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I was under the impression that Al was in more of an advisory/oversite role with the newer coaches and Armine doing the bulk of the day to day coaching. I do wonder if that was strategic preparation for this senario finally playing out.

Maybe they need some 'up to the level' deductions like JO, but they only apply at regional/national championships.

They are essentially all professional athletes lite in my eyes. I don't see an issue in asking for teams to put up six girls who can do a single bar release from their 20 options.

Listening/reading the translated captions from Alisson Lapp's Youtube is rather enlightening about FFG in general (and LIU)

Lindsay Vanden Eykel is a Lawyer Monica Shoji is a MD Courtney McGregor 5th year med student and still training/competing

Nina Kim?

If you are willing to share, I'm curious about the development program for Russian gymnasts. Core values, competition structure/ requirements etc... I generally understand the US system, the UK can be confusing. It would be interesting to compare. Is there any sort of recreational or lower...

Does she still carry the superiority complex? This book stands out for me with the sheer amount of disparaging comments about other athletes who were identified often by full name and many who were really young and never received any fame within the sport.

I've heard them complain about the bling getting caught in the tramp bed. I can't imagine it's comfortable landing on them. Which gets me thinking... would LiLi's backspin be possible in a 2025 leotard?

There are what I assume to be pirated pdf versions of most of the books mentioned.

You only need to look at the current book reviews to see the personalities that that could/would endure that level of 'coaching' that 'got results' My question is - would those athletes still succeed with an Aimee Boorman style coach and would an athlete like Simone even get to elite level with...

It looks like the flag on Sabrina's leotard is pinned on- so I guess they were in a hurry to add it.

I didn't realise how flat Dulcy's single bar releases are.

To land with feet on the table :oops:

She is on track to qualify in the second group where she can make that decision near the end of the competition.