#and want rebeca to win AA gold

[mkstrigidae]

I'm late to the party, but heard that Gabby scratched the meet and Konnor was injured- is classics still worth watching? I need someone else to gossip with about it who knows more about gymnastics than me lmao

[freifraufischer]

An update on the state of Women’s Elite Gymnastics

I wrote this for someone on reddit who said they hadn’t paid attention since the last Olympics:

Russia has been banned and while there appeared to be some softening language about it the IOC recently has reaffirmed that they will not welcome Russia back into the sporting community until the invasion has ceased. Many of the Russian athletes, who are funded by the state and so may or may not have a choice, have attended propaganda rallies. Including some of the under age gymnasts. Angelina Melnikova has also posted pictures holding a purpose with a Z on it. She won the 2021 World Championship AA and will not be defending her title because of the ban.

The last WAG qualification slots for Worlds were settled this week. The top 3 teams at this years worlds will have qualification to Paris locked up, other spots will be decided at next years worlds and the 2024 world cup series.

Chuso retired for about 3 days and then won a bunch of world cup gold medals. She is qualified (for vault only) to Worlds.  She has however decided to skip worlds this year to upgrade.

Kim Bui of Germany is retiring and her last competition will be Sunday at Euros event finals.

Mai Murakami of Japan retired after winning the 2021 World Floor championships.

Guan Chenchen of China the Olympic beam gold medalist has retired because she doesn't think she has any other goals in the sport

Sanne Wevers of Netherlands (the Rio beam gold medalist) and her sister appear to be holding their breath until the Dutch Federation gives them what they want but she has explicitly not retired. This one is complicated. The twins are coached by their father who was recently the subject of an abuse investigation which ended in a dismissal of the charges but because the investigating body made many procedural errors in the investigation. The Dutch federation declined to renew his employment contract.

Nina Derwael of Belgium, the Olympic Bars gold medalist is taking time off but intends to continue competing.

Melanie de Jesus dos Santos of France has been training with Simone Biles coaches in the US (but will still be competing for France).

The recently finished Commonwealth Games looked very strong for the English team but the AA was won by 24 year old Australian veteran Georgia Godwin. I hope that her win will give some new life to that program.

The Italians are in the process of storming through Euros, Asia D'Amato just won the Euros AA. Both the Italian and British teams look incredibly strong. On the junior side the baby Italians, Romanians and Germans won team medals and the Italians in particular look to have a sustainable next generation. Helen Kevric of Germany has been dominating both the European Youth Olympic Festival and Jr. Euros though. She'll be turning senior in 2024.

Brazil won the Pan American championships, the US team which I wouldn't dismiss entirely as a B team wasn't the strongest possible team and either rate Brazil was solid and the US had many beam disasters. Rebeca Andrade, the silver medal in the Olympic AA is being very careful about trying to not take excessive risks given that she's had a pretty bad injury history so she didn't do floor at the 2021 Worlds but still walked away with a fist full of medals. She's the favorite to win any AA she enters right now.

On the US side, Leanne Wong won the 2021 Worlds AA Silver medal and she is continuing elite as well as NCAA at Florida. She recently won the US classic and looks very solid with a beautiful vault upgrade that looks like it's aiming for a Cheng (there are things to talk about her block at classic but in an overview I'm not doing that). Jordan Chiles and Jade Carey have also continued to train elite but next week's US Champs will be the first time we see them. Sunisa Lee has also announced her intent to continue and attended at least one national team camp but isn't trying for Worlds this year. Trinity Thomas who has blossomed in NCAA has also made noises about returning to elite but that appears to be something she likely wont be doing until next year if at all. There is no evidence that Simone Biles is training or intends to train, she's made some vague statements about continuing around Tokyo but right now she appears to be living her best life and enjoying planning her wedding.

Lexi Zeiss, Shilese Jones and Konnor McClane are probably the other big names in the US program to watch.

Donatella Sacchi, the Italian head of the FIG women's technical committee (that writes the code of points and runs the judges), is on a crusade to return artistry to artistic gymnastics and is now requiring judges to fill out specific artistry deduction justifications to either make sure that the proper deductions are being taken or to invite those who don't to partake in some Amontillado in her basement.

[gymfanconfessions]

1. “I’m actually so happy for Flavia making her comeback!!She deserves to have a great worlds this autumn because her rings are some of the best in the business and she’s usually super consistent on them too! I’lm general as well I think team Brazil (should Rebeca and Flavia stay healthy) could contend for a top 5 finish at worlds because they have some great routines and overall seem more collected and together than the last quad”

2. “I desperately want Brazil to win team gold at Worlds!! (And also Rebeca to win AA gold but only if it's safe to take her out of the bubble wrap, if they aren't going to risk her on floor that is 100% fine)”

[tutyayilmazz]

My top 15 favorite routines/moments of 2019

Wanted to post this exactly a year after the 2018 edition which you can check out here: 

https://tutyayilmazz.tumblr.com/post/181655220978/my-top-10-favorite-routinesmoments-of-2018

1. İbrahim becomes rings champion

if i start talking about it i won’t shut up so i’ll just leave you with his and the team’s reactions 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

2. Listy wins first ever Junior Worlds AA, and Russia takes the team title

😍😍😍 does anyone think this wasn’t the floor routine of the year? no one? that’s what i thought (wish there was proper coverage of AA though :)))

3. TXJ wins China’s second ever silver AA medal

what a story behind this medal 🤩🤩 the drama of it all, we will pass this story along to our grandchildren

4. Italy wins team bronze

another thrilling story!! so beyond proud of this team, could watch them celebrate forever so i’ll leave you with the routine that sealed the deal:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hAyLZvxwlA

5. Gelya wins individual Worlds medals and Euro Games AA

her afan-choreographed floor has been a joy to watch this year, finally living up to her potential 💛

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6WpoRHhdsY

6. Flavia Worlds QF beam

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2c2p0Yc-M4

there are very few beam routines so deserving of a world medal, you can’t change my mind!!!! and i say this as a chn beam stan, which brings me to...

7. Ou Yushan Junior National Games EF beam

everyone’s beloved 2020 dream team lock, everyone keep their fingers crossed

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVBTsMsaiPE

8. Simone debutes the Biles II

simone being simone, doing the never-before-done effortlessly, i’ll miss her so much :’)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fdp8SVOSF4

9. Ilya wins the Euros bars title

how can i say she finally hit 2 routines in a row in the politest way possible?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CkfJlDzBsFg

10. Aliya winning Birmingham WC

saved the most iconic for number 10, aliya winning AA titles in the year of 20 fucking 19, queen of keeping us on our toes as always

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YL9S79MptE0

11. MDJDS wins Euros AA gold

she might not have had the worlds we hoped for but a European AA is quite the achievement!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qH1NGZrryY

12. Margzetta’s floor

actually you know whose’s is the floor routine of the year? margzetta mf’ing frazier, the most stylish, eye-catching, charismatic gymnast to ever exist, goodbye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKYWavQdG1s

13. Bachynska winning the Euro Games floor title

another contender for the best of the year with her always stunning routine, if she can’t be in tokyo it’s cancelled

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxvQOgjozsI

14. Brazil winning DTB Pokal team challenge

*CRYING IN PORTUGUESE* sorrow is all i know, rebeca’s acl taught me to never trust anyone or anything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRCm8_s42Fk

15.  Tatiana Olegovna Nabieva Universiade TF BB

can i interest you in some beam scratch slow mo replays?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxQaqLYMnQM

Here’s to 2020, my first gymfan olympic year, may nadia bless it all

[ballet-symphonie]

Who Alessandra wants to win at Worlds

This will not be logical

At all 

AA

1. Elena Eremina

2. Angelina Melnikova

3. Morgan Hurd

(like this is gonna happen)

VT

1. Wang Yan-because if she's retiring after Montreal she better get a gold medal

2. Rebeca Andrade 

3. Jade Carey

UB

1. Anastasia Ilyankova

2. Nina Derwael

3. Elena Eremina

BB

1. LIU TINGTING- enough said

2. Eythora Thorsdottir

3. Marine Boyer

FX

1. Angelina Melnikova

2. Mai Murakami

3. Sae Miyakawa

[5evamore]

Who do you hope will win gold on each event at worlds? I want Lari AA, Masha VT, Nina UB, Cata BB, and Mai FX!

Oh friend. See I want Brazil to not be so injured, so this list assumes that Rebeca and Flavia will be okay. I've come to terms with the Downie sisters not going to Worlds, but since Brazil hasn't definitively said no, my wish list is:AA - Larisa gold, Ellie Black, Angelina, Ragan, and Flavia vying for the rest of the podiumVT - Rebeca Andrade gold, Masha not dying and making the podium with Ellie. Or Wang Yan.UB - I have no extreme gold feelings on this one, but I'd love to see Elena Eremina on the podium, and could see Riley and Morgan vying for it tooBB - Sanne, Catalina, and tie with Flavia and Larisa FX - friend I want Daria Elizarova to go to Worlds and win this but I'm assuming that won't happen. So Larisa, Eythora, and then Morgan or Jade or Jordan or Claudia Fragapane I don't want an American sweep, and I don't want Russia to be half dead

[gymfanconfessions]

“At the time I wanted Suni to win the Olympic AA and was willing Rebeca to take an additional step OOB but now I so wish she hadn't and had won gold. I guess I was sympathetic to Suni because of her father's struggles and didn't know enough about Rebeca's knee battles at the time.”