US Nationals WAG Day 2

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This absolutely pure speculation but Morgan broke her prior to the meet and had to use spares. Could this have effected her performance? I found it rather shocking that her performance was so bad and such ad ecrease in quality from classics.
 
Rules are rules and I prefer black and white to secret squirrel stuff behind closed doors. However, I mostly agree with the petitions being denied. Morgan has become a headcase, Hernandez has performed a lack lustre beam on 1 day then injured the next. And then there is Chellsie. If her day 2 was as good as day 1, she would be going to Olympic Trials. My heart broke for her whilst watching her video about the comp. The tears and strength and vulnerability, it makes me want to rush over and give her a big hug. I really hope she gets to Worlds. I love Andy’s video when he says that she has even made a new skill. I’m so proud of her getting home and straight back into the gym.
 
Doug, I have a question about Memmel day 2 bars. Am I correctly seeing USAG judges only took .25 in deductions, other than the falls? And you only took .5? Even accounting for it being a hyper short…thing…(to call it a routine seems wildly inaccurate)it feels like that’s a level of execution we just don’t see. Ever.

Also: oof, Skinner was so wildly overscored by USAG judges.
 
Yes. But what skills did she do?

A kip cast.
A huge Hindorff so no amplitude deduction (which she missed)
A kip cast
A toe Shap
A clear hip (which she missed). And you don’t take for lateness if there’s a fall on it.

So there were very few skills to take deductions on.

Most routines have 15+ skills (including a pirouette which usually gets 3 for being late, let alone leg form).
 
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Morgan hasn’t ‘become a headache’ - she was still recovering from TWO surgeries on her right elbow in March! 😡
 
IMO, it was due to lack of numbers because she’s still recovering from TWO surgeries on one elbow. To me, Morgan seemed almost lost in the air from lack of training. Jmo.
 
Skinner’s strategy of “throw all the difficulty because there’s no way the judges can possibly take all the deductions from my fugly gymnastics” sure seems to be working on USAG judges. Barf. So we horrifically overscored at nationals. I fear what scored they’ll be throwing out for her at Trials.
 

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