ArnoldRimmer
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- Feb 5, 2021
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That still leaves us with the question of why experience for some reason didn’t matter this time, and why Amelie was there given that she’ll be mid NCAA career in 2024.
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And it only took 15 freaking years for the category one judges to start caring about execution.I do like that the judges are prioritising execution over difficulty - Simone is now being penalised for the huge jumps she is taking on landings - luckily for her and Team USA her difficulty levels are keeping her scores relatively high. She is no longer giving USA the cushion they once had though.
An excellent point. Today is not the first time a US gymnast has had a nasty surprise in major competition after a domestic panel were kind to be cruel, and if no changes are made then it won’t be the last. Russia and China also benefit from competing internationally quite a lot. Obviously in Skinner’s specific case I can see how getting her in front of more international panels would’ve been difficult. But it’s ironic that in an ideal world for the US, if anyone were going to qualify a nominative spot she’d probably have been the best one strategically.The US is a mess. Tom cannot lead, even if he has made some good calls such as putting Grace on the team. If you want to have an inflated home scoring system, fine- China and Russia do. But they know they do, they don’t kid themselves that they’re going to get the same sort of scores internationally.
Fixed it for youThe mismanagement of Grace’s dance CR back- up plan means we get salty Myk fans for the next three years.