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    2025 World Gymnastics Championships Apparatus Finals Day 2, October 25

    I think fx is going to be a nailbiter as there was only 0.4 between all 8 qualifiers
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    Gabby Douglas Comeback Thread (New goal: LA 2028)

    Are her sponsorship contracts up for renewal?
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    2025 World Gymnastics Championships, Apparatus Finals Day 1, October 24

    The VT final was crazy! Deng attempting to hurdle out of a balk Schönmaier getting Skinnered on her Cheng - and Roberson ending up with a medal
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    Event (FIG) Scoring Worlds Routines

    I think artistry is something that the US needs to work on more. Having watched Classic and Nationals it all seemed a bit "painting by numbers" and is giving me vibes of Tom Forster at junior world (??) where USA had a relatively poor meet because of downgraded leaps/spins - Tom said didn't...
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    2025 World Gymnastics Championships, Apparatus Finals Day 1, October 24

    Is it a DNS if she touches the springboard but doesn't do a vt?
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    Event (FIG) Scoring Worlds Routines

    But does Melnikova potentially beat Wong by a big margin on artistry? I find Wong very basic on fx
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    Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams

    IIRC Dobson was also a paediatrician in California - he was a professor at University of Southern California But you are correct that he had tendrils everywhere in "family values" lobbying organizations and think tanks such as Focus on the Family, the Family Policy Alliance, the James Dobson...
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    2025 Worlds Prediction game!

    I don't think any of us could have predicted the events of VT final
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    Event (FIG) 2025 Worlds Leotards

    I don't think the high neck leos do Josc any favours (I speak as someone with an odd neck - they always made me look like a chipmunk). However Skye looks lovely in the purple
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    2025 World Gymnastics Championships, Apparatus Finals Day 1, October 24

    It's probably why it took an age to get a zero score because they were consulting the rule book
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    2025 World Gymnastics Championships, Apparatus Finals Day 1, October 24

    I think it's a safety thing - after Bonicelli's broken neck Then there was the Indonesian gymnast that died - although unclear which skill
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    Gabby Douglas Comeback Thread (New goal: LA 2028)

    Does Gabby have any other nationality options?
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