US Classic Senior Session 2

[Doug1233]

I actually feel really sorry for MyKayla. That 7.3 E score for floor. You could tell it really hit her hard. She looked like she didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. A very painful reality check. She is noway near this Olympic team. Half of Team USA is in a boot, falling all over the place, not even competing AA. And she only has one fall, hits one of the best Cheng’s of her live, makes it through floor without a major error, and comes 10th. That must really really hurt.

 

[irichluck21]

But even still, that is a almost full 2 points plus Finnegan is on the US team, when Russia is using it’s Olympic team.

 

[Doug1233]

I don’t disagree. But her FX dance elements are woeful. European judges hit them harder than American judges do, it seems.

 

[glamafonic]

Any of you judges want to list the deductions on the Cheng for me?

 

[Doug1233]

@makam - I don’t think my scores make the totals until at least 2 judges have inputted scores in. Just one judge and it reverts to the USAG score. Thats why its not a 54.9 for Grace (by me). I wondered why it was so high! ha

THe way we have written the algorithm is that WWGym doesn’t have a score until 2 judges have inputted scores.

 

[RedBirdie]

I switched over to hockey as soon as classic was done. They just showed Simone’s vault!

 

[glamafonic]

Yeah I heard elsewhere they showed the one from podium training during hockey yesterday!

 

[irichluck21]

I am watching curling now and I am in heaven

 

[glamafonic]

Me too! Hah!

 

[cats]

Did Carey and Fatta get identical marks or is something weird with the scoring? I wasn’t paying enough attention.

Also, I wonder what the impact of Simone’s ten foot high YDP has on MyKayla’s small Cheng. Like, are we all recalibrating our amplitude meters?

 

[irichluck21]

Stock Up/ Stock Down

Biles: GOAT
Chiles: Up
DiCello: Up
McCallum:Up (coming off injury)
Carey: Up wow on UB!!!
Wong: Up
Finnegan: Up
Blakely: Even
Eaker: Down
Skinner: Down
Jones: Down
McClain: Down
S Lee: Down
E Lee: Up
Hurd: Down
McCusker: Down- let’s see how bad that injury is

 

[lovegymnasts]

Video playlist

 

[makam]

After podium training, I had McCusker’s stock up, so yeah, I hope the injury is just a minor one they want to baby. She wasn’t really limping when she left the podium though her eyes definitely said pain.

 

[Jack]

After all of our collective prattling about Tom’s asinine selection methods, I honestly think the best way to select this team is going to be by AA rank at Trials. I think Jordan has a slight edge and a higher potential than the others, but the daylight between the non Simone field is so negligible that you might as well go strictly by competition results.

 

[Doug1233]

This is a good fucking vault. I actually feel badly for her. So much improved. This is ACTUALLY a Cheng.

 

[Doug1233]

I had 2 on preflight (bent arm, shoulder angle)

Post flight - 1 distance 1 height (this was a borderline 3 but the Paseka rule means you always get 1/1 for a Cheng) 1 lack of layout, 1 bent knees, 1 slight pike down, 1 hop

 

[glamafonic]

Maybe they hit her extra hard on dynamics because they’d been watching Simone do that YDP for the last few days? Because a .3 height or distance is basically the difference in the scores isn’t it?

But I agree that is a massively improved vault.

 

[makam]

But I agree that is a massively improved vault.

Agreed. It looked NOTHING like the version she posted just a few days ago.

 

[Doug1233]

Yea. But at Worlds they never hit 3/3 for one of the big vaults. A Cheng or an Amanar (or even a DTY).

 

[Doug1233]

Just looked at Riley’s DTY again. She picked up her foot EXACTLY how Mustafina did at Euros 2011.

That’s a “turn in the ground” reaction. I worry she’s torn ankle ligaments or something.