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[MaryClare]

Is she supposed to be Olga Korbut?
It made me remember this old movie from 1974.

I did not get the impression from the media release that any of the characters portray real people. I think each episode is a fictionalised drama set in a different sport each time. I could not imagine Melnikova playing Korbut, they do not look similar.

 

[Passion]

Is Melnikova doing okay?

She was noticeably smaller at Russian Cup last year, and now the picture of her for the TV show looks like things have ..continued to progress in that direction.

 

[MaryClare]

Is Melnikova doing okay?

She was noticeably smaller at Russian Cup last year, and now the picture of her for the TV show looks like things have ..continued to progress in that direction.

Did you see her at Russian championships last month? She looks normal to me. Her gymnastics wasn’t at its absolutely best, but she seemed very strong. She is on holiday in Thailand at the moment

 

[Passion]

Did you see her at Russian championships last month? She looks normal to me. Her gymnastics wasn’t at its absolutely best, but she seemed very strong. She is on holiday in Thailand at the moment

She did look more like herself at this years championships. Maybe she was just sick or something last year and this picture for the show was taken closer to then.

 

[MaryClare]

She did look more like herself at this years championships. Maybe she was just sick or something last year and this picture for the show was taken closer to then.

I think the photo is meant to look like that, if you know what I mean.

 

[Matilda23]

Is Melnikova doing okay?

She was noticeably smaller at Russian Cup last year, and now the picture of her for the TV show looks like things have ..continued to progress in that direction.

IIRC Melnikova said during that pre-Tokyo Olympic Channel program (with Chen Yile and Morgan Hurd), that she was eating less during Covid times because she was not exercise as much. And in the scene when she returned home, she didn’t eat the piece of cake her mother gave her.

 

[wishfulgoddess]

It doesn't help that the leotard she has on in the picture (just wanna say that Soviet style of leo was always my favorite- love it and hope to see some yarn!) is a bit too big for her. Baggy arms.

 

[tempest]

My ankles hurt just watching this

 

[RichardL]

My ankles hurt just watching this

Absolute cringe. Lucky if she makes it to Paris. Absolutely no reason to do that pass.

 

[CameliasFingerpaint]

I see that Romania has decided to film their trials on a CCTV webcam from 2006. It’s so very Russia circa 2013. Gives me all the feels.

 

[dweiss324]

She's punching from horizontal, her hands almost scraped the floor on her punch

 

[irichluck21]

All the bonus in D score from that pass is negated and more in E score.

 

[Matilda23]

Is Sabrina the first WAG to do that combination? Maybe she just wanted to be the first.

 

[Puffin]

Is Sabrina the first WAG to do that combination? Maybe she just wanted to be the first.

Her mother did it at 1987 Worlds - her punch front was similar

Many of Sabrina's routines seem to be designed to get people talking about Camelia

 

[tempest]

Her mom did “just” a double layout to punch front… Sabrina did a full twisting DLO into the punch front… her mom‘s version looked much safer than the daughters!

 

[CameliasFingerpaint]

Her mom did “just” a double layout to punch front… Sabrina did a full twisting DLO into the punch front… her mom‘s version looked much safer than the daughters!

Not to mention she did it on a floor mat that is the equivalent to a dining room table comparatively to today’s floors.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Her mom did “just” a double layout to punch front… Sabrina did a full twisting DLO into the punch front… her mom‘s version looked much safer than the daughters!

Definitely. It's not the highest punch front the world has ever seen, but it looked very safe and secure. Not at all scrambled. On an 80s floor, that's impressive.

 

[makam]

Absolute cringe. Lucky if she makes it to Paris. Absolutely no reason to do that pass.

Yikes. On the list of things I hope to never see again, that has taken the lead over Jordan Chiles' floor wolf turns.

 

[MaryClare]

Per USAG bio, Reese Esponda is now at WCC
@rlayt

 

[RichardL]

Per USAG bio, Reese Esponda is now at WCC
@rlayt

Wow. I mean she needs help so maybe this is the answer. A cry for help at the very least.