Recent content by Doug1233

The dance element choices on floor just blow my mind. Switch Full - ok, I can live with that Switch Ring - great Memmel - I don't think I've ever seen her hit this Gogean - As above Ferrari - It was controlled, and hard to see it from the camera angle, but this can't be a net score positive...

Oh god. I never believe these "precautionary measure" statements anymore, after Jess at Worlds.

I guess you could give them a bump if they were coming in short/on their head.

If she can do an Ellie Downie style Cheng, her chances of making the Olympic Team have tripled. A TF bar routine, a safe Cheng, and a passable AA set, would put her on my team.

I hope that DiCello's beam is appropriately E-scored at Nationals and Trials. But I agree that she's making a great case for herself as an excellent first-choice Alternate.

Ok. #TrinityForTheFifth

Simone, Suni, Gabby, Shilese and Jade would be the most hilarious line-up. I would absolutely fucking love it. VT (Gabby), Shilese, Jade, Simone UB (Simone), Shilese, Gabby, Suni BB (Gabby), Shilese, Suni, Simone FX (Gabby), Jade, Shilese, Simone ETA: I don't think Jade is going to be anywhere...

To be honest, I have zero sympathy for the Chocolate Starfish!

They also did it for a whole 15 minutes for Flavia's ring. She will never get a body shape deduction on it again. She might as well load her routines up with all manner of variations.

I'd even let any past World or Olympic team member go to a damn camp if they want to go. It's not like you'd pay all that money hauling you and your coach to a meet halfway across the country, hotels, flights, food, etc, unless you thought you had a realistic shot at making an international...

This isn't a petition straight onto the Olympic team. It's a spot at a camp. Let the Olympic All Around Champion go, if she wants to.

There shouldn't need to be criteria with respect to ex Olympic AA champions. Carly and Mary Lou should be able to go to an April USAG fucking camp, if she wants.

She brings so many eyeballs to any meet and any USAG youtube videos I have no idea why they would refuse her to anything. I reckon she didn't want to go.

I can only guess that the judges erroneously added a 2.0 to the base value, forgetting that her Ezhova is the only forward grip element in her routine. ETA: Absolute insanity that this could happen at Nationals. Two D Panel judges and an Apparatus Supervisor.