I'm fine with that. I just don't see the point with these super tough decisions hanging on a foot being round or not on a goddamm leap, tbh. It's cryptic and I think nobody is here for it, tbh. Did anyone ever get excited by a Gogean (again, except Doug). Have them do mandatory leap series, maybe even give them something for it or generally reward them for amplitude or whatever, but this D-score madness is doing nothing for the sport.
I wanted Barbosu on podium, but glad it wasn’t Voinea ending there, at least.
No, the full credited difficulty would be 7.1. No leap out of Biles puts her to 7.0, so something else wasn't credited
Yeah, I kinda agree. I feel like tumbling has suffered, not necessarily for the top elite gymnasts but the mid-tier ones, because of the greater emphasis on jumps and leaps. Like if we want to see more time for actual dance, the balance needs to change. And why is ending with a double tuck enough for elite women's gymnastics right now? What are the solutions?
Yes. I want to see actual dance and expression and 3 difficult tumbles or at least interesting combo tumbling. No 4th pass
It feels so unnatural and breaks the routine
Yeah, and it's like Nastia was actually one of the few who still did a true connected leap pass then. Shawn and Alicia didn't.
I'm not a dancer; I did tap dance when I was 5 and then moved on to gymnastics. But ballet teaches connected leaps and jumps right?
tap dancing FX routine would be AMAZEBALLS
If somebody threw in some (properly done) Irish dance, I would love them forever. Imagine that footwork in the corner since the gymnast can't stand still for a second.
While I feel bad about going home before days 1 and 2 of event finals, I don't feel bad about not being there for day 3. Beam, high bar, and floor weren't even close to ideal.
