Artistic Gymnastics at the Summer Olympic Games 2020

[Monzanator 4,579]

Just now, NearPup said:

Again, she gets to win an Olympic title she never expected to be able to win. How disappointing.

I didn't say it was disappointing either. That's strike two!

 

I wouldn't bet 5 cents she repeats this result in Paris no matter what NBC hype does.

[NearPup 3,114]

Just now, Monzanator said:

I didn't say it was disappointing either. That's strike two!

 

I wouldn't bet 5 cents she repeats this result in Paris no matter what NBC hype does.

She's not going to repeat. I'm willing to bet a ton of money she won't repeat.

 

So what?

[Monzanator 4,579]

Just now, NearPup said:

She's not going to repeat. I'm willing to bet a ton of money she won't repeat.

 

So what?

So it's all gonna be about Simone Biles again. A rare occurance when Olympic champion will still be overshadowed by another teammate.

[Federer91 2,861]

10 minutes ago, dcro said:

Irrelevance? Douglas basically became a household name.

 

Most gymnast don't aim to collect endless titles like Biles anyway.

Yeah, i remember Douglas was Biles, before Biles came around. They promoted the heck out of her in London as the next coming of God. Too bad for her that Biles started in the next cycle and made her a substitute more or less in Rio. Otherwise she would have been their top dog again. 

 

Also with NBC's aggressive, constant promotion of women's gymnastics in their marketing campaigns , pretty much all of them became household names to some extent. All the way back to Shawn Johnson, Nastia Lyukin, Ally Raisman, Douglas, Maroney, Laurie Hernandez. They don't know who Mariel Zagunis or Vincent Hancock or Brady Ellison are, but they do know their gymnastics team.

 

 

[NearPup 3,114]

1 minute ago, Federer91 said:

Shawn Johnson, Nastia Lyukin, Ally Raisman, Douglas, Maroney, Laurie Hernandez

 

 

I mean that's a pretty good list of athletes to make into household names...

[Monzanator 4,579]

3 minutes ago, Federer91 said:

Yeah, i remember Douglas was Biles, before Biles came around. They promoted the heck out of her in London as the next coming of God. Too bad for her that Biles started in the next cycle and made her a substitute more or less in Rio. Otherwise she would have been their top dog again. 

 

Also with NBC's aggressive, constant promotion of women's gymnastics in their marketing campaigns , pretty much all of them became household names to some extent. All the way back to Shawn Johnson, Nastia Lyukin, Ally Raisman, Douglas, Maroney, Laurie Hernandez. They don't know who Mariel Zagunis or Vincent Hancock or Brady Ellison are, but they do know their gymnastics team.

 

 

I believe the Douglas hype didn't become real until Wieber got ousted in AA qualifying which was the major shock. It was expected that Raisman & Douglas will battle for that second AA finals spot but Wieber was supposed to be a lock IIRC? And yeah, Douglas in Rio was a complete wash, it was all Biles back then.

[thiago_simoes 1,423]

I've been waiting 17 years for this moment. I still can't believe this is not a dream, and I can't stop crying.

[Orangehair43 252]

4 minutes ago, NearPup said:

She's not going to repeat. I'm willing to bet a ton of money she won't repeat.

 

So what?

No women has repeated it since 1968. Paterson and Likuin didn’t even make the next games. 

[heywoodu 15,250]

6 minutes ago, thiago_simoes said:

I've been waiting 17 years for this moment. I still can't believe this is not a dream, and I can't stop crying.

Enjoy buddy!  

[pdr4332 218]

11 minutes ago, thiago_simoes said:

I've been waiting 17 years for this moment. I still can't believe this is not a dream, and I can't stop crying.

I was bummed when it turned out that she missed the gold medal with only 0.137 or so. But very happy about the Brazilians winning the medal.
Congrats to you and all Brazilians in this forum!