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My opinion on Senior Nationals. Day One
Hello all. Below I started a blog during Nationals and got bored so I ended it. The feed was driving me nuts anyway. Anyone that wants to watch less bumpy video watch usa-gymanstics.org’s feed. It is smaller so it works better.
I left my comments up below from the first two rotations but here is my more thought out opinion.
Nastia Liukin. She did not look good. Her beam was not improved from Classics. She ended with a double twist (step) and had quite a few bobbles though-out the routine as well as a missed connection on her front aerial , back handspring back layout. Tim Dagget pointed out that her Sheep jump should not have gotten credit and I agree 100%. She warmed up bars and looks the same on that event but did not compete. (Her giants look worse then ever. Valeri has passed this horrible trait onto Bross also)
I am so glad to hear Valeri say if she isn’t ready she won’t go to worlds but last time I checked isn’t there a camp to decide who goes? Nastia getting a free pass based on last years results is ridiculous. Not un-expected but ridiculous the same. Plus it’s pretty ignorant that Valeri feels she is on the team already.
Bridget Sloan fell on beam. Rebecca Bross fell on her beam dismount but still got a 14.7. Biggest gift of the night on any discipline.
Ivana Hong hit all 4 events but found herself in second place thanks to Bross’s higher A scores. Both do DTY’s but Bross has 5 tenths over Ivana on bars. 1 tenth on beam and 2 tenths on Floor.
Chellsie Memmel competed on beam and got a deduction of 5 tenths for something. Maybe because her dad stayed on the podium. Way to treat your former World Champ USA-Gymnastics. I would be fine with this deduction if I thought for a second that Nastia or Ivana would have gotten the same deduction.
Bridget Sloan looked nervous and after she fell off beam she pretty much stopped trying.
Please explain to me the hype about Rebecca Bross? Her form is bad (last pass on floor was a twisting mess) she is sloppy on beam and her dancing is not fun to watch. She just doesn’t stand out on any event and I can’t see what people love about her gymnastics? She isn’t as camera happy as the other gymnasts (you know how that annoys me.lol) so I should love her but I just can’t even watch her sometimes.
This is Nationals so I guess I shouldn’t expect truth in judging. Olympics had that same problem last year. Maybe I should just grasp the facts that the sport just isn’t the same any more.
Right now here are your event final leaders.
UB
1- Bross (15.05) 2- Whitcomb (14.8) 3-Sloan (14.55) 4- Caquotto (14.450) 5- Bieger (14.350) 6- Dabritz (14.050)
BB- 1- Hong (15.150) 2- Peszek (15.000) 3- Bross (14.7 with fall) 4- Clark (14.500) 5- Liukin (14.450) 6- Sloan (13.950)
Floor 1- Hunter (14.400) 2- Bross (14.350) 3- Hong ( 14.300) Sloan 5- Williams (14.250) 6- Peszek (14.200)
Vault is to crazy to figure out right now.
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It’s a good thing I stopped blogging when I did. This has to be the biggest joke of a Nationals ever. Nastia connects nothing and gets a score in the 14’s. (Tim actually mentioned how Nastia’s sheep jump was a mess and should have lost the credit it was done so poorly) Bross falls on beam and gets a 14.7? NOT a possible score.
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Quick hits are over. It’s getting too choppy. Sorry. Off to eat something.
Memmel beam – Small bobble on full turn. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rebecca Clark- Floor – Clean DP, Step OB Last pass ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bridget bars- A little sloppy. Does a weird bend at the hips in her handstands. Better then Bross’s ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scrunchie talk OMG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Looks like Chellsie and Nastia are only doing beam ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Missed some of Hong but when I checked her feet were together ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bross UB- Sloppy routine by Bross. To high on the pak, legs seperated. Just very messy. Ridiculous score
This is worse then NBC. All standing around and Nastia walking. Very little gymnastics. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Rotation 1
Caquatto (sp) Fell on beam. I missed most of the routine. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More Nastia standing around and babble from Tim and Elfi ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bridget Sloan- DTY, Small step. Decent vault. Better then Peszek, Hong. Crossed feet, leg’s not together (14.9) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ More Nastia standing ZzZzZzZzzzzzzz Bashing old gymnasts ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Peszek DTY. Very messy, step. Worst I have seen in a long time from her 14.55 (Kyla Ross had a 15.050) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Nastia standing. Nastia breathing. Who needs gymnastics? Urgh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bieger Vault- Sat down 1.5 Short ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Whitcomb bars- Nice set. Some leg separations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hong- DTY. Blah, step. Better form then Bross but not great. 14.600 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bross vault. Out of line. Short of rotation. Step to the side. Legs a part throughout. 14.45 (way over scored) ~~~~~~~~~~ Why do we get stuck with Tim and Elfi online? They are annoying! 20 minutes so far and NO gym. At least the sound and picture are on. They weren’t 20 minutes ago.)
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