Recent content by Denn

What a history of uncareful editorial work by the WTC... Sigh. I actually don't know who the first to do the element is. I remember Dawes did it in 1993, but I feel like others did it that year, too, and maybe even years earlier...

I have to say — I am not excited for this. I never was a fan of Whitlock's pommel horse exercises, and I also didn't like it when he won floor exercise at the Olympics many years. That's nothing against him — he seems like a nice guy. It's just dislike of his gymnastics style. If he did the...

@MaryClare Please don't feel any pressure to respond, but here is how I process the ideas you wrote up. Yep, 100% agree. I do feel like that's essentially a circular argument. Moreover, it doesn't explain why split leaps / jumps should be ignored in MAG as part of that fundamental difference...

Update on the stag-full thing. Ironically, the most attractive of the 3 examples shown here is the one that they will not allow to fulfill the requirement. Hm, that might be all there is to it. But the comment that they are doing this to restore consistency with the other apparatus made me...

No, I don't think that would happen. Well, I guess that if they were really bad, they could be penalized for "other undisciplined behavior" (see table below), but other gymnasts would probably riot on that guy's behalf!

The phrase "stylistic difference" is often used as a cover-up, though. Why should there be a difference at all? And why are split leaps where the line is drawn? There's already plenty of distinction, such as the music vs. no music and dance. And yes, there are certainly Americans voicing...

@eanda The MTC has some weird hangups about transitions. They refuse to grant credit to split jumps and leaps. Frankly, it's fragile masculinity.

I'm confused about that. Did they return the multi-twisting single-saltos to the forward and backward groups? (The way they set it up was not as clever as they thought BECAUSE of the dismount rule requiring a double salto.) Most guys are going to include two backward double saltos and a double...

Those scores for Yang Lanbin show that the judges were told to take it easy on certain things compared to the seniors Worlds. I can easily get most of those a couple tenths lower. BUT, he's a very precise gymnast, for sure.

That AA score from Colas was better than both of Melnikova's scores at Worlds, no?

"His" skill is double layout 3.5 twists.

Yet, you were right all along, @OnoNoKomachi. LOL I do really appreciate both athletes as gymnasts and competitors. Xiao Ruoteng was my favorite active AAer between 2017 and 2021 — at which point Zhang Boheng was starting to stand out, and now he's my favorite for the past 4 years. (I do...

I can't understand why these super-busy outfits are so popular to begin with. T Rhythmic, including men's rhythmic both in Japan and Spain (but Spain is more extravagant) Sports acro Aerobic gymnastics (these are the worst, I think) To each their own, and I would never want to prohibit such...

I deleted a bunch of posts. The conversation was... unusual... but in bounds until a clear line was crossed, and that did lead to a ban in this case. Disappointing, because the user had started off trying to create discussion about a topic that, frankly, needs more discussion.

Wow! That looks better than I would have predicted! Good for her!