Weekend of Nasty Gymnasm…

Alright. I’m with Rhonda Fahn. Hearing Georgia not making NCAAs gives me a nasty grimace. The Team of God has been bullying their way under heaven’s guidance all season, overscoring themselves and getting pissed while not getting the special treatment. Looking ahead, even a god heavenly CGAer like Cassie Whitcomb ditched her friendship with Shayla and jumped ship to UCLA. It will take a lot more convincing, after this season, to lure either Bridget Sloan or Kayla Williams, especially when they see the entitled WOGA duo getting the same treatment. UGA has, in a way, made Shayla Worley a saint with actual work ethics compared to the rest of the team.

UCLA and Florida are the only two teams in NCAA with actual style. UCLA has added a lot more difficulty into their beam routines and is not backing down after their previous meltdowns. That kind of commitment to quality is what will win them the championship. NCAA will likely go UCLA-Florida-Oklahoma, with all SEC teams sinking ships. My evil inner self has always compared SEC gymnastics to trashy southern culture and deems them to have no place in a sport of aesthetic value.

Paris World Cup went as I predicted. On bars Youna threw the def and went behind Tweddle, who trailed behind He Kexin. There are only two female gymnasts out there who you can count on to be more or less consistent: Beth Tweddle on floor and He Kexin on bars. They are the only two people who know for a fact that if they hit, they will win on their respective event. Racking up unreal difficulty has only one advantage. Domination is the ultimate source of confidence. Same can not be said about Wu Liufang on bars and Huang Qiushuang on all events.

In 2006 Beth won over Li Ya multiple times when both hit clean routines with Li Ya leading six tenths or so in A score. China is focusing exclusively on pirouetting angles and it showed. HKX’s pirouettes are not as fluid as Yang Yilin, but they are undeductable. With this streak, China will rack up huge points on bars in team finals.

Speaking of, Aliya Mustafina is not in shape. Her ankles are obviously hurt but without her, the Russian team will again sure to lose to Romania at Euros like they did in 2008. As always, the Romanian team is less distracted and more determined, with little resource they have. Raluca Haidu has gotten a DTY as expected, and they have a dream beam lineup of Chelaru, Racea and Porgras, when Russia might have to put Ekaterina Kurbatova on all four events if Aliya can not vault or do floor. The Russians can not stay healthy and they have some sort of a weight problem. This team is not on a Soviet diet for sure. Aliya looks bigger than a 26 year old Millousi (who is hot!). I might add that the only Russian gymnast who was never plagued by injury was the skeleton Queen. 

At last, a NED-BEL-SUI tri meet was held this weekend. I gotta say this. Ariella’s floor routine is divine and more genius than any Valorie Kondos routine.

@2 years ago with 2 notes
#Aliya Mustafina #Beth Tweddle #He Kexin #Shayla Worley #UGA #Wu Liufang #Areilla Kaislin 

Everybody Hates Bela Karolyi

Aunt Joyce had posted an interview with Kathy Johnson that is absolutely phenomenal and a must read. In summary: Bela Karolyi is a bigger asshole than he appears on TV; NBC is stupid and evil.

This brings me to again reflect the history of how USAG has been getting their way with Bela-bullying tactics. I must point out that at 2003 Worlds in Anaheim, the Chinese team was penalized for warming up on podium, while Hollie Vise was allowed to pin a  number on her back a minute before she goes up without receiving a neutral deduction. I believe technically, if a gymnast doesn’t go up 30 seconds after the green light she should receive a zero. One must also take into account that Anaheim Worlds podium was the worst, the most cramped in all Worlds history. The roaring audience was sitting a few feet behind the judges and there was no resting areas down the podium with chairs for gymnasts to tape up and warm up at the last minute, which was why the Chinese were warming up on podium at the first place.

Paris World Cup is on the way. My girl withdrew for reasons unknown. He Kexin would only be competing bars. Wu Liufang would be competing three events except for vault, and Jiang Tong would be competing three events but bars. For those who don’t know who Jiang Tong is, I don’t either. The girl is Coach Liu’s hometown girl and was kept on the national team to motivate He Kexin after her old training mates Xiao Sha and Li Shanshan retired. She is also a vault specialist who can only do a Y1.5. Other big name WAG gymnasts include Aliya Mustafina, Beth Tweddle and Youna Dufournet, half of the Worlds bars EF here already. I predict a HKX-Beth-Youna bars placement if Youna throws and catches her Def. 

@2 years ago with 2 notes
#Bela Karolyi #Kathy Johnson #He Kexin #Beth Tweddle #Youna Dufournet 
Weekend of Nasty Gymnasm…

Alright. I’m with Rhonda Fahn. Hearing Georgia not making NCAAs gives me a nasty grimace. The Team of God has been bullying their way under heaven’s guidance all season, overscoring themselves and getting pissed while not getting the special treatment. Looking ahead, even a god heavenly CGAer like Cassie Whitcomb ditched her friendship with Shayla and jumped ship to UCLA. It will take a lot more convincing, after this season, to lure either Bridget Sloan or Kayla Williams, especially when they see the entitled WOGA duo getting the same treatment. UGA has, in a way, made Shayla Worley a saint with actual work ethics compared to the rest of the team.

UCLA and Florida are the only two teams in NCAA with actual style. UCLA has added a lot more difficulty into their beam routines and is not backing down after their previous meltdowns. That kind of commitment to quality is what will win them the championship. NCAA will likely go UCLA-Florida-Oklahoma, with all SEC teams sinking ships. My evil inner self has always compared SEC gymnastics to trashy southern culture and deems them to have no place in a sport of aesthetic value.

Paris World Cup went as I predicted. On bars Youna threw the def and went behind Tweddle, who trailed behind He Kexin. There are only two female gymnasts out there who you can count on to be more or less consistent: Beth Tweddle on floor and He Kexin on bars. They are the only two people who know for a fact that if they hit, they will win on their respective event. Racking up unreal difficulty has only one advantage. Domination is the ultimate source of confidence. Same can not be said about Wu Liufang on bars and Huang Qiushuang on all events.

In 2006 Beth won over Li Ya multiple times when both hit clean routines with Li Ya leading six tenths or so in A score. China is focusing exclusively on pirouetting angles and it showed. HKX’s pirouettes are not as fluid as Yang Yilin, but they are undeductable. With this streak, China will rack up huge points on bars in team finals.

Speaking of, Aliya Mustafina is not in shape. Her ankles are obviously hurt but without her, the Russian team will again sure to lose to Romania at Euros like they did in 2008. As always, the Romanian team is less distracted and more determined, with little resource they have. Raluca Haidu has gotten a DTY as expected, and they have a dream beam lineup of Chelaru, Racea and Porgras, when Russia might have to put Ekaterina Kurbatova on all four events if Aliya can not vault or do floor. The Russians can not stay healthy and they have some sort of a weight problem. This team is not on a Soviet diet for sure. Aliya looks bigger than a 26 year old Millousi (who is hot!). I might add that the only Russian gymnast who was never plagued by injury was the skeleton Queen. 

At last, a NED-BEL-SUI tri meet was held this weekend. I gotta say this. Ariella’s floor routine is divine and more genius than any Valorie Kondos routine.

2 years ago
#Aliya Mustafina #Beth Tweddle #He Kexin #Shayla Worley #UGA #Wu Liufang #Areilla Kaislin 
Everybody Hates Bela Karolyi

Aunt Joyce had posted an interview with Kathy Johnson that is absolutely phenomenal and a must read. In summary: Bela Karolyi is a bigger asshole than he appears on TV; NBC is stupid and evil.

This brings me to again reflect the history of how USAG has been getting their way with Bela-bullying tactics. I must point out that at 2003 Worlds in Anaheim, the Chinese team was penalized for warming up on podium, while Hollie Vise was allowed to pin a  number on her back a minute before she goes up without receiving a neutral deduction. I believe technically, if a gymnast doesn’t go up 30 seconds after the green light she should receive a zero. One must also take into account that Anaheim Worlds podium was the worst, the most cramped in all Worlds history. The roaring audience was sitting a few feet behind the judges and there was no resting areas down the podium with chairs for gymnasts to tape up and warm up at the last minute, which was why the Chinese were warming up on podium at the first place.

Paris World Cup is on the way. My girl withdrew for reasons unknown. He Kexin would only be competing bars. Wu Liufang would be competing three events except for vault, and Jiang Tong would be competing three events but bars. For those who don’t know who Jiang Tong is, I don’t either. The girl is Coach Liu’s hometown girl and was kept on the national team to motivate He Kexin after her old training mates Xiao Sha and Li Shanshan retired. She is also a vault specialist who can only do a Y1.5. Other big name WAG gymnasts include Aliya Mustafina, Beth Tweddle and Youna Dufournet, half of the Worlds bars EF here already. I predict a HKX-Beth-Youna bars placement if Youna throws and catches her Def. 

2 years ago
#Bela Karolyi #Kathy Johnson #He Kexin #Beth Tweddle #Youna Dufournet