2020 Event Finals Day 1 MAG FX/PH WAG VT/UB (Sunday, August 1, 2021)

[KristyJ]

I think it was the case in 2012

 

[arabiandoublefront]

Good to know, thanks.

 

[tempest]

I think it has always been a random draw at the olympics. I think some european events have done the prelim order though

 

[gymskatefan]

I guess the videos were only part of the story, McKayla’s IG story is almost an hr long. Continuing to spill on Twitter also (trigger alert):
https://twitter.com/McKaylaMaroney/with_replies

 

[JDB]

I watched the pommel horse final. I was blown away by the talent. But the lack of warmups clearly made it worse than it should have been. The gymnasts deserve better than this, especially the specialists who dealt with the maze like qualification system.

 

[Jack]

Not NBC with the Skinner fluff…

 

[Jack]

OK sure NBC, just skip Yeo and Moreno’s vaults and show us the mediocre Russian vaults?

 

[arabiandoublefront]

That makes me mad, because the coverage of men’s event finals, flawed routines and all, was great in the afternoon.

 

[JDB]

Andrea Joyce introduced sponsored content during the post-event interview with Mykayla Skinner. NBC’s hitting new levels of commercialization.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

Yikes.

 

[Caligym]

That we didn’t see the bronze and 4th place vaults from Mexico and Korea but show the 5th and 6th Russians? Just lame.

 

[KathySantoni]

They could have included 3rd and 4th place vaults in under 2 minutes.

 

[Caligym]

For goodness sake there have been Toyota ads featuring Moreno airing constantly. How the hell did they not show her?!

 

[rlayt]

I’m a couple of hours behind so now I know not to bother watching NBC.

 

[gymskatefan]

The other athlete cams didn’t have this. I wonder if they switched to Microsoft Teams because whatever app they were using before was flopping with a significant time lag?

Also, they didn’t even tell you who the bronze medalist was, never mind not showing her.

 

[OnoNoKomachi]

Do you think PH gold and silver should have been reversed?

 

[Denn]

Yes. I think Max Whitlock is routinely overscored and Lee routinely hit as hard as possible because there’s so little to deduct besides his scissor to HS.

 

[KathySantoni]

This coverage is terrible!

 

[dweiss324]

Ok, Tim just mansplaining how a technician would correctly perform fan yilins eponymous dismount while she did it was… I’m out, I can’t.

 

[Jack]

I love Nastia’s pants. That top is such a miss though.