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@Aeris you keep harping on and on about the same things wirhout ever listening to people who tell you otherwise. Why exactly do you think the gymnastics community needs to know and discuss which judge took which deduction on pre-flight? What exactly will that accomplish? It is still a sport...

Schönmeier's vault is better, but she isn't without mistake in any phase while Melnikova's slightly bigger issues don't necessary warrant the bigger deductions. That's why you end up with essentially the same score. If you don't agree with it, you need to not take a deduction for some of...

I searched through my emails - thank god I never delete anything. The VT rule only changed in April 2013, it was still taught at the Intercontinental course in Dec 2012 and the International courses in spring. There was no reason given.

Yes, there've been a few attempts to change that about vault. I actually don"t know why the changes never made it into the final version of the Code. I agree that D scores must be added. I would keep a bonus for different post-flight, maybe add a bonus for different board-entry as well.

I think vault deductions need to be overhauled or rather, the approach to the whole event needs to be reconsidered. Glaring technical and/or form errors need to be judged much more harshly to bring the results in line with other events. At the very least, two different vaults, with deductions...

Well, they have better camera angles now.

Such lovely, understated choreo and she does a great job interpreting it despite her age. I hope she can improve her posture though.

Yap is so floaty - what a talent.

Yes they have but hers is even further from the required technique. Her post flight is quite good so if she figures out the 2nd hand she will only score the deduction for the incomplete turn, precision and maybe .1 in pre-flight lower than Andrade. Which would be eregious. Schönmeier is a great...

Watch her use backwards twisting technique off the table. I do hope she doesn't figure out how to get the second hand on the table with that technique because she is doing a quarter on, bw 1 3/4 off. It's a little bit like Kasamatsu technique but doesn't use pure fwd salto and fwd twisting...

Well, technically it's not very different from her DTY, so I'm glad the second hand didn't touch.

She looked awfully solemn on that podium - her smile didn't reach her eyes.

Melnikova has a quality of movement that no one in that final comes close to. I'm not defending her E scores because as a judge, I am excited to watch a Worlds final without having to worry about scoring. I can say that I enjoy watching her much more than almost everyone else.

You think Jade did gymnastics twice a week until she turned 13?

I think the US got lucky for a while with a few exceptional talents who managed to actually sustain and improve their level until they became eligible. In addition to that, mediocre juniors managed to suddenly improve quickly enough to become relevant. There was always someone better and...