2020 Women's Artistic All Around Final (Thursday, July 29, 2021)

[MaryClare]

Well, Suni’s bars routine is her Amanar

 

[irichluck21]

In the 1990s the average American absolutely knew who Mary Lou was as well as Kim Zmeskal and Shannon Miller.

It did help that Miller became a house hold name due to her 5 medals in Barcelona. But people were well aware that Shannon had been back to back World Champion in the AA.

 

[gymskatefan]

Well, NBC has managed to drag Taylor Swift out of the woodworks to voiceover their ad for tonight’s primetime broadcast:

 

[irichluck21]

Back in 2012 the Amanar was overly valued compared to the other Yurchenko vaults 6.5 vs DTY 5.8 so the .7 was definitely worth going for it.
Now that it is 5.8 and the DTY 5.4 the .4 differential isn’t really worth the risk as it is nearly half the advantage it used to be, and considering that an Amanar is almost certainly going to have a step forward, the .4 advantage is really just .3 or .1 if you take a large step forward.

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

I know it’s just still wild to me considering we went into this Games expecting the winner to vault either a 2.5, a Cheng, or a YDP

 

[Hatsumomo]

You forgot Morgan.

 

[MaryClare]

Who was the last Olympic AA champion to have 3 tumbling passes?

 

[arabiandoublefront]

Umm…Gutsu?

 

[MaryClare]

No, her and the other US world AA champs are 2nd tier to err, Kim Zmeskal

 

[RAFIKI]

I gotta say, it’s nice to see someone win the AA with a DTY (technically the first ever if you consider Raducan the winner of 2000).

Carly won in 2004 with a DTY. First of the open-ended code though.

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

Oh right. Totally thought she did a 1.5

 

[arabiandoublefront]

Carly did a Yurchenko 1 1/2 at 2003 Worlds and 2004 Nationals and the DTY at Olympic Trials and the Olympics.

 

[MaryClare]

So did I, I think she added the DTY quite late on in the season although she’d done it a couple of times as a junior. It was a very poor DTY for someone who clearly had a lot of tumbling ability

 

[RAFIKI]

Carly did the DTY at SCAM but by nationals she was back to the 1.5Y. Must have been a skill right on the edge of her ability.

 

[cats]

Carly had at least one broken elbow as a senior. I think she was secretly competing on one in Anaheim? Might not be remembering that quite right, but I’ve always assumed that was why her vault wasn’t as good as it seemed like it ought to have been.

 

[rlayt]

She was having trouble with the DTY around Anaheim 2003. There was something on the boards.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

I think she reinjured her elbow when she fell on her beam dismount in prelims. She skipped US Classic and Nationals so it could heal in time for Worlds.

 

[Seyonne]

Wow, just finished watching. Thrilled for Suni, but Andrade gave it away. Does she have a shot at vault gold? I’d like her to leave with a gold if possible.

Melnikova has been my favorite Russian for awhile. I’m glad she could hold off Urazova.

 

[Denn]

Nice analysis! Thank you for doing that… and for formatting it so lovely!

 

[MaryClare]

Definitely. She qualified to vault in 2nd behind Simone