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That type of development was more due to a huge change of circumstances. Moerz moved from her tiny home gym without a full floor, only soft landings, 2 beams and one set of bars over a pit to the national training center. In addition, training more than 15-18 hours/week is almost impossible...

Suni had questionable technique as well when she was younger. There used to be lots of videos of her on Youtube (maybe they still are) and nothing screamed Olympic Champion. I think Graba got lucky with Suni - she managed to improve her form as she got older (rare!) and figure out technique. Not...

Comparing Sabrina to Skinner is an insult to the latter. Skinner has an inflated ego and mediocre coaching but she was a solid AA gymnast with ok enough technique on bars to perform a decent routine. Sabrina does not have any technical ability on bars at all and honestly - even a great coach and...

Daymon is American and he tried WOGA for a couple of months 2 years ago so it's actually not that surprising. I don't think any high profile US coaches besides Jantzi were available. And you'd want someone used to coaching larger elite teams. Having to replace two coaches surely did not make it...

Great coach, horrible person. Really not a good look for WCC (and Simone) to hire him - but maybe Maggie Haney is next? And yes, they both know how to coach at that level. At least we might finally see Simone do a floor routine with artistry worthy of multiple Olympic Champion if she goes for...

Lovely gymnast but relatively slow in her acrobatic skills so IMO even if she had improved technique, she would not have reached a high enough level.

Sweden's had the talent and coaching expertise to qualify a team to the Olympics but they just don't have the depth. Their goals are always based on all their top gymnasts fulfilling their potential/no one getting injured and that just does not happen (for any country). They'd have to probably...

The field was weak but there were a few lovely gymnasts. Paulsson is absolutely gorgeous and has great lines. Bohle looks promising - everything seems easy for her. Mordenti was a surprise. I don't see Booth on a major team unless a few more ACLs go. She's very American in her confidence but...

It's simple not true that the OOB deductions were decided by those cameras. The calls were made by what the line judges saw on video.

@Denn Again - how would you react if the .1 ND had not been taken and an OOB would be visible after the fact. I mean - you are clearly upset by the judge's mistake (which we do not even know for sure) although there was an option to inquire by the coach which they did not use. I somehow have...

You can't compare crediting a skill with an oob deduction. Even upon review the naked eye would not be able to tell whether a Gogean was 29 or 30 or 31° short. So, when in doubt, you should give the element. An oob deduction should always be clear, hence neutral deduction. Again - if you do not...

There IS a mechanism to check! They just didn't use it. Those coaches are not stupid. Ignorant, but not stupid. There are "juding 101" seminars for coaches at Worlds and online. There is constant communication between judges (including the TC) and coaches during (podium) training and on...

Errmm....no? That judge did the right thing. If you are very unsure you put in the ND so the coach can inquire. If you don't and it turns out there was an ND - you are the person gifting someone a placement they haven't earned and nothing can be done about it. Jordan's coach put in an inquiry...

Oh please. Have you judged line? It's awful being on the floor and it's absolutely horrible watching a little screen. Nothing prepares you for that, you can't practice it, you can never get better at it and no one is ever happy to do it. Any random person from the street could do line after a...

There were two unfortunate errors in that floor final on the official's side: Accepting an inquiry 4 seconds late. Which, one could argue - followed the principle of being for the gymnast and not against the gymnast. The change of D by the superior jury for Chiles could be argued to be wrong...