US Classic Senior Session 2

[Denn]

Answering questions about Biles’ Vault… I had:
0.1 feet (I could not see the leg separation today)
0.3 extension before landing
0.3 big step
0.1 extra step

 

[Sasha]

Harking back to an earlier conversation, I just saw Jade and thought Riley had made a miraculous return.

 

[glamafonic]

Why does all of Carey’s gymnastics look like it’s in slow motion?

 

[Doug1233]

Totally! they look the same!!

 

[Jack]

Kayla has some really nice qualities. Great carriage.

 

[Sasha]

Because the universe needed something to balance out Iordache.

 

[blueghost]

Wong falls on the Jaeger. I’m a huge fan… dang!

 

[Doug1233]

GAGE is having a great day…

 

[glamafonic]

Skinner off on full.

 

[JaJa]

“This is amazing . . .” and off she goes.

 

[Jack]

We literally had a thread that was 63 pages long making fun of Skinner’s switch half in 2013. WHY IS SHE STILL DOING IT?

 

[upmysleeve]

I liked her little sideways jump full combo!

 

[Doug1233]

It’s actually improved! I only gave it a 1 for body shape. Her routine is just constant deductions. Every fucking second I was writing.

 

[makam]

At least that “illusion” was gone…

 

[Jack]

I guess you can polish a turd.

 

[irichluck21]

Chiles has made Skinner obsolete, as if that was not already in motion.

 

[tempest]

your lips to god!

 

[Doug1233]

Skinner could only ever make this team if one of Simone or Jade gets injured and there’s a reason to put Skinner in the +1 specialist spot for VT.

That is LITERALLY THE ONLY WAY she makes it to Tokyo. Any other permutation of her chances is delusional.

 

[Denn]

I am glad Skinner took out the spin series. It was just never going to work. I wish she would also take out the switch split + switch half + back tuck series, which is also really rough. Skinner can do the rest of the exercise better. She was being unusually cautious about amplitude of her split and straddle jumps, so I took off 0.3 for so many of them.

 

[RedBirdie]

aw, I really wanted to see how the judges were going that “illusion”!