Simone is out of the AA, VT, UB and FX

[onodian]

Listunova still has bb/fx to prove herself. She has a legitimate shot at a medal on both

 

[Maeloc_Cao]

Listy in BB?

 

[Livi]

Giulia was actually the first person that came to my mind when this happened. She has had the exact same thing and while she does have her DTY back, it’ll never be the same anymore. You can see the forced twisting. I’ll always be anxious when she does her vault. It took her a lot of time and patience.

There was a documentary about her, where she’s very open about it and explains what it did to her. You can watch it here:

 

[MaryClare]

I think she’s 1st alternate? So given the situation with Simone and injuries to Black, Iordache and Saraiva, there’s a good chance she will be I think

 

[onodian]

Sorry I’m kind of counting with at least 2 people scratching bb finals

 

[Maeloc_Cao]

Ahh! Ok, You are right!

 

[MRR]

I am surprised Urazova was kept in. Listunova’s scores in the TF plus prelims vault have her at 57.699, 0.3 better than Andrade. That was the best she could do, but I would argue the same for Urazova in prelims who netted 57.099.

 

[makam]

Listunova also showed earlier in the season that she can struggle with a long competition. It might be better for her to have had the rest (she’s in FX finals, right?)

 

[Doug1233]

Did listunova’s TF score beat Suni in the AA?

 

[MaryClare]

Listunova didn’t vault in TF but her TF scores plus prelims vault puts her ahead of Suni today

 

[Doug1233]

Listunova didn’t vault in TF but her TF scores plus prelims vault puts her ahead of Suni today

If you pick and choose Suni’s “best” plus Listunova “best” I presume Listy wins?

I guess being consistent in prelims AND finals is the name of the game when you’re from a top team.

 

[MaryClare]

Good question, I haven’t checked. It’s pretty crazy that the national champion of US nor Russia competed in the AA final. But certainly it puts Russia in a good place when we still managed 3rd and 4th whereas before there was very little competition within the team for AA spots

 

[irichluck21]

I don’t think it really mattered much the casual primetime audience was not who needed to be convinced. It was all the ones on social media that are seeing Twitter and Facebook posts and feel the need to comment without actually understanding what occurred.

A friend I know called Biles a “quitter” and she hadn’t seen what happened on vault, just that Biles “quit” and told everyone “I am not having fun”…I know it’s Simone and she owes no one explanations but her press conference didn’t go over well with the common 4 year fan folk.

 

[irichluck21]

Choosing Suni and Lisutnova’s bests means Suni comes out on top.

 

[JaJa]

I know it’s Simone and she owes no one explanations but her press conference didn’t go over well with the common 4 year fan folk.

My sense is that no one – at least no one competent or up to the task – helped prepare Simone for that press conference or for the fallout in general. Yet another instance of USAG not protecting its athletes.

 

[irichluck21]

And where was the High Performance Director?

Probably for the best he was pouting behind the curtains.

 

[JaJa]

Where were her coaches? Where were the PR people from USAG? Anybody???

 

[JaJa]

They were all there front and center when she was winning medals and helping them make money.

Then she gets into trouble and she’s left out there on her own.

 

[RedBirdie]

once again, she’s been terrible mismanaged, in every single aspect.

 

[PeakePups]

Some of the narratives I am seeing from people about Biles are mind blowing.

The craziest one that I’m seeing a lot is that she quit because they would not score her properly. They don’t score her properly because she is too good and everyone else can’t keep up so they are holding her back.