BB Quals
Qiu Qiyuan's beam routine choreography went so well with the floor music playing in the background, especially the sideways series.
Nemour's leo was beautiful - the burgundy color looks so good on her. More importantly, she looks so much more confident on beam and her leaps are at or...
What is going on with Manolo? It looked like she couldn't give two Efs. One of those falls on beam seemed Komova-esque (from my vantage point) where it looked like she could have saved it if she tried.
All true, but there were also many prime seats that were empty. My friend and I easily moved from our sort of crappy seats to exceptionally good seats with no issues at all.
I was ther
But it's also where Shilese scored a 15.3 on bars. I was sat right there and it was a thing of beauty and lives rent free in my head as to what could have been.
Yes. I believe she has her own line of leotards and they have the bible reference on them. That's why her leos are different from the rest of her WOGA team.
I have mixed thoughts. I don't think she comes across as entitled. She seems to be humble and honest. But I am a bit confused as to why it seems she's taken a long time to reach this point of reflection. At WCC, she was privileged to me not only because of the free training, but also because she...
My goodness, compare the form and posture of the Russians to everyone else on a basic "posy" picture and you can see where they spend training time. I remember watching the Russians do their warm up progressions before some competition and it was like watching the Bolshoi ballet.
Stanford is an academics first school, I can't imagine them being supportive of her just arriving on campus and then taking off for an international competition, even if it is Worlds. Not saying it was their decision, but probably a factor.
While they are identical twins, they are very different in capabilities. Kinda similar to Jess and Jen Gadirova.
I always wonder why if the physiology is similar, what makes abilities so different - is it down to mental / mindset?