2024 US Nationals WAG Day 2 Session 2

[JaJa]

Peszek keeps saying they're pacing her difficulty for Trials.

Hoping . . . .

 

[Passion]

DiCello was so far ahead she's still in 3rd even with the 12.6 on UB.

 

[Passion]

but why not do them now ? It is not like Paris is 6 months from now. If she isn't capable of the upgrades now, why would she be capable of doing them in a few weeks ?

Prioritizing health. She doesn't need her max difficulty to qualify to Olympic Trials, and that's all she needs to do this weekend.

 

[Hatsumomo]

Somebody pointed out in the night one thread that Jade could withhold full difficulty prior to Tokyo because she had already secured her +1 spot. She doesn't have that cushion here, so if she has that difficulty, she should be showing that she can compete it and be consistent.

 

[RAFIKI]

So are we left with Sumanesekera, Rivera and Blakely with the chance to go 8-8?

 

[JaJa]

They can just go to hell for bringing up Simone's twisties in Tokyo tonight.

 

[Sasha]

Somebody pointed out in the night one thread that Jade could withhold full difficulty prior to Tokyo because she had already secured her +1 spot. She doesn't have that cushion here, so if she has that difficulty, she should be showing that she can compete it and be consistent.

Exactly. I keep hearing about how well Jade was paced last quad, but she had exactly NOTHING to prove between securing her spot (in 2018? 19?) and qualifications in Tokyo. That's a different game.

 

[Sasha]

Oh, gotta sneak in some Dance Monkey at the 11th hour.

 

[cftmoonlight79]

I also hate the FIG bar setting. If you've never seen the bar settings many gyms use, you can't appreciate how small FIG is. My tiny level 4s swing at a bigger setting.

 

[rlayt]

It’s a choice. Jade’s father paced her well for 2021 so they seem to be doing that again even though it’s admittedly more risky.

 

[makam]

This music sounds like microphone feedback (hang's FX) ETA: okay, maybe it is a problem with the sound in the arena because it is also there when the announcer is talking)

Looks like Jade landed a VT fine in the background.

 

[Rich]

did jade step over the line

 

[Sasha]

did jade step over the line

I don't think so?

 

[Rich]

wow 14.6

 

[gtu07]

I also hate the FIG bar setting. If you've never seen the bar settings many gyms use, you can't appreciate how small FIG is. My tiny level 4s swing at a bigger setting.

It sounds like I would love to jump to high bar on the FIG setting because I was always nervous about that skill. But it does really stink for modern bars and real elite skills and releases. The only thing I think it might help on are those releases between the bars with twists.

 

[cftmoonlight79]

It's going to be interesting in Paris if Simone falls on her YDP if we have a healthy Shilese and Rebeca nipping at her heels.

That is all I want! I want her to win if she's clean, but not with falls.

 

[Passion]

did jade step over the line

No.

 

[JaJa]

Go Jade!!

 

[Hatsumomo]

It’s a choice. Jade’s father paced her well for 2021 so they seem to be doing that again even though it’s admittedly more risky.

I get it; we've seen what happens when gymnasts are forced to be at peak form for two months before the Olympics. However, up until Classics, Jade hadn't competed elite since 2022 Worlds and I don't think she's been at the camps, so she has very little opportunity to show her full difficulty and that she can nail it.

 

[tempest]

JAde gets very little distance...14.6?