2020 Women's Artistic Team Final (Tuesday, July 27, 2021)

[arabiandoublefront]

My guess is they’re not going to really cover GB at all, and they just accomplished something huge.

 

[Denn]

Wow, apparently our software doesn’t post action number of posts when it reaches over 1000. It just says 1.2k. Never knew that!

So I am gratified that I got to this thread without a single post report. Meanwhile, there are other forums online that have banned people today.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

Honestly, this board is where I’ve seen the most sane discussion over the course of the day.

 

[PeakePups]

I just clicked on a random Facebook post about Simone and the comments were horrendous. I’m glad I’ve mostly just stayed in this bubble today. People here have been very understanding and supporting of Biles.

 

[Caledi]

I know the big news today was what happened with Simone, but I just want to say how happy I am for Russia. They were incredible today and during prelims, and I can’t wait to see how they do in AA and EF. I really like their gymnastics and I hope this is the start of many successful years for them.

 

[JaJa]

I think it’s inherent in US social media culture. People are ridiculous all over social media (especially Twitter and Reddit) but then totally normal in real life.

(Personally, I remember being mortified as a teenager when I found out that my dad – a very mild-mannered guy – was literally a troll on anonymous social media!)

Oh this is so true. I do not go near social media. Being annonymous turns people into some sort of evil version of themselves. (that’s kind of funny about your dad though.)

 

[makam]

Except here! All us anonymous gym people are nice. Though maybe there needs to be a plan to exclude trolls. BalanceBeamSituation comments section was turning into a cesspool before they started requiring a login.

 

[makam]

Ugh, Nastia just called a wolf turn gorgeous. Have we fallen into the Matrix?

Also, it is nice there are only two teams competing in this.

 

[dweiss324]

I get that they only have so much time, but the edit absolutely butchers the pace and excitement of the meet. It’s actively disorienting. Same with the men’s team coverage last night, it didn’t even feel like the same meet.

And Tim and nastia switching back and forth between accidentally dropping hints they know exactly what happens/happened, and then feigning surprise and confusion, is driving me up the wall. It sounds so jarring and I hate it. You completely lose the authenticity of the excitement of their reactions

 

[shirai]

The only remotely good thing about this coverage is having new/better angles.

 

[Denn]

Question — what (active) athletes have said something clearly in support of Biles today?

 

[makam]

Are they going to skip the swimming completely tonight? An hour to women’s gymnastics so far without any other sports being mentioned is very unusual.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

I wish ABC had the Olympics, but ABC hasn’t had the Olympics since before I was born.

 

[Denn]

I kind of feel like it’s the usual actually.

 

[makam]

Guess I try to black out NBC’s coverage each year. I do think they at least showed one other country in their coverage in Rio. But maybe China tanking so hard relieved them of that burden.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

There should be some highlights from GB. They won bronze. It’s not like Romania was ignored in 1996.

 

[Kittentoes]

Was it one of the Russians? Because their control and confidence on wolf turns is impressive.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

And now they didn’t even show Grace’s floor routine, just the score.

 

[Kittentoes]

Russia was jaw-droppingly beautiful. I keep thinking about Listunova’s beam.

 

[RedBirdie]

Someone has to provide the most important piece of news from tonight’s NBC broadcast: what is Nastia wearing?!?!