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Podium Training – FlipNow.TVAnyone know when the podium training sessions are?
It’s much more interesting if you don’t hold your tongue.I've been holdng my tongue through all the excuses, rationals, and calls for her to receive/compete more than she has earned.
They should let Gabby do a bar routine at the end of Warm Ups in her rotation.Gabby could submit a petition but it will be denied.
Gymcastic spoke to Sacramone at US Classic, and Sacramone said if one attempts AA and does not make it but gets a 2 or 3 event score they cannot petition to do AA at Nationals.
Kind of crazy that Suni worked a loophole and Gabby did not.
I like what Jessica and Denis talked about. Let the athlete do the AA, but just not count the scores on the events they didn't qualify for, nor allow their AA score to be in the rankings.
Athletes shouldn't be penalized for attempting new skills or new routines.
Petition, on what grounds?Use that as a gauge of her "readiness" as a factor for her Olympic Trials petition (where she can petition to compete AA, am I right?)
They should let Gabby do a bar routine at the end of Warm Ups in her rotation.
Have the Brevet judges score it.
Use that as a gauge of her "readiness" as a factor for her Olympic Trials petition (where she can petition to compete AA, am I right?)
Kinda like how she competed at American Cup in 2012 but her scores didn't count.
Based on her training videos, the idea she wouldn't score a 51 AA given two bites of the cherry would have been absurd. I'm not surprised.Gabby could submit a petition but it will be denied.
Gymcastic spoke to Sacramone at US Classic, and Sacramone said if one attempts AA and does not make it but gets a 2 or 3 event score they cannot petition to do AA at Nationals.
Kind of crazy that Suni worked a loophole and Gabby did not.
I like what Jessica and Denis talked about. Let the athlete do the AA, but just not count the scores on the events they didn't qualify for, nor allow their AA score to be in the rankings.
Athletes shouldn't be penalized for attempting new skills or new routines.
My bad! I meant do a floor routine on the podium.Douglas does not need to petition to Trials.
She can be invited to Trials based on her performance at Nationals on VT, UB, and BB.
Everyone invited to Trials is free to compete AA at Trials.
Only the top 2 AA are qualified to go straight to Olympic Trials. Everyone else competing at Trials will be there at the invitation of the selection committee.
ETA: Douglas is qualified to compete on UB at Nationals, it’s FX she’s not qualified on. Suni was the one previously not qualified on UB.
What training videos? The extremely limited clips of a skill here and there? A couple of warm up/podium training vids where Valeri spots her through the entire bar routine?Based on her training videos, the idea she wouldn't score a 51 AA given two bites of the cherry would have been absurd. I'm not surprised.
Speaking in completely unrealistic hypotheticals:Gabby is only going to Paris if Suni pulls out and can't do bars. That's the only universe in which she's going.
And even then, you'd be rolling the dice putting her up in TF when you could take Jordan and she would get you a solid hit.
Chiles didn't do so horribly with Tokyo pen really.Do you really want to risk Jordan with the possibility of a Tokyo pen?
I like the way you framed the choice. I am less afraid of Jordan being hit with Tokyo pen than I am of Skye simply not being up to the moment. A lot of this is due to how sharp Jordan was at 2022 worlds. Yes she missed beam in Qualification but she didn’t waver in finals and she seemed cleaner on floor. (Now if she shows up this weekend with upgrades that are sloppy and Skye nails her routines…).Speaking in completely unrealistic hypotheticals:
I suppose it comes down to whether you want to take Jordan or Skye if Suni is on the team. If you lean towards Skye like I do, if in some fantasy world Gabby starts hitting her sets, she adds more to the team than Skye does. It’s not like you are going to take Skye because she is more consistent.
Having two 13.1 backup floor routines isn’t the end of the world.
Do you really want to risk Jordan with the possibility of a Tokyo pen?
I hadn't thought about this — with Jones and Biles capable of scoring top 3 on all 4 apparatus, it really means you only need Carey on VT/FX and Suni on BB/UB. The fifth person is there as a back-up and, yeah, Chiles is the best in that regard.Gabby is only going to Paris if Suni pulls out and can't do bars. That's the only universe in which she's going.
And even then, you'd be rolling the dice putting her up in TF when you could take Jordan and she would get you a solid hit.
Yep Shilese and Simone are so damn good they really make it not that complicated. Take someone who can medal on VT and someone who can medal on UB then the next best AA who can cover all events just in case.I hadn't thought about this — with Jones and Biles capable of scoring top 3 on all 4 apparatus, it really means you only need Carey on VT/FX and Suni on BB/UB. The fifth person is there as a back-up and, yeah, Chiles is the best in that regard.