2023 Russian Cup

[Matilda23]

Is there any issue in Russia with Melnikova using music from a USA artist (Lady Gaga)?

 

[Rich]

Is there a link to the results?

 

[MaryClare]

Not within Russia there isn’t…

 

[Yarotska]

FIG ended the ban on Russia and Belarus competing as of January 1, 2024. So they can compete at World Cups.
The IOC has not though.

Is the ban lifting unconditional? I thought they had to submit some kind of statement or something to the FIG to get permission to compete as neutrals.

 

[irichluck21]

Is the ban lifting unconditional? I thought they had to submit some kind of statement or something to the FIG to get permission to compete as neutrals.

FIG has not released criteria yet.

They have an “ad hoc” committee meeting to discuss terms.

We shall see what actually happens though.

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

Mirror, mirror on the wall, is Hana Ricna the gayest of them all?



the series after her second tumble, from 0:48 to 1:15 is how I’d describe my sexuality

Ricna was an icon. If folks enjoyed this, check out her lovely beam

 

[irichluck21]

Mirror, mirror on the wall, is Hana Ricna the gayest of them all?

I see your Hana Ricna, and I raise with Oksana Averkova



This floor screams first time entering a gay bar vibes.

 

[MaryClare]

Oksana Averkova was coached by Natalia Pavlova until she went on maternity to have Anna. Then she was coached by Nadezhda Maslennikova, who coached Zamo.

 

[irichluck21]

Then she was coached by Nadezhda Maslennikova, who coached Zamo.

AHHHH that explains why Zamo used Averkova’s music as a junior then!

 

[CameliasFingerpaint]

Ricna’s vaulting was high camp.



Stunning Ezhovian vaulting. No notes. Slay.

 

[Puffin]

OMG I could never really get into Hana Ricna. Yes she had huge flexibility but her “dance” on fx and bb seemed to be from the prancing pony school of choreography and any somersault element used to look like a dead spider with a tangle of limbs that flailed at unnatural angles.

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

OMG you roasted her!!! her prancing pony school of choreo is exactly why she’s my personal gay icon. I’m a huge Ricna fan. Her FF + loso + Korbut was wonderful, as was her scale and reverse planche

 

[rlayt]

I can’t kill the picture in my head of the Prancercise lady. Look her up on Youtube if you dare.

 

[MRR]

With FIG removing the ban and the IOC accepting “neutral” individual athletes, Russia MAG and WAG could still qualify two spots each for Paris. One via the apparatus World Cups (conveniently all contested in the Olympic year, unlike 2020ne) and Euros.

So a probable(?) best case scenario is Listunova and Melnikova still take part in Paris.

 

[Rich]

Is this something that could beat Simone

 

[tempest]

14.8?? I don’t think so

 

[irichluck21]

Russia MAG and WAG could still qualify two spots each for Paris. One via the apparatus World Cups (conveniently all contested in the Olympic year, unlike 2020ne) and Euros.

It’ll be easier for WAG to get accepted to compete as a neutral athlete than MAG.

Also is it 2 per NOC or 3 ? I thought it was 3.
In the case of Russian athletes will they still be limited? Or because they are neutral athletes will the limit per NOC not apply?

 

[MaryClare]

It’s 3. So a possible total of 6. How that works beyond prelims, I don’t know.

None of the female gymnasts are likely to face any issues to be a neutral athlete but whole different story for the men.

Gonna be crazy having an Olympics where Denis Ablyazin doesn’t take home vault silver

 

[makam]

Pretty leo color though…

 

[irichluck21]

It’s 3. So a possible total of 6

But, because they are “neutral” athletes, could we see more than 3 Russian gymnasts qualify to Paris due to neutrality? Or will they still be limited to 3 per NOC, despite "Russia’ being banned.