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USA Today says Olympics will be postponed. If true, then what?

Mar 23, 2020
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USAG calls for postponing yet THEY HAVEN’T CANCELED THE US CLASSIC YET.LMAO

Canada has already said they are not going…

Norway leaning towards not going

So if the Olympics is canceled, then what?

You have to turn 16 the year of the Olympics to be eligible to compete in gymnastics so does that mean gymnasts like Sydney Barros, Konnor McClain and Skye Blakely will now be eligible ? Or will it stay the way it was the year the Olympics was supposed to start?

Will they start the process for making the Olympics the same with the extra 2 spots and will they continue the process of qualifying through certain meets or will they go back to 5 gymnasts per team?

Will gymnasts like Mykayla and Simone continue or will they cut their loses and retire?

For me it’s simple. For the safety of everyone, postponing to 2021 makes the most sense. It’s the safest thing to do.

Now when it comes specifically to gymnastics I am 100% in favor of keeping the rules the way they were in 2020.

It would be nice to have 5 member teams again but it’s unfair to gymnasts like Jade Carey and Fan Yilin to rip away the Olympics they pretty much already qualified for.

And in NO WAY , SHAPE OR FORM, do I believe they should allow gymnasts who weren’t eligible in 2020 to compete if the Olympics is moved to 2021. That’s completely unfair to the older gymnasts who have been working towards this goal for years.

What do you think?

 
 
 

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