2021 Tokyo WAG Podium Predictions Chat

[Jack]

Eileen Diaz for gold!

 

[Gymfan93]

I’m not really sure where to put this, perhaps it needs its own thread?
Tokyo drawing of lots has concluded. https://t.co/2wK8Qfgbg6?amp=1 (link goes to a download)

 

[tempest]

I’m not really sure where to put this, perhaps it needs its own thread?
Tokyo drawing of lots has concluded. https://t.co/2wK8Qfgbg6?amp=1 (link goes to a download)

hmm not a great draw for 1st qualifier on VT

 

[Caligym]

Yeah that’s a bummer because Simone has said she likely won’t throw the YDP in finals if early in lineup because of lack of touch warmup.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/04/08/simone-biles-tokyo-olympics-new-vault/

In Tokyo, Biles presumably will compete in the qualification round, the team final, the all-around final and event finals, but when she attempts the Yurchenko double pike is a complicated decision. Event finals can be a time when gymnasts feel more freedom to attempt more challenging skills because their qualification to finals or their team’s medal chances are not at stake. However, in event finals, gymnasts are not allowed what’s called a one-touch warmup just before the competition begins, so Biles said she probably would perform the vault only if she is later in the lineup and has time to quickly go to the separate warmup gym to prepare.

“I think that it’s kind of dangerous, given everything that everybody’s doing,” Biles said when asked about the lack of a one-touch warmup. “And I’m not sure why they do that or why that’s the rule, but it is a little bit crazy to me because we are throwing some very high-level skills.”

Because of the lack of that warmup in event finals, Biles recently told Texas Monthly: “I feel like it might be a better bet to do it in the all-around final because you do get that one-touch warmup, rather than vault finals where you don’t. So I feel like we just have to go in and weigh the options, see what’s smart, get a feel of the vault.”

 

[irichluck21]

I would do it in Team final and All Around final only.
Team qualifications if she misses it she is at risk of getting 2 perd.
Event Finals- doesn’t need it to win.

 

[tempest]

I would do it in Team final and All Around final only.
Team qualifications if she misses it she is at risk of getting 2 perd.
Event Finals- doesn’t need it to win.

I hope she does it in TF as even with a fall, it will score about the same as a DTY which is what most teams will have and then the USA will only win by 8 points instead of 9

 

[Doug1233]

Yes I wouldn’t do it in prelims. She might get 2perd with a fall.

I’d do it in TF (if Tom agrees - but he would be fair to tell her no) or AA and not do it in EF.

 

[Alinxz23]

I’m feeling this will be another 2008 for Russia I’m not sure why but I just have that feeling.

 

[rlayt]

I feel like we need a concerted effort to lobby to get the one-touch warmup back for every event. EF are the most dangerous and it’s where it is most needed.

 

[Gymfan93]

Right? They don’t have to show it on TV. They can have a 15-20 minute warm up before the camera start rolling, while the audience find their seats. There are no excuses.