Extremely Premature Olympic Team Predictions and Speculation

[ucrgirl]

I need to see Suni getting through full beam and bars sets before I can put her on the team.
She is supposedly (Gymcastic) not going for FX and will only do 3 events this year.

It is far more reasonable to wait and see full sets. I'm just bored with waiting to see elite routines. I didn't think 2021 Suni's ankle would last through team selection so this time I figured I'd give her the benefit of the doubt.

It will be more fun around here once we see dismounts and full routines.

 

[Snowfan]

Why would she bother training vault, then? I don't see any scenario where she isn't the 5th best vault on the team.

My guess would be as a safety net to make it nationals. We all know she wouldn't do floor or vault in team finals, but if you can land a vt, she might still get the 3 event score even if she makes a mistake on bars or beam. If she just did bars and beam and has a fall, it would be much harder to get the 2 event score.

 

[RedBirdie]

Fun new tool from the Washington Post to build your Olympic team! They are supposed to update scores after every competition, so this will be fun to play with all the way through Trials. It's a gift link, so enjoy!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/interactive/2024/how-is-us-gymnastics-team-picked/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzE1ODMyMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzE3MjE0Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTU4MzIwMDAsImp0aSI6ImIxZWU0ZjM0LThjZWItNGI2Mi1hNDZlLTc0OTVkNDNhYTIyZCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9zcG9ydHMvb2x5bXBpY3MvaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyNC9ob3ctaXMtdXMtZ3ltbmFzdGljcy10ZWFtLXBpY2tlZC8ifQ.kGEY76L52c_MAbduw3AKYObbbWK6pxpjjOSoYDm3TVU&itid=gfta

 

[JaJa]

Fun new tool from the Washington Post to build your Olympic team! They are supposed to update scores after every competition, so this will be fun to play with all the way through Trials. It's a gift link, so enjoy!

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/interactive/2024/how-is-us-gymnastics-team-picked/?pwapi_token=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJyZWFzb24iOiJnaWZ0IiwibmJmIjoxNzE1ODMyMDAwLCJpc3MiOiJzdWJzY3JpcHRpb25zIiwiZXhwIjoxNzE3MjE0Mzk5LCJpYXQiOjE3MTU4MzIwMDAsImp0aSI6ImIxZWU0ZjM0LThjZWItNGI2Mi1hNDZlLTc0OTVkNDNhYTIyZCIsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lndhc2hpbmd0b25wb3N0LmNvbS9zcG9ydHMvb2x5bXBpY3MvaW50ZXJhY3RpdmUvMjAyNC9ob3ctaXMtdXMtZ3ltbmFzdGljcy10ZWFtLXBpY2tlZC8ifQ.kGEY76L52c_MAbduw3AKYObbbWK6pxpjjOSoYDm3TVU&itid=gfta

This is really fun -- thanks so much RedBirdie!!!

 

[Hatsumomo]

I have Kayla as my third behind Simone and Shilese as the Kyla Ross/Grace McCallum of the team. Will absolutely get 2-per'ed for individual finals, but has solid scores that can be relied upon in TFs and will be the MVP of the team.

 

[RichardL]

I have Kayla as my third behind Simone and Shilese as the Kyla Ross/Grace McCallum of the team. Will absolutely get 2-per'ed for individual finals, but has solid scores that can be relied upon in TFs and will be the MVP of the team.

DiCello might make floor finals on that team. She's currently ahead of Carey and Blakely, and we haven't seen other contenders (Wong, Roberson, Jones).

 

[RedBirdie]

I'll be very curious to see how much scores change (or not!) after this weekend. I felt like I was picking somewhat blindly given how little we've seen of some people.

 

[Aeris]

A few of the top scores are wrong on that app, but nice work!

 

[JaJa]

I'll be very curious to see how much scores change (or not!) after this weekend. I felt like I was picking somewhat blindly given how little we've seen of some people.

Just so excited for Saturday

 

[RedBirdie]

For real, JaJa. I'm praying that the baseball game I have tickets for on Saturday gets rained out!

 

[Hatsumomo]

I'm getting hot pot with a couple of friends so I'm going to miss the first session, but my ass will be in seat for the second session!

 

[MaryClare]

Just so excited for Saturday

It’s been a while since I’ve stayed up to the small hours on a Saturday night

 

[irichluck21]

It’s been a while since I’ve stayed up to the small hours on a Saturday night

Sis, get a handle of Russian vodka, you'll be fine!!!

I have two bottles of sauv blanc chilling in the wine fridge.

 

[RedBirdie]

Washington Post build-a-team has been updated with US Classic scores.

 

[RichardL]

The highest scoring team actually involves bringing Lee for beam and Lincoln for floor, alongside Biles, Jones, and Blakely.

 

[QuietColours]

I love this tool because it makes you think so much about what data should be included in these calculations and how it should be weighted. I get why they appear to have settled on 2023 or later, but at the same time I barely care what happened at Winter Cup this year (I'd probably weight Classic vs Winter Cup this year at 75-25 in terms of my mental calculations). But most people have so few data points that it's hard to make a really good tool to reflect overall performance.

 

[Laura722]

The highest scoring team actually involves bringing Lee for beam and Lincoln for floor, alongside Biles, Jones, and Blakely.

That's interesting. I was annoyed they didn't pay any attention to Kaliya during the CNBC broadcast of the meet. She may not make the team, but she's at least a factor.

 

[ucrgirl]

The highest scoring team actually involves bringing Lee for beam and Lincoln for floor, alongside Biles, Jones, and Blakely.

I feel like they must be weighting 2023 too heavily. Performance over time does matter because it can be indicative of what you will actually see under competition lights. However, 2023 was rough for Jade and Jordan and what they are doing in 2024 is what really matters.

 

[Denn]

And this is why the tool is NOT as cool as some people think it is.

(Also, the interface is excessively spread out.)

 

[JaJa]

And this is why the tool is NOT as cool as some people think it is.

(Also, the interface is excessively spread out.)

Its fun anyway though