Did this happen at Euros? You were definitely allowed to withdraw the team.
The Romanian's withdrew from MTF - only qualified 15th of 16 teams but withdrawing didn't prevent Barbosu competing in AA and taking 🥉or EF and wining 🥇floor 🥈 beam and 🥉 bars in EF.
What is does stop countries doing...
Well Mostepanova didn't get the opportunity as the Soviets withdrew her with an "injury" to get Shushunova into AA
But Mostepanova could well have medalled - she qualified
3rd AA
=1st UB
.... but didn't get to compete
However Yurchenko and Szabo were not on their best form
I don't mind it as it forces specialists to up their game . Used to be really boring with the Yurchenko/Tsuk combos
Could have a stick bonus as well on ub/bb
After the infamous 7.75 UB score at the 2025 Romanian Olympic trials - I looked on Youtube and could not find a single UB routine (junior or senior) where Sabrina managed a pirouette in handstand - sometimes she stalls/falls and other times she is so late the pirouette is completed almost at...
There is something odd that happens with the Voineas and the team though as this is not the only time this is happened. I wonder whether her separate training and privileges mean that the Voineas consider Sabrina as an individual, chasing individual medals and not part of a team. They were...
Yeah - referring to the statute of limitations for criminal cases sounds like she's consulted a lawyer. It would probably be wise to let the lawyer do the talking.
Parkettes parents seemed to have been among the craziest of the crazy gym parents
Is that documentary from the early 2000s around anywhere? - remember the abusive berating and the infamous "quitter's try". Also remember the totally crazy gym-mom who forced her 7 year old to participate in a...