Recent content by rlayt

Oy Yushan could have been my vote for best on beam but she became my best only in videos. Gold in Paris: I prefer the silver medalist performance honestly. . Except for the big balance check.

Ooo fibroids hurt. Hopefully she’s much better from here on.

Great review @QuietColours . Thanks! She sure is right about how disappointing it is to find out a coach you thought well of turns out to be as bad as any.

Great roster since I’ve been wanting to see more of those guys.

Fong has had a lot more athletes to work with over the years, a lot more chances to get the balance right. So have others. A lot of very good athletes have passed through the system. It’s a shame to think that there might have been some other greats who were over-trained, injured and burned...

I hope other coaches learn from this. Al Fong’s sour bitterness towards Aimee and Simone in that anecdote says lots about his coaching. He tells Aimee she gets away with things only because of Simone being the golden child.

She’s put a lot of thought into how she coaches and what’s best for the athlete hasn’t she.

I just finished listening to it. I was amazed when Aimee talked about all the skills they trained. Some showed up in the next quad with Laurent and Cecile coaching. She was already training the YDP. They had trained the Biles dismount from beam. They trained the weiler full and submitted it...

Does having EVO in the name mean there’s some link to the EVO gym? My brain jumped to that association.

Simone has the honor of announcing “Riders Up” at Churchill Downs. Looking spiffy there.

Ukraine is asking for Melnikova’s neutral status to be removed. https://unn.ua/en/news/ukraine-demands-to-deprive-gymnast-melnikova-of-neutral-status-due-to-support-for-the-war

Wow Marta is even more of a bitch than I thought and I thought she was bad before. All that nagging about Simone’s food and eating habits.

Does Diab have great sponsors or family money? I wonder how he’s managed financially to keep going when so many struggle to finance training. Maybe moving to Evo was a big help?

No! I had no idea her eyes were different colors. The cameras are usually on Simone! I got the audio too. I listened to a few hours while I was making soups. I don’t eat out much and I like to cook plus I love to eat. Anyway, this memoir is so healthy!

I think I’ll get the audiobook for a car trip I have coming up.