Recent content by Doug1233

Any news on Jess?

Has she retired? She was the US judge that Marta relied on and respected for years. I seem to remember that Cheryl was a L1 for a cycle but when she retested she dropped down to a L4 (embarrassing for her) but then somehow petitioned back up to L2?! Or am I completely making that up?

Has Fong released a statement?

She was better than Khorkina IMO.

I don't believe a word of what comes out of Kash Patel or Pam Bondi's mouth.

Released on the same day as the new letter from Epstein to LN....

What is it with all the over exaggerated face in Japanese floor exercises?

The thing that shook me the most was how they gradually raised her artistry deductions over the course of the meet, and gradually dropped Rebeca's. Wasn't there like, almost 3 tenths on average between them, just on artistry? Use any of her artistry deductions in QF, TF or AA, and she would have...

I mean - surely it was Biles' for the taking?! She had like a billion out of bounds, got absolutely destroyed on artistry, was downgraded a leap which they gave to others - and she still basically won. It was Simone that completely threw that final gold medal away.

There were so many issues with OOB deductions on floor in Paris. I just found another one. ETA: She would have easily made EF if she hadn’t fallen on the DLO. 12.7 with a fall.

Disagree on artistry. Or posture. But she does have nice extension through the knees and toes. Not through the upper body though.

As much as I like transparency, I don't think I am in favor of publicly listing a name next to the judges deductions. I dont think the FSU do this either, right?

The angle of completion on her pirouettes on bars, or her leg separations on vault? No. As to your second question - they're trying. But we can't all be ballerinas.

Back to topic - is the rule now that the foot has to touch the crown of the head? Foot at head height (which Saraiva's clearly is) still gets a 0.1 deduction, right?

Because she has lovely posture and carriage.