Update – Nora, in the comments, clears up my confusion:
The media doesn’t vote for the winner. The jury decides the winner. The media can win a Longines watch if what they write on their ballot paper matches the decision the jury comes up with. That’s all.
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Every year I’ve voted there’s been confusion, this year more than ever.
I’m never sure of who’s eligible. Never sure of the deadline. Am forced to vote before the AA competition.
@obgymblog:
Yao Jinnan on winning the Longines elegance prize:
“I am not one of the (all-around) medalists so that made me a little uncomfortable.”
I voted for Oleg Verniaiev and Georgia-Rose Brown.
Unbeknownst to me as a voter, the list of eligible athletes seems to have been, this year, shortened to:
WAG: Larissa Iordache, Simone Biles, Bai Ya Wen, Yao Jin Nan
MAG: Kohei Uchimura, Lin Chao Pan, Kenzo Shirai, Zhang Cheng Long, Den Shu Di, Max Whitlock
How? Why?
I have no idea. That’s the list I found posted in the main press centre the day after the voting concluded.
Yeesh, Longines. Get your act together on this. 😦
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