US WAG Olympic trials Night 2 (LIVE DISCUSSION)

[RedBirdie]

Real top notch journalism here!

 

[Hatsumomo]

I was just saying the same to my sister. Simone doesn’t have the massive cushion she used to. And come Tokyo, she doesn’t have a previous day’s scores to keep her propped up in the finals. A night like tonight would create the biggest upset in gymnastics since Pod only knows when.

 

[glamafonic]

Don’t put that into the universe. Simone falling all over the place in Tokyo would be the most depressing thing to ever happen.

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

Please why are these semi-reliable Twitter sources of info decrying Skinner’s selection?? Clearly Tim got to them lol

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

cries in Sydney

 

[lovegymnasts]

 

[Passion]

Skinner gets screwed in 2016 and 2019 when she came 4th AA but “didn’t fill the right holes.” Then gets screwed again in 2021 when she would have actually been the highest scoring team.

 

[Hatsumomo]

I was going to say Sydney and the vault disaster, but wasn’t sure if that was the biggest upset.

 

[glamafonic]

Fucking knew it all along.

 

[Jack]

…are you really implying that Skinner was screwed in 2016 and 2019?

 

[mnesiptolema]

Jordan was so hyped and excited. I love her attitude and am so looking forward to watching her in Tokyo!

 

[arabiandoublefront]

For whatever reason, they like Skinner. I wouldn’t understand why.

 

[Hatsumomo]

Right? And even now, she doesn’t fill the right holes. Putting her on the core team would leave gaping holes on UB and BB.

 

[ucrgirl]

And that is why Skinner is the plus one even though trying for another bars medal (Riley) was more logical.

I do hope for Skinner’s sake that she doesn’t post a raw (tacky) video that she will regret when she “grows up.”

 

[mnesiptolema]

The Gymter.net transcribing Tom’s explanation:

 

[Marcio_Custodio]

Now skinner got her +1 spot wouldnt it be smarter for her to train only vt and fx for the olympics?
I mean she could have a real shot on vt. And could figure in on fx in case the others fail and she make some execution adjustments

 

[makam]

One thing I will say, I liked how Tim and Nastia were confident predicting Jordan would make the team. In the Martha years, you couldn’t even say that Simone would make the team, you had to add weasel language in there because you never knew what Martha’s whims were and who was already out in her mind.

 

[Hatsumomo]

Now you know her team will not be smart enough to do that. They’re going to work on that Bhardwaj and delude themselves that she could be the second AAer.

 

[Passion]

Now skinner got her +1 spot wouldnt it be smarter for her to train only vt and fx for the olympics?
I mean she could have a real shot on vt. And could figure in on fx in case the others fail and she make some execution adjustments

Not training UB/BB for three weeks will make no difference in her VT/FX ability. If someone gets hurt, she and Jade are the built in alternates.

 

[lovegymnasts]

I mean who really truly questioned that they would go in rank order?