Gymnast Social Media Megathread

[Doug1233]

Oh no. How awful. I know it’s not actually a lot, but it feels like gymnasts have been losing parents left and right.

Maybe its a function of gymnasts competing in their twenties (and thirties) that this was bound to become more likely. Plus we just lived through a global pandemic!

 

[JDB]

Excellent news: Nile Wilson is no longer skipping leg day.

 

[Angelika]

I can’t wait to watch Nile in this - it’s definitely a great reality show for a gymnast to do as Beth proved when she won it in 2013.

 

[KristyJ]

Is this BBC? I need to somehow find a way to watch it.

 

[MaryClare]

ITV

 

[Doug1233]

His mentor looks really similar to his current gf ha

 

[KristyJ]

Is ITV accessible via VPN?

 

[MaryClare]

Anything is possible when you VPN your VPN…

Love from Moscow

 

[Hatsumomo]

Look at this itty-bitty future beam queen (age 13):



Somebody in the replies said that South Korea is always 1½ gymnasts short of a contending team and that’s a pretty apt description.

 

[Caligym]

Wow! The head release in her ring is insane.

 

[Doug1233]

Jesus. Almost a different element. It’s a switch yang bo more than a switch ring.

 

[RAFIKI]

Look at this itty-bitty future beam queen (age 13):

Itty-bitty is correct!

 

[RAFIKI]

The height of this leap is also stunning

 

[MaryClare]

Levi JR to Woga

 

[RedBirdie]

VERY interesting. That’s her third gym as an elite.

 

[rlayt]

I wonder what the circumstances were when she left Paramount Elite? It couldn’t be easy leaving LA since her parents are actors.

 

[RedBirdie]

I always found the move to TCT rather curious. Going from LA to Minnesota? To a gym that really doesn’t have much of an elite track record? I really wanted to know what was behind the switch.

 

[Passion]

She placed 6th on FX at the Szombathely World Challenge Cup then didn’t go to the World Trials camp. She says here she decided to stay home to work on upgrades, so she was invited but declined to attend. Then a sudden gym change.

Speculation: Her coaches maybe nudged her into not going to the Worlds camp? She regrets missing the opportunity and wants new coaches who believe in her more etc.

Speculation 2: Her parents refuse to submit themselves to another Minnesota winter, Texas it is!

 

[MaryClare]

Didn’t Ciena Alipio also move from California to Minnesota?

 

[Bananna]

Yes, Ciena moved from West Valley to Midwest rather than to TCT.

It does seem that the world and his wife are training at WOGA at the moment. But I assume Valeri’s former role as developmental lead has probably paid a part in that,