2016 Rio: USA Women's Gymnastics Team Qual

[invisiblespiral]

Douglas was kind of boring.

 

[Layback11]

Madison! <3 My bars bb!

 

[MalAssada]

No surprise, then.

 

[invisiblespiral]

I'm pretty sure Downie is out of UB finals, and I wanted her to win.

 

[Layback11]

Nooooo! Baethora fell

 

[invisiblespiral]

And I just saw somewhere that Eythora fell on floor.

 

[Layback11]

The Netherlands is beating Russia after the third rotation!

 

[invisiblespiral]

Was there Lindsey Sterling music in the background of Raisman's beam? :scratch:

 

[Mrs. P]

So looks like Aly has snagged the second AA spot, right?

 

[invisiblespiral]

So looks like Aly has snagged the second AA spot, right?

Yes, she has.

On another note, Laurie, and Fan Yilin is out of UB finals.

 

[invisiblespiral]

Hold on, weird note.

Douglas and Raisman are tied. If someone American scores over them, who gets 2-per-countried out of the final?

 

[Mrs. P]

Never mind. (Simone will probably get the other beam spot!)

 

[MalAssada]

And... That's it, I guess.

 

[invisiblespiral]

And... That's it, I guess.

Is sportv going to be showing subdivision 5? I want to watch them.

 

[Mrs. P]

So we got in Team USA (with one rotation left):

* Simone and Aly in the AA
* Simone in Vault, Beam, Floor
* Aly in Floor
* Gabby in UB
* Madison in UB
* Laurie in Beam

Is there a reason nobody else from the U.S. opted to do two vaults and get in the event final?

 

[ramurphy2005]

So we got in Team USA (with one rotation left):
Is there a reason nobody else from the U.S. opted to do two vaults and get in the event final?

I'm guessing that none of them have a second consistent high scoring vault.

 

[TontoK]

Wow. That was crazy dominance. I loved watching that on the feed. It was a little all over the place, but I eventually got to see most of the best routines.

I'm sure that in NBC Primetime, we'll hear more about the two-person-max rule, since Gabby is out of AA after qualifying third. Laurie is also out of floor after qualifying 4th. Gabby and Ali were both top 8 in balance beam, but they're out.

They made quite the to-do about that in London when Jordan Weiber qualified 4th for AA, but was only the third American.

I'm a little torn on the whole thing, to be honest. Of course, I want to see the best athletes go head-to-head, but I can also imagine how important it is for emerging nations to have an opportunity to earn a medal... or even to make the final.

 

[TontoK]

So we got in Team USA (with one rotation left):

* Simone and Aly in the AA
* Simone in Vault, Beam, Floor
* Aly in Floor
* Gabby in UB
* Madison in UB
* Laurie in Beam

Is there a reason nobody else from the U.S. opted to do two vaults and get in the event final?

My understanding is that Marta does not consider that second vault as being that important, unless the vaulter is of gob-smacking superior skill, certain to win an event medal, like Simone or the girl from London.

The second vault does not contribute to the team event, and that is the Holy Grail for Marta.

 

[MalAssada]

Is sportv going to be showing subdivision 5? I want to watch them.

Most likely yes. I will see in which sportv it will be shown. Same channel, as soon as the basketball match is over.

 

[gmyers]

There need to be many reforms to gymnastics and one of the things has be abolishing the top 2 rule and allowing everyone to see the best compete against each other not pretending there's equal quality in the world.