This came up in the Doha thread, but it’s worth looking at here, I think, because this gymnast is going to be a beam / floor contender for years to come if she stays healthy.
She’s not even 16 yet — but fantastic tumbling, excellent amplitude on her leaps, good split split position (much improved from a year ago), and great presence. She also is capable of dancing — but not really shown here because there’s so little choreography — I think the background music deduction of 0.5 could realistically be used.
Meanwhile, she has 9 elements C and higher. She could fix BOTH of those by replacing something. I would suggest taking that triple spin out as well as replacing the front tuck with a front layout so she can also remove a leap. That will give her more time to dance.
I had her at 8.5 for this before applying artistry deductions. Her landings are nice and upright and she kept the hops/steps limited, though she seems to have a habit of landing one foot in front of the other — maybe because of an injury she’s nursing?
It’s hard to tell because I don’t think we’ve ever seen her do much choreo.
She did the double double as early as 2017, I think. You can see more examples of movement quality in here — again with limited choreo, though I do like that passage before the triple spin, and, again, I think that if the spin was a single and woven into more choreo extending that passage, it would help.
Again, very little choreo and too many skills in 2017
She has undoubtedly improved her form and matured as a performer. But can we stop pretending that she can dance? She clearly lacks any basic dance fundamentals.
What I’d worry most about is her coaching team’s ability to understand the COP and construct clever routines
I’m not saying she’s going to win a dance competition or something like that, but you can absolutely see some quality of movement here and there in the little she does do — good amplitude, dynamics, use of the full body, etc.
