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[BJM123]

I am wondering if the coaching change Donnell made to training at EVO has helped him to develop more mental consistency in competition. This year is the most consistent I remember him being. I feel like his inconsistency and fluke errors in the past have affected his reputation but he was great all this year.

Agree with you on this: He's DEFINITELY come back MUCH stronger mentally. I watched some of his earlier competitions but this time, he looked really dialed in. He worked on his consistency, especially in the last ring handstand. On the PB, he looked really really strong eventhough he didn't medal on that event. 2028 is going to be VERY interesting.

 

[BJM123]

Hasn't Donnell been a bit of a choker in the past? If he has entered a new era of consistency or ability to compete when it counts, I'm thrilled for him. I generally have counted him out because it felt like he always had issues during the big meets and, honestly, I'm not ready to write him in on my team predictions just yet. But he did great this last Worlds and maybe will give him confidence going forward.

I'll agree, having watched his previous matches, he was a choker. But for some reason, he has looked really calm the latter part of last season and entirely this season and he started really executing quite well. Time will tell but if he can remain consistent, then it's about to get very interesting.

 

[BJM123]

I don't think USAG is purposefully ignoring Donnell. It's MAG, and USAG has a history of not caring about that as much as they should. No one could accuse them of ignoring Gabby Douglas or Simone Biles.

If Donnell stays healthy and comes back on FX and VT, he could be an MVP for the USA. I wouldn't call him good on HB, but he can do it.

Yul is coming back. I have a soft spot for Yul.

Oklahoma has some up-and-coming Juniors who could be a factor in 2028, so I will be rooting for them.

The Next Big Thing is going to Jun Iwai of Stanford.

I liked your post because you hit the nail on the head!!!!!!! The gymnastics publications DO ignore him for some reason....Honestly? I think that Donnell's strongest events are rings, PB and an occasional HB....Aaaaawwwww good to see Yul coming back but I'm not sure if he can really push right now...I will have to check out Jun Iwai and Oklahoma!

 

[BJM123]

“Next, Young has his sights set on the 2028 Olympics. Following graduation, Young plans to stay at Stanford to continue his gymnastics training and gain more design internship experience.”

https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2025/05/meet-khoi-young-graduate-profile

THANK YOU for this! I was trying to find some information about him and he went silent!!!! I really hope he comes back stronger!

 

[MaryClare]

A paragragraph consists of 5 sentences and no more than 6.

At which international meet did you submit this?

 

[OnoNoKomachi]

Re: Khoi - I heard that he was deciding whether or not to continue, so he didn't put in an injury petition for NT. As of a couple of months ago, he was reportedly still hanging out at Stanford. We should know more when NCAA starts up - like if he shows up as a volunteer assistant for Stanford. This is second-hand information, but from a reliable source.

Jun Iwai is at Stanford, not Oklahoma. I WISH he had gone to OU - his Dad coached at OU for a while.

People can believe whatever they want about Donnell being ignored. Not everyone thinks the same way (although I think most people can agree that USAG does not promote or recognize MAG enough).

 

[OnoNoKomachi]

I heard that Oklahoma has the best recruiting class in men's NCAA history.
No, I'm not making that up and it wasn't an Oklahoma person who said it.

 

[Denn]

I deleted a bunch of posts. The conversation was... unusual... but in bounds until a clear line was crossed, and that did lead to a ban in this case. Disappointing, because the user had started off trying to create discussion about a topic that, frankly, needs more discussion.

 

[MaryClare]

I deleted a bunch of posts. The conversation was... unusual... but in bounds until a clear line was crossed, and that did lead to a ban in this case. Disappointing, because the user had started off trying to create discussion about a topic that, frankly, needs more discussion.

You took away my new toy?!

 

[Matilda23]

What line was crossed? (I did not see the posts). Is there some general rules about posting in Gymnaverse?

 

[makam]

What line was crossed? (I did not see the posts). Is there some general rules about posting in Gymnaverse?

Don't be insane, basically. The user went form "Hi, I'm new here!" to "Fight me in the alley, beyotch!" in a disturbingly short amount of time. And honestly, the multiple replies in a row instead of combining into one were getting annoying. Hard to follow a conversation like that.

 

[MaryClare]

Don't be insane, basically. The user went form "Hi, I'm new here!" to "Fight me in the alley, beyotch!" in a disturbingly short amount of time. And honestly, the multiple replies in a row instead of combining into one were getting annoying. Hard to follow a conversation like that.

We’ve had a couple of new users like this. There was one during worlds last year who started calling everyone racist

 

[RedBirdie]

Major events and the following weeks always bring out at least one totally unhinged new person. At least this one decided to mix things up and be MAG focused.

 

[flappergirl]

People can believe whatever they want about Donnell being ignored. Not everyone thinks the same way (although I think most people can agree that USAG does not promote or recognize MAG enough).

I remember feeling at the time that the selection was skewed against Donnell. I could be wrong and he was inconsistent, but so was everyone else. It seemed like a old boys frat club liked their team to be of N European descent. Danell Leyva didn’t fit in either.

It seems way better now

 

[QuietColours]

Someone did an interview with Gymcastic several years ago suggesting that it was very much an old boys club with overtones of racism. I think it might have been Danell? I was going through their archives trying to find it, but there's not a good list of the interviews, you're just paging through pages of cards of episodes. It would have been 2017-2021

 

[MaryClare]

I remember feeling at the time that the selection was skewed against Donnell. I could be wrong and he was inconsistent, but so was everyone else. It seemed like a old boys frat club liked their team to be of N European descent. Danell Leyva didn’t fit in either.

It seems way better now

North European descent? Are Scandinavian descent gymnasts really that prevalent in US gymnastics?!

 

[Sasha]

Someone did an interview with Gymcastic several years ago suggesting that it was very much an old boys club with overtones of racism. I think it might have been Danell? I was going through their archives trying to find it, but there's not a good list of the interviews, you're just paging through pages of cards of episodes. It would have been 2017-2021

That rings a bell. Maybe the interview with John Orozco in 2020?

 

[flappergirl]

North European descent? Are Scandinavian descent gymnasts really that prevalent in US gymnastics?!

i was thinking English, Irish and German, though there are a lot of people with Scandinavian descent in the US, I wouldn’t know since everyone would call them white.

I just hate white and black as designations. Though it’s unavoidable

 

[rlayt]

429: John Orozco Does Not Hold Back

LISTEN HERE THIS WEEK’S INTERVIEW John Orozco is here and ready to blow it up. In this interview, he discusses the Black Lives Matter movement and the racism he experienced from leadership in the US men’s program, different standards applied to white and black athletes in national team...

gymcastic.com

 

[CameliasFingerpaint]

At which international meet did you submit this?

I am so sad I missed a riveting discussion about the structure of a paragraph.