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  1. thiago_simoes
    It's the first time I heard about beach wrestling. As a fan of rhythmic gymnastics, I find it extremely ironic that half naked muscular hairy men rolling on the sand is a macho sport, while lean flexible thin girls take part in what is perceived as a gay sport.
  2. thiago_simoes
    2016 Olympian, gymnast Tutya Yilmaz from Turkey has announced her retirement. Probably the most anxious and nervous gymnast I've seen competing in my life, but she had lots of potential. Unfortunately, she fell 99% of the time. She hit her balance beam routine at the 2016 Olympics, though, and deserved a spot in the final, but fell short. Still, it was beautiful and probably the best routine in her entire career.
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    Does this include gymnastics? Even women's gymnastics? All of the girls from the bronze medal winning team at the 2019 Worlds are 16 years old, so they would not be allowed to join the military. But what about older gymnasts like Vanessa Ferrari? Also, @heywoodu might help me here: wasn't Yuri van Gelder part of the military? What about the status of other Dutch gymnasts right now?
  4. thiago_simoes
    In Brazil, the army pays a hefty sum of money for top level gymnasts. They train in their clubs, but are officially military athletes. I know that some gymnasts in Russia and Ukraine are also part of the military. I'm surprised neither country will send gymnasts to these Games.
  5. thiago_simoes
    I usually ignore this event, but artistic gymnastics will be held for the first time, so I'm slightly interested. Only men's events will be contested and a measly six countries will compete: and . Not super exciting, but some big names will compete, so it should be nice to watch.
  6. thiago_simoes
    It's always nice to help with these. And, as always, middle of the pack for me. I'm terrible at predicting results.
  7. thiago_simoes
    Women's gymnastics is at one of the lowest points in history when it comes to judging. The US, Russia and China are always massively overscored, with the occasional country (Canada, Belgium and now Italy) getting fair results here and there (though Belgium has received scores much higher than their gymnasts deserved this year).
  8. thiago_simoes
    After Flávia was robbed of a medal, Nory is world champion. Nice.
  9. thiago_simoes
    Ouch. That has got to be a zero for . EDIT: Not a zero. Meh podium. I'm sick of Radivilov getting medals with sloppy vaults.
  10. thiago_simoes
    Dragulescu always screws up badly in his second vault. After a nearly perfect first vault, he had to do it again here. Argh!
  11. thiago_simoes
    There is a near imperceptible moment when Lodadio's forearms are used for him to keep balance in a handstand. This deducts 0.3 from his final score. It's one of those things that casual fans don't see, but judges are very careful when judging. It was a fair result, though Çolak also had some errors, of course. Last year we had a much better final when it comes to the execution of skills, but this year was a lot more unpredictable. Great final, still.
  12. thiago_simoes
    It depends on who scored the highest individual scores in each stage. Scores for rings now are consistently lower than previous years, so Petrounias is at a huge disadvantage here.
  13. thiago_simoes
    No Olympics (for now) for Petrounias! EDIT: He needs 90 points at the World Cup series to qualify for the Olympics. He has zero at the moment. China's Yang needs to win only one stage to qualify. Petrounias will likely not be at the 2020 Olympics!
  14. thiago_simoes
    No Olympics for Tovmasyan. Now only Samir can kick Petrounias of Olympic qualification, at least for now.
  15. thiago_simoes
    Çolak was better, in my opinion. But it was so close.
  16. thiago_simoes
    First medal ever for Turkey also, probably gold! What a day!
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    I'm not bestmen. LOL. But judges are biased towards the Americans. There's no way Carey deserved a silver medal.
  19. thiago_simoes
    First ever medal for Ireland! Amazing result! Congratulations!
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    Yeeees!
  21. thiago_simoes
    And Downie was robbed of a silver medal. It's like the Americans have a completely different Code of Points only for them where they are deducted only half of what should have been.
  22. thiago_simoes
    Noooo, No medal for Seo-Jeong. Argh! I'm devastated.
  23. thiago_simoes
    YESSS! Yulo will be world champion!!!!
  24. thiago_simoes
    Yes! Go, Yulo!
  25. thiago_simoes
    Oh, no. Dolgopyot is first on floor. Come on, Dalolyan. You have to win this!
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