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Jade Carey finished 8th AA at worlds and the Olympics. She may have started as a vault and floor specialist, but she's in a completely different league than Skinner and Roberson. Carey has really excellent basics. The other two, not so much.

And since The Athletic is pay walled, here's the text Amanda Yap is trying for Singapore’s first world gymnastics medal, in between school exams Rebecca Tauber Oct. 24, 2025 8:23 am EDT Amanda Yap walked across the balance beam like it was the floor. Her legs were straight; her splits hit...

Nice article on Amanda Yap in The Athletic https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/6745283/2025/10/24/gymnastics-world-championships-olympics-amanda-yap/

So glad Donnell is now the best American finish on rings, not banned for life sex predator Paul O'Neill

I worked a conference all day. I'm off tomorrow, I'm sleeping as late a possible.

If I remember the story correctly, Nadia was practicing a Radochla and ended up re-catching the low bar, and thus the idea for the Comaneci was born.

Checking in from the conference I'm running.... LEANNE FUCKING WONG!

James Dobson died and we had cupcakes at work to celebrate.

No, I'm saying the US is a dysfunctional mess and blocking 12 countries from events tracks with the current state of things here. Not an excuse, a statement of fact. Nothing excuses it. It's bog standard xenophobia and racism from the current regime. Until the rest of the world actually does...

Well, the USA is pretty damn dysfunctional these days. Day 22 of the federal government being shut down and no end in sight.

That's an amazing resource! Never knew it existed. Australia's first men's worlds was 1970. It's the date underneath the country name and the best placings.

If my husband ever threw a menu at me, that would be it.

American Cup 2026 isn't a world cup event, afaik. It's a mixed team competition, similar to DTB Mixed or Swiss Cup.

I don't think my previously declaration of the Seys being dysfunctional was accurate. Holy shit. And that's before I got to beating her with a belt rather than actually address a child's fears and anxiety. I know the 70s were very different, but Holy. Fucking. Shit. No eight year old should...

Is Jesse Moore's 11th place finish the bets for an Aussie MAG?