Recent content by CameliasFingerpaint

That is truly some WTC-style nonsense.

The contrast between the two books is crazy.

Kind of confused by the timeline, I thought the Karolyis had retired for a time after Barcelona. Was Dominique still training with them from 1992-1994?

I am so sad I missed a riveting discussion about the structure of a paragraph.

Could you describe how the culture has changed around this in the last 10 years? Gymnastics is pretty much immune from foul play, but I would be hard pressed to ever trust Russia’s inclusion in a track and field event ever again after London, not to mention what went down in Sochi.

The video game noises are so distracting, lol. I feel like this is something that actually could be great if it looked less obtrusive on the screen. Part of the reason though it’s more effective for skating is that we also get the GOE in real time as well. Not sure how this could be implemented...

Yeah, toxic masculinity in men’s youth sports is unbelievably prevalent here. Even running and track and field is seen as not masculine enough (even though the 40-yd dash is a huge part of football tryouts).

Dying to know her reaction to 6 7

I absolutely cannot fathom playing hockey into your 40s. That just sounds brutal. Also…. Ew to all you Detroit fans (I’m in Chicago).

Sabrina has done a truly outstanding job of filling the void Skinner left behind when she retired.

I can’t say I disagree with the singular point that USAG does not have high enough standards anymore for its athletes. They’ve shown that through domestic judging and team selection. In a perfect world, Skye shouldn’t have gone to worlds based on Day 1 of selection camp, but there wasn’t any...

She looks like she is on the pommel horse. I guess it’s better than Paseka, but it lacks the camp of Nabieva. 7.7!

I guess at a certain point the gymnastics Pods would have to right the wrongs of the 1991 and 2011 worlds AA.

I can’t imagine a more stylish look to face plant a front tuck in.

I believe that that a meringue would be the most flattering silhouette for @onodian. He should give it a chance!