US Classic Senior Session 1

[cats]

By refine I really meant stabilize - I’d like to see her not have a huge check on it. But still, different strokes for different folks!

 

[RedBirdie]

What the heck is up with Konnor McClain?

 

[Dex]

Only one potential Olympic hopeful in session one: Grace. She did good for het progress after her injury. I don’t see any other challenging the big guns.
I loved Chellsie’s comeback, loved her joy
Laurie was kind of dissapointing. If she is serious about Tokyo she should be further along by now.
Emma! PLEASE quit elite and prepare for UCLA before you really hurt yourself…

 

[emmade]

Dunno. She looked like she was about to cry and throw a tantrum on BB or UB…

Apparently she is sick. If that is the case, stay at home with your face mask and paracetamol.

 

[Dex]

We are still in COVID land…if she was sick she should not have competed, testing is just a one moment thing

 

[JaJa]

NBCSN is carried on one of the sling packages. Sling offers 7 day free trials. So sign up for a free trial, and you can watch

Same with Hulu Live TV

 

[Kittentoes]

I’m down for a “2020 sucked and my dad and millions of other people are dead and I just want to watch Chellsie at Nationals” loophole. It’s not like they are going to Trials.

 

[Passion]

 

[emmade]

YES YES YES YES!!!

Love Chellsie. Love Tom for not being a wanker about this.

 

[dco1987]

 

[ucrgirl]

Ah. The “Recently injured loophole.”

 

[Doug1233]

Lol every single gymnast in the country is “recently injured”.

YOU GET A NATIONALS INVITE. AND YOU GET A NATIONALS INVITE. EVERYONE GETS A NATTIONALS INVITE!!!

 

[emmade]

Kittentoes, I am seriously so sorry about your Dad. I mean no disrespect to those who have been to hell and back due to the asshole that was 2020. Always about if you need a little support.

 

[RedBirdie]

Back in the day, EVERYONE used to just petition through!

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Yeah, Nastia showed a potentially usable routine on beam in 2012, at a time when the leading contenders for the team were leaving a bit of a gap: Aly had just got rinsed by the E panel in Jesolo, Gabby and McKayla both had consistency issues and we all knew Jordyn’s composition was daring the D panel to do something. Of the next level down, Bross was never going to be able to hit the Patterson consistently, Li was unusable and it wasn’t really Ebee’s event. There was 100% a gymnastics case for taking a mid 14 with a very strong history of hitting beam in major competition. That’s not a loophole, it’s performance based.

Chellsie should still have been at Nationals in 2012 though, and she should be there this year too.

 

[Doug1233]

I LOVE Chellsie. But one meet. An FTY. And an 11 on beam. Should not qualify you to Nationals. Im sorry.

That would barely qualify you to British Nationals.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

Yes, they desperately need some good publicity. This is a very sensible decision by USAG.

 

[RAFIKI]

Yeah in 2004 I think the story was that Marta encouraged Hatch to petition to trials because she was unlikely to qualify in the top 12 at nationals and she wanted to keep her big vaulter in contention. Simone aside, 2021 reminds me a lot of the 2004 era as we have lots of different plausible teams.

I also wasn’t surprised to see Chellsie fall on beam but I was expecting it to be her mount or LO-LO. The arabian seems to be her most consistent skill in training so that sucks. Loved her reaction after vault. It was a great FTY and the double looks very doable. Her interview was wonderful, great to see her chuffed and happy even though it didn’t go to plan.

 

[ArnoldRimmer]

I hope she can do other events at Nationals. It was obviously a lot of fun to see her compete but beam and vault were always the events of hers I was less fond of. Would like to see some bars and tumbling!

 

[lovegymnasts]

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