thiago_simoes

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.

And another world record for Talakhadze. Barely, this time. Maybe he's still human after all.

What the?! Alireza was robbed of a junior world record!!!

Yaaay, a medal for Ziaziulin! He is SO unlucky that any medal at all is a blessing at this point!

And another medal for Brazil. Seriously, I still can't believe it!

This is getting insane. First-ever medals for , and , first medal in total for , first gold medal for , first medal for a female lifter from . Seriously, what's going on?

A medal for Brazil! Now, that's one of the biggest surprises this year! I know it's a small medal, but this sport is virtually nonexistent here.

One of the apparatus broke and could not be replaced, so the Brazilian coaches had to hold on to the apparatus so the Brazilian gymnast could finish his routine. Crazy.

Very biased scores against Brazil and blatantly favoring Argentina on the women's events. Argentina has the better women's team and I'm okay with they winning the gold medal, but definitely not with scores that they didn't deserve. It's like the judges absolutely had to make sure that Argentina would win no matter what. Seriously, this is one of the worst judged events I've taken note of. EDIT: After I wrote this, one of the Argentinian girls had a bad performance on floor and basically threw out of the window their chances of winning gold. But, seriously, some scores are only 0,1 apart when they should have been at least 0,5 apart.

A medal for !! First-ever in this sport!