Gymnast Social Media Megathread

[blake]

She always had a Bross 2.0 vibe to me, like a ticking time bomb with the elbow alone. I hope she can find some redemption in ncaa.

 

[irichluck21]

She always had a Bross 2.0 vibe to me, like a ticking time bomb with the elbow alone. I hope she can find some redemption in ncaa.

When she comes back (IF) she comes back, I really think she needs to focus on just being a beam specialist. UFL loses Baumann, Skaggs, and Clapper (IIRC she’s not taking the extra year) all of whom are mostly counted on to do beam in post-season, so there is room for a beam specialist on the team.

 

[QuietColours]

I think they should be able to come up with a hands free floor with her, or one that only has a single RO/BHS as well. Bars and vault will be harder. I’m sure they’d really like to have her bars, but that’s basically entirely pressure on the elbows.

 

[irichluck21]

I think they should be able to come up with a hands free floor with her, or one that only has a single RO/BHS as well. Bars and vault will be harder. I’m sure they’d really like to have her bars, but that’s basically entirely pressure on the elbows.

Yeah, they would have to get creative with the pass with three elements. She could probably get away with a front layout, front full, barani/front pike…
so maybe: FHS 2/1 front, front layout, front full, barani, front layout rudi or running punch rudi.

 

[gtu07]

Her dance skills are also nice, so she has some capability to complement the tumbling with some pretty leaps and turns.

 

[QuietColours]

Agnes Keleti turns 101:

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Queen shit.

 

[onodian]

Countdown to @Doug1233 criticising her splits

 

[dweiss324]

Downgrade for lack of precision

 

[Doug1233]

Ha to be fair her split is just as good as the Reigning Olympic Silver Medalist Champion on Vault

 

[Hatsumomo]

Can we go back to that cut of leotard? I don’t understand why modern leos are cut so there’s half buttcheek showing out and the crotch is damn near indecent.

 

[makam]

I don’t understand why modern leos are cut so there’s half buttcheek showing out and the crotch is damn near indecent.

Becuz being cut up to the waist lengthens the leg line and fools the judges into thinking anything done is done more beautifully/elegantly than any skill done by any gymnast in shorts, leggings, unitard, or a less cut leo! Judges are so easy to fool! Just show a little more leg and suddenly, Perfect 10!

(though I assume some of the buttcheek action is because leotard sellers/designers design one single cut and some people have wider tushes that it can’t quite cover but there are no other cuts available. At least, I hope that is the case in the college gymnastics leos that give coverage to some but very little to others. I know I have a friend who was very thin but when she put on a bikini bottom it was nearly indecent because of her body shape and how wide her not-fat-in-the-slightest rear end was.)

 

[irichluck21]

Gymnasts are also getting smaller sized leotards because that is the style and trend.
Sleeves don’t go down to their wrists, it is the style to have the sleeves rest just above the elbow.

 

[arabiandoublefront]

Yeah, has GK changed the cut of their leos since 2007? Because they were fine then. I never worried about having butt cheek hanging out. Of course, I always wore adult small and I have the feeling like elite gymnasts might avoid adult sizes unless they absolutely have to. My team did intentionally get 3/4 sleeves.

 

[Doug1233]

I never worried about having butt cheek hanging out. O

Lol given all that’s happened in the last few years, you’d think the leo makers would prevent this from happening.

Or do you think athletes are intentionally choosing smaller sizes to “improve their line” etc?

 

[Sasha]

I wonder how much is sizing and how much is cut? Spend five minutes on a beach these days and it’ll be clear that’s it’s in fashion to have your full ass hanging out of the suit.

 

[RedBirdie]

Alyssa Baumann looked like she was wearing a thong last weekend. And it was not a leo rode up her butt during the routine situation. She stepped out to start her floor routine wearing a leo clearly several sizes too small.

3/4 and elbow-length sleeves are very popular right now, but you can order the leo like that, not have to order 3 sizes down! And at least with GK, the brand I’m most familiar with, the modified (aka, higher) leg cut isn’t that high when the leo is the correct size. Just look at how the US Olympic leos fit–the gymnasts are measured by GK and the correct size is made for them–vs, well, pretty much every other leo we see worn.

The leo size obsession it starts so young. Sizing up to a child large has this stigma to it. Worse is when you size up to the adult sizes. And good forbid you ever need a size larger than Adult Small. I was size shamed in the 1990s. I saw girls size shamed as recently as 2019 (when I left gymnastics). Coaches, parents, and gymnasts themselves all participate in it. It’s part of the overwhelming toxic environment of the sport.

I wore a GK Adult Large when I was 5’8" and 130 pounds. My ass cheeks never hung out. GK now makes leos up to Adult 4XL. So it’s not a matter of their not being leo sizes for gymnasts who aren’t pixies. it’s a matter of not wearing the correct size.

/rant.

 

[onodian]

God is this sport even possible without psychologically scarring scores of little (and not so little) girls? Sometimes i wonder if we wouldn’t be better off calling the whole thing off and just having @ArnoldRimmer and @Jack doing cat leaps

 

[Doug1233]

She stepped out to start her floor routine wearing a leo clearly several sizes too small.

I do get the impression that she has gotten a little bigger but her leo’s haven’t caught up. maybe they only get one chance in the year to get leo’s made for them personally?

 

[Caledi]

I agree with this. I think it’s just that the style these days is to have a more revealing cut, especially in the butt. I mean, it’s true that there’s probably some weight shaming and stigma, but honestly there’s a lot less of that than there used to be, so that wouldn’t explain why leos have gone in the other direction.