying seeing the Welsh team compete as their own entity.

I'm glad they've closed the Maverick Centre loophole, although I still dislike that conference champs still count as 'away' for them when it's not. That's giving them 2 meets there that count as away scores despite them typically getting home judging there. And a big fan of including 9 meets as...

She will likely defer and not going until 2028. Seems to be what most elites are planning on doing. And should make for an interesting 2028 recruiting season with LSU and now Florida already using the limited rosters spots they have.

I'm glad to see the absolute mess caused by Victoria around the 2026 games hasn't killed the format like many feared.

They have enough elites. Let's spread them around!

As nice as the notion of Camelia getting suspend and Sabrina finding a different coach is, I just don't see what happening. Any suspension of Cameila will see the end of Sabrina in the sport or see her move to someone Cameila can control from the sidelines, Given that it is her mother and how...

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.