thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted August 13, 2019 Author #41 Share Posted August 13, 2019 (edited) 4 hours ago, opruh said: Biles is gonna sweep the gold medals in Tokyo. I wouldn't count on it. Unless we have terrible Games, with disaster after disaster from the Russians, Chinese and Derwael, there's absolutely no way she can take uneven bars gold. Her routine has lots of technical problems. Even though most judges turn a blind eye for her mistakes, I strongly believe this extra help won't be enough for her to challenge for the top spot. Beam is very unpredictable, but even with a difficult dismount, I can't see her taking balance beam gold either. She's not the most consistent on this apparatus and not the cleanest in execution. In fact, her new dismount is somewhat sloppy when it comes to execution, with up to 0.6 in deductions. Team (if everyone performs well), all-around, vault and floor should be easy for her, though. Edited August 13, 2019 by thiago_simoes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted August 13, 2019 #42 Share Posted August 13, 2019 1 hour ago, thiago_simoes said: I wouldn't count on it. Unless we have terrible Games, with disaster after disaster from the Russians, Chinese and Derwael, there's absolutely no way she can take uneven bars gold. Her routine has lots of technical problems. Even though most judges turn a blind eye for her mistakes, I strongly believe this extra help won't be enough for her to challenge for the top spot. Beam is very unpredictable, but even with a difficult dismount, I can't see her taking balance beam gold either. She's not the most consistent on this apparatus and not the cleanest in execution. In fact, her new dismount is somewhat sloppy when it comes to execution, with up to 0.6 in deductions. Team (if everyone performs well), all-around, vault and floor should be easy for her, though. Now I'm kinda curious who you see as having a better chance at balance beam gold than Biles If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IoNuTzZ 289 Posted August 13, 2019 #43 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Just now, heywoodu said: Now I'm kinda curious who you see as having a better chance at balance beam gold than Biles Ou Yushan(6.5 D), Guan Chenchen(6.7D) from China or Kara Eaker from USA(6.6D) thiago_simoes and heywoodu 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olympian1010 7,470 Posted August 13, 2019 #44 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Just now, IoNuTzZ said: Ou Yushan(6.5 D), Guan Chenchen(6.7D) from China or Kara Eaker from USA(6.6D) Not after what I saw at the 2019 Pan American Games... “Sport has the power to change the world. It has the power to inspire. Sport can create hope where once there was only despair” - Nelson Mandela Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IoNuTzZ 289 Posted August 13, 2019 #45 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Just now, Olympian1010 said: Not after what I saw at the 2019 Pan American Games... At US National championship she fell on first day but then she nailed it in second day. I think Kara is like Iordache on a good day she can win. The mental is the problem Olympian1010 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,540 Posted August 13, 2019 #46 Share Posted August 13, 2019 21 minutes ago, IoNuTzZ said: Ou Yushan(6.5 D), Guan Chenchen(6.7D) from China or Kara Eaker from USA(6.6D) Never heard of any of them (which is entirely on me), now I'm curious thiago_simoes and IoNuTzZ 2 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IoNuTzZ 289 Posted August 13, 2019 #47 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Just now, heywoodu said: Never heard of any of them (which is entirely on me), now I'm curious Ou and Guan are still juniors they were born in 2004, but they will be at Tokyo if they can make the team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 782 Posted August 13, 2019 #48 Share Posted August 13, 2019 11 hours ago, Maxim Fastovsky said: She's going for 6 golds in Tokyo, it's hard to root for USA Gymnastics due to the Nassar scandal, but i sure hope she (and Mikulak who so deserves it) have huge games in tokyo I am pretty confident she will lose at least one out of balance beam and uneven bars. Would be bad for gymnastics if she would win all golds. Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 782 Posted August 13, 2019 #49 Share Posted August 13, 2019 Doesn't her new floor element already exist for men? If that is the case, then why would it be named after her? I don't get why the same element for men and women would have two different names ... Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlympicsFan 782 Posted August 13, 2019 #50 Share Posted August 13, 2019 2 hours ago, IoNuTzZ said: Ou Yushan(6.5 D), Guan Chenchen(6.7D) from China or Kara Eaker from USA(6.6D) I wonder why you didn't include the current world champion Liu Tingting? Attachment is the great fabricator of illusions; reality can be obtained only by someone who is detached. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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