Recent content by makam

And, really, as a high level athlete, your career could be over with one random bad landing. If you have any money coming in, you need to be investing and saving. That her family (and coaches?) weren't helping her envision the "after" is a bit sad.

Their press was more successful than their coaching results.

Kim Gwang-suk clearly wasn't destined for a long career, but dang, what talent. As for the 2008 Olympics, i was surprised Team GB didn't pitch a bigger fit about the obvious age falsification since they were the ones most likely to lose a medal due to it (and did by .025.)

Dude couldn't seem to handle being challenged by his "inferiors" but seems like he was ready to lick the boots of anyone with more "authority" than he had, likely in the hopes that that authority would transfer to him. Adult oppositional defiant disorder? Poor Domi. We always do "suppose...

We're there even rules about that back then? Was Dominique as the cash cow the one getting the majority of the abuse? I vaguely remember this (figure skating was my sport back then, not gymnastics) and "spoiled brat who doesn't want to listen to her parents" was definitely the impression I...

Why was her husband eliminated? It is interesting that reality show stars can get so far (and win) what, in real life, is a very very difficult thing physically. You would think the only winners would be pro athlete types.

Didn't Mckayla Maroney try singing too (or was it just acting)?

Don't be insane, basically. The user went form "Hi, I'm new here!" to "Fight me in the alley, beyotch!" in a disturbingly short amount of time. And honestly, the multiple replies in a row instead of combining into one were getting annoying. Hard to follow a conversation like that.

Was it though? (I totally don't know) But the sport was so very different back then. WAG was more focused on grace and presentation than athleticism or crazy flexibility. I'm sure the drive to win was strong and probably eating disorders were still a feature, but the skills they were doing...

Hasn't Donnell been a bit of a choker in the past? If he has entered a new era of consistency or ability to compete when it counts, I'm thrilled for him. I generally have counted him out because it felt like he always had issues during the big meets and, honestly, I'm not ready to write him in...

But also, thought she was going to blow out the knee on that second vault. Glad for her win, glad her knee survived.

It could have definitely been some self-sabotage. She had reached the top and probably knew it was kind of a fluke and she was unlikely to repeat even without everyone telling her. And with her personality type, i don't think she could have handled falling back to mid pack if she has put in as...

Yes, based on how she reacted to the worldwide pandemic and identity politics stuff. I agree with MaryClare and Ono's summations: a toxic blend of superiority complex and terrible insecurity that manifests itself as attention whoring, judgemental declarations, and inserting herself into areas...

The "fall out of a wolf turn into choreography" thing needs to die. Rules should count it as a fall if you don't show full control at the end of the spin.

And if any issues are discovered, they'll have time to iron them out. I know the apparatus limit is due to how much space there is to set up on the competition floor but it would almost be cooler if they did a random draw after qualifications to pick the 3 and then the qualified "teams" could...