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That is interesting that they won’t import figure skating talent when they paid Eileen Gu a boatload of money to change nationalities.

God damn, that was crazy. Ilia was right, they should have sent him to Beijing 4 years ago. I love Jason Brown, but there was no justification for sending him if they didn’t use him in the team competition and there were no spots on the line for next season. The idea of waiting your turn is so...

That was some truly absurd judging. The French judge had them 8 points above the Americans and 11 points above the Canadians in the free dance. Absolutely criminal. I’ll take the gross incompetence of the FIG over this corrupt nonsense any day.

I totally agree that she is going to be another alternate for the Olympics again. It’s a shame she doesn’t really realize how ill-equipped the Florida coaches are in general.

Yeah, you don’t stick a DTY every week in college and not have elite aspirations. Thrilled for her. She looks incredible right now.

Holy shit, I thought the appeal would never be accepted. Just further makes the FIG and the CAS look like absolute fools. The only acceptable outcome is to award both gymnasts the bronze.

Funny that the CW at the time was that Russia and USA were neck and neck going into the Olympics. Even if you take Russia’s highest scores across the week they only squeak by less than a tenth than USA’s TF score, and that’s with noticeably looser bars panels as the week went on.

How did they decide who was going to Olympic trials? Was it just AA ranking? Was the decision to not invite Alicia to trials considered ok at the time based on the team’s needs? She had the highest single VT/FX score at nationals if you only take the best score. It kind of seems silly. It to...

They are horrendous. They egged their offensive coordinator’s house after they lost to the Bears this year.

I found Grace to be so mediocre and weirdly overhyped (those upgrades that everyone talked about that obviously were never going to materialize), but man was I thankful she kept Skinner off the main team.

Yeah, in retrospect it would have been better for Jade to be on that 4 person team instead of Grace. Would Skinner still have gotten the +1?

I am so unbelievably fed up with UCLA’s refusal to address vault.

A Gina Gogean appreciation thread is absolutely a sign of the end times.

How large is the arena in Birmingham? I can’t imagine very large at all.

She might be the most cursed gymnast ever.