British WAG (and MAG!) talk

[YurchenkoLoop]

 

[Doug1233]

This has the potential to become one of those horribly contentious grey areas. Kinda like Jordan’s FHS to Back 1/1 on beam. Where it gets credited all year domestically but then hit hard when put it front of FIG judges.

It can also have a knock on effect with the leap CR. Coaches should be mindful to put these sideways leaps right at the end of the routine, after any dance series or mixed series that includes a plain Split or Straddle jump. The last thing you want is to not only lose the tenth in DV, but to also lose CR, CV and/or SB in later connections due to repeating an element.

 

[RAFIKI]

Coaches should be mindful to put these sideways leaps right at the end of the routine, after any dance series or mixed series that includes a plain Split or Straddle jump. The last thing you want is to not only lose the tenth in DV, but to also lose CR, CV and/or SB in later connections due to repeating an element.

This is a public service announcement directed at GAGE

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

You know they’re going to take Leanne’s success at worlds as vindication of their approach and stay as wasteful as ever.

 

[Doug1233]

The irony is that Leanne, not Melnikova, should have dominated worlds. She has the better potential.

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

I think the only event Wong may have the upper hand on is BB.

 

[Doug1233]

I think Wong has (or had!) the better DTY. When she actually hits bars I think she can beat Melnikova there too.

 

[irichluck21]

I am curious how Wong would have scored at the Olympics.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Same!

 

[Jack]

For sure she would have scored better than Chiles and McCallum on BB/FX.

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

Maybe once Wong had a better DTY but certainly not at Worlds.

You think a hit Wong on UB is .8 cleaner than Melnikova???

 

[Doug1233]

You think a hit Wong on UB is .8 cleaner than Melnikova???

I didn’t say 0.8 cleaner! Didn’t Wong at one point have all the inbars and pretty much the same routine as Melnikova?

Ok, maybe not quite. But she was close.

 

[Doug1233]

Maybe once Wong had a better DTY but certainly not at Worlds.

Yep. Definitely not talking about her in 2021 Worlds shape.

These vaults are all better than any DTY we have seen from Melnikova:







Obviously a big deterioration in her DTY in the last 2 years

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

yesss I had the privilege of seeing her big, beautiful DTY in 2018-- it really was a fantastic piece of gymnastics. Considering her DTY deterioration in the past 2 years, I was thinking her potential is lower than Melnikova on vault. Also Angelina landed a Cheng twice this year in competition

 

[RedBirdie]

Wong’s talent was utterly wasted. Yet her success at worlds will undoubtedly reinforced every piss poor coaching decision made by Fong. I can’t wait to see what spectacularly talent gymnast he manages to keep from achieving her full potential next.

 

[Bob]

would it be beneficial to move the last part of this thread to a new one? It’s not really British WAG talk anymore? Just a thought not trying to upset anyone.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

It’s one of those things where you can’t actually enjoy the gymnast’s success because you know it’s going to vindicate so much more appallingness in the future.

 

[Gymfan93]

Do we have a thread for British MAG, or can it just go here? They just released the MAG national team for 2022*. Pretty much as expected really. Interesting that Hamish is still on there despite being in the US doing NCAA.

*https://www.british-gymnastics.org/.../12389-mag-performance-squad-list-2022-1/file

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

We’ve been tending to put it in here, but if the MAG fans would like a separate thread I’ll try my best to keep things separate. Agree though, not much to see there.

For Hamish, perhaps he has his eye on one of the summer competitions. There has to be at least a reasonable chance they’ll want separate squads for CWG and Euros. MAG Euros doesn’t finish until late August so there’s a really small gap between that and worlds. 2022 is probably going to be an easier year than usual to do NCAA and international elite, in that there are no scheduling clashes this time.

 

[Doug1233]

And MAG NCAA uses FIG code right, not JO?