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@QuietColours , again, thank you for summarizing this, and your thoughts at the end. Given the way she talks about others in the book, how much she thinks of herself, and how it seems nothing is ever her fault, I can just imagine how unbearable she must be in person.

@Amber, thank you so much for doing all of this. It's just heartbreaking to read the details of the physical and emotional pain Simone and Stasja were under at such a young age. In some ways it seems almost like an addiction, with them wanting to find a way to quit but not being able to. Several...

I had forgotten about Karasev and Kharlova. From the same Olympics, Japan had a couple to marry. Just the one marriage from the team, but they did have an Olympian son: Mitsuo Tsukahara and Chieko Oda, with son Naoya.

I loved Shaposhnikova - she was my favorite right with Nadia. And relevant to this thread, Sey's straddle planche on beam was a disgrace. Shaposhnikova set a high standard there. ETA: Sey was several years younger than these older Soviets, who were really part of the group (Kim being the...

I get what you're doing with the screenshots, I'm just not a fan of the practice for judging purposes. It would be great if we did see all of this in real time, but different positions and speed of the event, sometimes it's not all seen. I actually agree that Schoenmaier had the better vault...

Screen caps can be a great tool for teaching at times, but it's not really fair to pull them out to justify one score against another when the judges aren't using them. Additionally, we're not seeing this from the same angle as the judges.

Why was Zhang kept out of those Olympics and Worlds? Is it the way China was trying to build its team in those years or politics? I definitely agree with World Cups being included. Those were always strong, top fields. Is there a reason not to include World Cups taking place in World...

I found a file of the August 2012 release of the 2013 CoP, confirming at that point execution for both vaults should be taken from 10. The file name indicates it's a final version, rather than draft (I have an earlier version with "draft" in the file name, and "PROVISIONAL" across every page). I...

I have just realized that Malone’s gold makes him only the second U.S. male to win gold on the same event (Thomas, FX, 1978, 1979). I think he is also the first U.S. MAG to win three medals on the same event.

I think you’re right, that it did make a final version, but ended up being very short-lived. It’s unfortunate that sorting it out wasn’t pursued, it’s very much needed. I would say 2009 or 2013, just my feeling it wasn’t as (relatively) recent as 2017.

I know Yap was a long shot in a mostly hit finals, but I would have loved seeing her with a medal. I just really enjoyed watching how she worked beam.

Going further, Paul Hamm’s golds (AA and FX) in 2003 is the only other time the U.S. has won more than one gold at worlds. Whittenburg’s gold on rings means the U.S. has won titles on all individual events except vault. Only a few countries match this or have titles on all events.

1979 - Thomas (FX and HB) and Conner (PB).

Yes, I read what you wrote. I did lose track of the 50 years in considering Andrianov's career. I'm well aware of his titles and career. I focused on Worlds because they changed significantly at the end of his career. The Olympics didn't, and the World Cup was new at the time and didn't change...

Andrianov is Tier 2, even without the same number of medals. In his nine years at top level international competition, there were only three world championships - two of those four years apart. In a same time frame, a gymnast now would have seven world championships to compete in, and in the...