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

[irichluck21]

Omg the commercials on the NBC feed. It’s 51 minutes and we have seen 7 routines.

It is literally, one routine, three minute commercial break, one routine, three minute commercial break…repeat

horrible

 

[Jack]

My friends made me turn it off and put on drag race all stars.

 

[makam]

Rebeca Andrade is really the whole package gymnast. I am so glad she has been able to come back from what easily could have been career ending injuries.

 

[Jack]

BAHAHAHA So Here for NBC not including Mary Lou in the AA Gold Medalist club. All is absolved.

 

[irichluck21]

My friends made me turn it off and put on drag race all stars

Turn off gymnastics ???

 

[arabiandoublefront]

I’m just glad that NBC showed all four routines from each of the top four, all of Jade’s routines, and two of Nina’s, which is the most gymnastics they’ve shown so far in one night.

 

[Stoutness]

So happy for Suni! :clap:t5::clap:t5::clap:t5:

 

[Doug1233]

I don’t understand how Melnikova’s UB outscored Urazova’s, per the NBC broadcast. Melnikova was at least 0.3 on the inbar full and the piked jaeger is consistently awkward.

Yes ! I had an 8.1 for Melnikova and an 8.8 for Urazova ! I’m glad I’m not going bonkers.

 

[jezmerallia]

I love Urazova. I like Melnikova too but today I felt like Urazova was the better gymnast.

 

[Dympie]

I was so surprised to see how good Andrade was having been out of the loop myself lately. Wow ! Personality, difficulty, accuracy, style. She actually would have taken the gold if she had stayed in bounds on floor both times. A Brazilian Olympic AA champ was almost a reality. These games are surely turning up surprises. Amazing to see new countries on the podium.

 

[audie83]

For some maybe but not for me. Suni’s win is legit and, if not for the bum ankle, she might have scored even higher, especially on vault and floor.

 

[audie83]

There’s no ‘asterisk’ for ME.

 

[audie83]

VERY bitter I’d say, judging from the snarky remarks about alleged lack of emotion on Suni’s part when she found out that she was Olympic champion, and the apparent issue with Suni’s beam dismount - which is now allowed by the FIG. Suni was forced to water down a little bit due to her bum ankle, but she’s still a very worthy Olympic champion in spite of the haters. Let them hate. Suni’s the 2020 Olympic champion forever and there’s not a damn thing that the haters can do about it, other than bitch and moan for the next 20 years!

 

[onodian]

soooo I just finished watching. This was a lovely final. I am a little distraught because I didn’t understand Andrade’s cheng score at all and that left me a sour taste, cause I genuinely think she could have scored a couple of tenths higher there, which is what it came down to. But, I guess the oobs were on her so I can live with that. But all in all it was a great final. I still can’t fully get on the urazova bandwagon, she killed bb today but both the vault and the floor look a little yanked and scrappy in the twists, she’s got a very elegant demeanor but I just can’t, I’m happy for gelya although I do agree fx was an overscore.

I’m sure with some time I will be super happy at andrade’s feat, but it was SO CLOSE today. And she truly is an incredible gymnast in blending power with flexibility, form… if her beam had a little more punch, it’d be incredible. Hopefully this can motivate her to stay around abit?

 

[RAFIKI]

Some fascinating coaching details in this article: https://www.si.com/olympics/2021/07/29/suni-lee-adjustments-lead-to-gold-medal-win

For seven months, her coach, Jess Graba, had been trying to convince her to lower the difficulty of her floor routine, reasoning that she could improve her score by nailing the execution on the easier option. Lee, whose bubbly personality belies what Graba called a “tough as nails” personality, was too competitive to make the change. “We were arguing a lot,” Graba said. But as the Olympics progressed, and Lee watched the way the judges were scoring her landings harshly, she began to consider Graba’s suggestion.
On Thursday morning, she drew up new choreography. On Thursday night, she won gold in the individual all-around event. How many times had she practiced the championship-winning floor routine?
“Zero,” said Graba. “Zero.”

 

[Dympie]

Wow ! That’s amazing. Good choice then

 

[formerly_odessa]

Suni is gorgeous. I dont understand why ppl criticize how ppl react. If girls cry, ppl say it’s bad sportsmanship. If the athletes are not crying, they are unemotional.

 

[irichluck21]

Jess Graba for High Performance Director!
He clearly gets it!

 

[Ale]

Just saw this interview with Melnikova and she seemed to like the cheering! So I’m glad

It is very heartwarming to see gymnasts rallying for her, even Khorkina who has said less than savoury things about Biles in the past. I think many gymnasts can relate to what happened and almost feel a duty to defend not just Biles, but their sport from those who don’t understand what happened on Tuesday.

 

[Rich]

Thanks for posting that. I dont understand why people like Piers Morgan can be so hateful and not understanding of mental illness