thiago_simoes

The first World Cup stage took place after the invasion. The very first event, men's floor, was won by a Belarusian and he was forbidden to hear the anthem and the flag was not displayed. By the time the second stage took place, many international federations had already banned RUS and BLR, but FIG withheld the suspension until March 7th. So, in my opinion, BLR and RUS should not even have participated at the WC stages this year. And do you really think "innocent" gymnasts have nothing to do with it? They represent nations, not themselves, or the FIG, or the IOC. This is not tennis, where athletes couldn't care less about their nations and are trying to make a name for themselves. This is about the nations, and has always been like that. Take Kuliak, for example, making a political statement with a Z on his leotard on the podium. Russia is crazy about gymnastics and even results at the World Cup are widely celebrated in national media, so stripping medals is a slap on the face in a way. You're free to think the athletes have nothing to do with it, but I fail to see things like this.

Many fans are asking for his medal to be stripped and for him to be banned. I support this. Actually, I support stripping every medal earned by Russian and Belarusian gymnasts this year.

I voted for Kexin. The only one who blends high difficulty and clean execution. I'm surprised so many people voted for Mustafina. She was clean, but had the most boring routines in the world and could not perform super hard skills. Her routines were basically "easy" to medium skills connected, while Kexin connected unbelievably hard skills. Even Derwael, someone who I'm really not fond of, tried much harder things. Mustafina's coach explored every breach in the code of points and it's almost unbelievable that she managed to be Olympic champion twice. This almost sounds like a seriously bad joke.

Yes, and that's it. So, don't try to justify this decision by mentioning that India is trying to help avoiding a global war. A neutral reaction right now only shows India defends its own interests and is not worried about Ukraine or peace at all.

Yeah, I'm sure global peace will be within reach because India chose to be neutral here. The "not my problem" approach is everything we need right now to avoid a global war.

Well, I don't see how this is "handling a difficult situation quite well". But everyone is entitled to have an opinion.

Unbelievable. The kind of things we read here...

I suppose there must be someone out there who thinks France should also be banned for keeping troops in Mali for years. You see, almost no nation is safe, so drawing criticism against other nations here to take the focus off of the Russia-Ukraine conflict will take us nowhere.

I'm not sure if this has been reported here, but FIG has taken action: https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?idNews=3439 Not sure if this ban is for the time being or if it affects events in the future; however, it seems likely that the rhythmic gymnastics World Challenge Cups in Russia and Belarus will not take place.

Well, I understand what gymnastics is about and there is real skill involved in performing the actions. Gymnasts are not one trick ponies like many of the winter Olympics athletes are. Still, you're entitled to your opinion. So am I to mine.

Do away with the Winter Olympics; Summer Olympics every two years. Now, seriously, this is one of the least exciting sports events I could ever watch. I tried to focus on snowboarding this time, but I lost my excitement very soon, so there goes my hope of ever enjoying something, ANYTHING, out of the program. Anyway, curling, ice hockey, bobsleigh, snowboarding and speed skating should meet IOC's criteria of attracting viewers. Anything involving skiing is boring to me, but what else is there to compete at the winter Olympics? Skeleton, luge and especially ski jumping are the kind of sports I will never see the appeal. And figure skating is too full of drama, boring long programs, uninteresting skills and corrupt judges for me to care.

I am not hopeful for such a "happy" ending. They have proven time and time again they have no shame and will stop at nothing. Even though the Russian name has been denied in the title of the teams at the Olympics, they must be proud because everybody knows the athletes represent Russia and they even still have the nerve to keep sending possible dopers to the Olympics. It pains me to say that even after all these events, they will still be allowed to compete, I'm sure.

LOL. This actually sounds like "I'm glad no one listens to your demands because I'm quite happy that my demands are accounted for." Either way, it's undeniable that there needs to be a discussion about the age limit, whether we like it or not. Thankfully, both women's artistic and rhythmic gymnastics are progressively reaching a point where proposing a minimum age limit of 18 years old would not be awkward. Most of the girls who are fighting for medals are 20 to 25 years old nowadays, and the most notable exceptions are the Russians. Coincidence?

But the extra stamina might be exactly what allows the Russians to perform quads while the rest of the world cannot. I'm not taking it as a fact, but just as a theory.

Thank you. And it's baffling how many people still turn a blind eye to their abuses. I'm also disgusted by Viner in rhythmic gymnastics and the Deriuginas in Ukraine. How can people just pretend these people are not toxic or that there's nothing to discuss about them? There's even a whole MOVIE where Viner humiliates and disrespects Margarita Mamun, and she is just called a "tough" coach. It's just unbelievable.

The gold and silver medals... Ugh. It's a slap on the face. This "team" (since we can't even refer to it as nation as it was forbidden to compete under its own flag and anthem) has a girl accused of being doped (even if it's not her fault, someone is to blame). They should be banned at least from this event if proof emerges that the girl was doped. And the silver medalist was angry, spoiled, completely out of herself. She lacked composure, finesse and fair play. Absolutely nothing looks right and I don't understand how anything positive can be said about this whole situation. It's a bad thing that only gets worse and worse. Seriously, what a mess. A mess for the IOC, for the Winter Olympics and one more scandal in figure skating. This only adds fuel to my dislike for the Winter Olympics and, especially, for this sport.

Yes, !!! I'm so happy for them! I'm sorry for @thepharoah but I'm really happy that Senegal finally has a title!

Oh, these sports are "boring" to me be because they are basically one single trick and nothing else. Of course, the skill they perform is difficult, but it doesn't quite look spectacular to me given that some artistic gymnasts can perform three somersaults and two twists after a few steps on floor. And that's just one out of 4+ tumbling passes in one apparatus.

I never watch the Winter Olympics, but I'll force myself to follow the snowboard competition, or at least keep up with the results. And this might be a surprise for some people, since my favorite sports are artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, but I strongly dislike figure skating.

I'm glad that you're okay and Bruna is alive, but I'm heartbroken. She is and always will be an Olympian in our hearts. My thoughts and prayers that @brunamourahas a speedy recovery. Força, Bruna! Vai ficar tudo bem, guerreira! Melhoras!

@heywoodu must be extremely happy and proud now. Congratulations, @brunamoura! So happy for you!

Three medals for in the end: one from a 41 yo, another one from a 35 yo and a bronze medal in the men's 4x200 m relay. Thankfully, the relay team is very young, but we desperately need new faces in our swimming team. Our brighter days are gone and now we have to try everything.

Finally a medal for us... But this is still very disappointing. If Nicholas somehow can't win gold tomorrow, this will be the worst short course worlds for Brazil in a long time.

Very bad event for the Brazilians. Most of our swimming team did not want to go to this event. They are exhausted after many competitions this year, and some of our most promising swimmers just skipped the event entirely.

Yeah, I'm sure he's going to be one of the greatest in this sport if he keeps healthy. VERY impressive results for a 18 yo, and that lift was valid in my opinion. I don't see how his lift was turned down but Talakhadze's was accepted. Seriously. This looks like a political decision rather than a technical one, to be honest.