Recent content by mle

It looks like Macy McGowan is out for UCLA? Those are some important scores (and least for the next rounds). (I'm just score-watching and she isn't in any lineups)

And Davis ends with a season high 196.4 to qualify to regionals as a team for only the third time since 1998 (1998, 2014, 2025).

If my math is correct, I think Davis needs >48.725 on vault to get a score that will pass Townsend (I'm a Davis alum, so I am pulling for them!) ETA: oof, but it looks like they just had a fall...

The photo I posted was from Laurent's going away party, so it is possible she was just back to visit. I just posted that to show a better picture of the person with curlier hair in the meeting, that I assume is Jordis.

I'm going by this:

Jordis Eichman

Sample size of one, but my friend's kid loved it and she's 10.

Article on Cecile's move to Georgia (guest link): https://wapo.st/46JSu3i

I'm in CA too. Luckily I don't officially start work again until the 19th so I have been able to watch things live...but I am definitely tired.

And they don't have to be perceived negatively if stated properly e.g. you don't have to say someone has horrible form throughout or nitpick every form error, just state that the knee bends and leg separations will each be 0.1 deductions.

Yeah, one of my complaints is that it feels like she is afraid to say anything critical about a routine. I feel like this is something NBC is pushing, but I also think she is too close to many of the gymnasts and only wants to say positive things about them. ETA: it also bugged me that she...

I don't have a subscription, but maybe it was one of my free views. It's long, so I'll highlight a couple things (these aren't necessarily all new, but it ties together some info that has been touched on recently). 1) Her parents didn't want her to leave home after the Olympics. John Lee said...

A few details in this NY Times article on Suni that I hadn't seen: Stalkers, Disease and Doubt: A Gymnast’s Hard Road Back to the Games

If you have Peacock, the replay is up with the medal ceremony. ~2:48 https://www.peacocktv.com/watch/playback/event/PCKSLE:Replay-5005708/654b07c8-23e7-3b93-9e93-c957244f7d89?paused=true

There are two feeds - US and World