WAG/MAG Podium Training Notes/ Quick Hits/ Reports (Wed. July 21- Thurs. July 22)

[Doug1233]

Does he live in Indy?

Maybe they gave him a car and an apt a la TrumpOrg.

 

[JaJa]

Listen, everyone does that kind of thing. Truly.

 

[Doug1233]

Yeah but most people declare it, no?

 

[Empress_Sato]

Has anyone mentioned what the floor in the practice gym is like? How comparable is it to the competition floor? How wise is it to perform it in competition when Jade hasn’t done one on the actual floor?

 

[tsarinajen]

Andrade’s Cheng!

 

[glamafonic]

I hate that they zoomed out wtf.

 

[Jack]

Mustafina in 2013!

 

[tsarinajen]

I miss her.

 

[ucrgirl]

I hope she gets a medal.

I normally assume the second US AAer is good for silver, but there are several strong contenders including Andrade.

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

I don’t know if that was totally intentional. I slowed down to “make sure,” but to me it looks like she was slightly imbalanced and improvised well --she’s not totally on her supporting leg, her hip is somewhat dropped. She did compete a Y 1.5 intentionally in 2011, so perhaps she trained the 2.5 too, but I never saw any footage of it

 

[onodian]

I fully think that’s unintentional. That whole routine was like spinning the wheel of fortune every time

 

[YurchenkoLoop]

I meant it’s partly intentional in that she decided to put the free leg down after 2.5 turns. Not planned, though, no.

 

[Livi]

Is there a big difference in D-score between Biles and Chiles on bars? I’m at work and couldn’t find it quickly/spend too much time searching.

I find Chiles much more pleasant to watch on bars. It’s so dynamic and smooth at the same time, with nice rythm. Biles seems to be working and fighting (sometimes struggling) more. Chiles’ form looks better too.

Yet Biles seems to outscore Chiles everytime. I’m not a judge, so I’m wondering if the D-score difference is big. Also, I’m not sure deductions for “less smoothnes”, etc. exist

 

[MRR]

Chiles’s UB is at a 5.9 while Simone has a 6.2. Much of the difference is the dismount, with the Fabrichnova garnering 0.2 more than a full-in.

 

[Livi]

I’d still feel like Chiles’s execution should be more than 0,3 better than Biles, but I’m probably wrong.

 

[Doug1233]

That’s legit.

 

[Doug1233]

We now have 3 judges scores in the Gymnaverse Podium Training panel:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ItXWgdLfAP-U48C0qpO_2_MtKwZ6-F4Eid-8n81xbCU/edit#gid=925947884

Simone and Grace are still the AA qualifiers, although now Suni has gone ahead of Jordan for third. Jade 5th and Skinner 6th same as before

Jade now gets the second vault spot (I alone had her tied with Skinner). The other events are Suni on bars, Grace on beam and Jade on floor.

 

[MRR]

Actually with the 0.1 OOB on Carey’s Amanar, NF and I have them tied

You have Skinner 0.05 ahead.

 

[Doug1233]

Oh yes! I didn’t add the ND

To be honest, my instinct was that Skinner would have qualified over Jade. I hope Jade can land that amanar ok tomorrow.

 

[irichluck21]

It is essentially why Marta used Nichols in all events in 2015 TF.