Recent content by KristyJ

It would be interesting to see her train with Shilese, and I know she competed at that gym for some meets back in the day, but I don't know if she has any real connection with the coaches there and it is still a couple hours' drive from Vancouver.

It is possible to be a stunt cast and also great in the role, too. One does not preclude the other.

Many levels I've judged at it's basically impossible to appeal an OOB because how do you check that? But with FIG ostensibly having line judges and video footage that gets easier.

You can appeal very specifically OOB

I don't know if I dislike the belt more or the weird line of the gold v/neckline

Better dance than Tricase, in my opinion, though that's a low bar.

I sincerely considered this. I liked her gymnastics better, but when I looked at scores, Ishino had the edge. I remember loving her tumbling, too.

I think Ishino was the most consistent option from what we can see, and we all know Marta loves consistency

I think in the US it had a lot to do with the aforementioned challenge in attending college and earning money to train. Even though she made the 2004 team, Mohini Bhardwaj had a very difficult time funding her training after college.

I took six years of Spanish and a year of Latin in school, but it's been so long since I've used it conversationally that I'm a little stilted trying to speak it now. I can still read Spanish, and interestingly I can read a lot of Italian since it's adjacent. I've learned snippets of other...

Honestly this is a great way for me to practice languages I barely use and I am kind of here for it Edit to note- reading them and not writing them, beyond English and a little Spanish

Would it be fair to reply with regards to the specific gymnast and where they fit within the scope of the rules (i.e. I hope they consider that Listunova was a minor at the time), without rehashing what people feel the rules should be? And to shift topics to Aizheng's contemplation of the...

This is so flattering, too

I also wonder if Tom Forster saying they didn't need the extra few tenths in score just put even more pressure on Simone, contributing to the twisties.

Losing both Bican and Presecan shortly before the games definitely knocked them down in the standings, assuming everyone would hit to at least the same degree as they did in Atlanta.