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I can’t with these threads anymore.
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AgreeYeah, even as an inveterate China WAG fan, I'm finding these threads a bit much.
But in this case, I'll take the bait. Yes, Li Shanshan was a good gymnast. She was the beamer they needed in 2008, when Xiao Sha and Sui Lu (both of whom had more natural talent, IMO) were too inconsistent. She'll also have a special place in my heart for beating Ponor for the BB silver at 2007 Worlds. She fell. Ponor didn't.
The balance beam event final at 2007 Chinese National Gymnastics Championships is primary reason why Li ShanShan won the race ahead Sui Lu and Xiao Sha, and eventually earned a spot in 2008 Olympic team.Xiao Sha was something special for sure, wow. I just rewatched her 2007 TF routine, which had so many small errors and still scored 16+. She scored 14.65 in qualifications so must have had a disaster (15.65 in AA with very large errors). Gorgeous switch ring since we've been chatting about them.
This routine should be at least 14.65-14.6; she scored 14.625 in floor qualifications of World Championships 2007, why she do the same at Olympic 2008 and only scored 14.2?
Have you ever considered a career in international diplomacy, Denn?@Iminhanoi Several people have given you feedback in this thread. Did you read it and do you think you can do something with it?
Thanks
LOL... I was trying to give the benefit of the doubt.Have you ever considered a career in international diplomacy, Denn?
Li Shanshan's execution scores were actually not significantly different between the two competitions:
2007 World Championships - 8.625
2008 Olympics - 8.500
However, she lost 0.3 in her difficulty score between the two competitions.
2007 World Championships - 6.0
2008 Olympics - 5.7 (2 1/2 twist was downgraded to a double twist for being underrotated)
2 1/2 Twist underrotated -> Credit as Double Twist, C element
Double Twist -> No DV, substitute the next highest valued skill, which is an A element
6.0 - 0.10 (devaluation of the 2 1/2 twist) - 0.30 ('repetition' of double twist) + 0.1 (counting A element) = 5.7
The underrotation of the 2 1/2 twist is easily visible from this angle:
which many people seem to have on speed dial. Oh well . . . . . .there is always the IGNORE button.Evidently, someone has declined to pick up the clue phone.
We don't talk enough about Xiao Sha.Xiao Sha was something special for sure, wow. I just rewatched her 2007 TF routine, which had so many small errors and still scored 16+. She scored 14.65 in qualifications so must have had a disaster (15.65 in AA with very large errors). Gorgeous switch ring since we've been chatting about them.
You think there's room for a topic discussing some underrated/not-talked-enough-about gymnasts? I feel like a lot of gymnasts from the 2005-2008 era went under the radar.We don't talk enough about Xiao Sha.
We can certainly fix that!We don't talk enough about Xiao Sha.
I would love to have a thread for underrated gymnasts from various time periods.You think there's room for a topic discussing some underrated/not-talked-enough-about gymnasts? I feel like a lot of gymnasts from the 2005-2008 era went under the radar.