2025 US Classic

[RedBirdie]

And then Hezley damn near landed with her head on the mat on her dismount. Valeri is trying to kill that girl.

 

[QuietColours]

Dang. Seriously impressed Caylor put that front tuck to her feet and stood up out of it

 

[Hatsumomo]

Nice combo pass from Dulcy. Was low going into the punch front but she salvaged it

 

[blake]

Dulcy's legs are gonna be sore tomorrow after saving the punch front out of her whip 1/1 double tuck combo.

 

[JaJa]

Hezley was in the right place at the right time last summer. I feel like she's never gonna come close to that again.

That’s probably right, and given her Olympic (non) experience that’s just kind of sad. I really feel badly for her.

 

[RedBirdie]

I know it's Classics, but she really feels like she had her career peak at Trials

Imagine how much less pressure she would be under if twenty people hadn't gotten hurt leading up to Paris. She never would have made the team. There would be none this "Hezley Rivera, Olympic Champion!" hanging over her head.

 

[RedBirdie]

No idea what sort of amazing camp performance Alessia Rosa had to get named Pan American alternate, but we aren't seeing it here.

 

[QuietColours]

I wonder if her dad would have taken her back to Haney this year if she hadn't made that team (and which coach would be worse for her)

 

[Hatsumomo]

Imagine how much less pressure she would be under if twenty people hadn't gotten hurt leading up to Paris. She never would have made the team. There would be no one this "Hezley Rivera, Olympic Champion!" hanging over her head.

With the asterisk that she didn't compete beyond two events in qualifications going unsaid

 

[RedBirdie]

Fugly Moors from Roberson.

Someone get her something other than vaguely middle eastern music, please. I'm begging the music gods. (I feel like I hear a distinct "Oh Yeah" over and over again in the vocals. Playing with fire, imo)

 

[mnesiptolema]

Was that a(n attempt at) a Moors?

Edit: @RedBirdie I feel like big band music a la the early 2000s trend might be a good alternative?

 

[QuietColours]

With the asterisk that she didn't compete beyond two events in qualifications going unsaid

And where neither score counted.
(Yes, I know there's an argument to be made that her routines helped take some of the pressure off competitors later in the lineup. But I'll also die on the hill that Sumanasekera would have done beam in finals)

 

[MRR]

Bizarre layout from Roberson with last two passes as DLOs. Trying to upgrade the third pass to a FTDLO.

 

[RedBirdie]

Dang. Seriously impressed Caylor put that front tuck to her feet and stood up out of it

All that work for a paltry 4.9 D score, too. Got hammered on execution and a .3 ND, so only a 11.6

 

[cftmoonlight79]

Oh Leanne that bar form was not it.

 

[tempest]

Why didn’t the trio bring up the duplicate passes?

 

[Hatsumomo]

12.8 for Roberson's FX

 

[RedBirdie]

Jayla Hang must have fallen on bars

 

[RedBirdie]

Bizarre layout from Roberson with last two passes as DLOs. Trying to upgrade the third pass to a FTDLO.

Makes no sense. She got zero credit for her last pass! Why not do a double pike?

 

[QuietColours]

Oh Leanne that bar form was not it.

I'm going to hope she's getting her elite endurance back. Form did seem to improve as the routine went along