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Back in the days of Originality Bonus, Canadian Tony Smith used a 1-legged Deltchev.
He called the hold position the Webslinger. A Spiderman reference.
Tony went on to be Men’s Head Coach at University of Calgary. And the Canadian National Team Head Coach.
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Not 100% confirmed as yet.
But I do think we’ll have 8 elements counting instead of 10.
Coaches will be brainstorming best start scores for their FIG gymnasts.
Certainly you could argue that any of Jordan Chiles (USA), Ana Barbosu (ROM) and Sabrina Maneca-Voinea (ROM) could have won the Bronze medal on Floor at the Olympics.
It was close.
All excellent routines.
Sadly, judging errors were made by the FIG.
The FIG system for making an appeal is neither clear nor fair in 2024.
It seemed to me that the Court of Arbitration for Sport made a decision too quickly and without doing enough research. That should be reviewed.
In the end, Ana Barbosu is in the record books with the Bronze medal.
The entire “Paris Floor Bronze Debacle” ending an otherwise excellent Olympics on a very sour note. It’s one of the things the general public will remember — along with that Pommel Horse guy.
If the debacle had not happened, we’d be celebrating the return of Romania as Olympic medal contenders. That famous program is finally turned around.
Congratulations.
There are far too many Wolf Turns. Far too many not done nearly as well as THIS.
HOW ‘BOUT … Wolf Turns required to be leg above horizontal? 😀
It’s the same value as Comăneci release.
Hardy Fink — former FIG MTC Chair — feels it should have been continued as two separate skills.
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Many times gymnasts get away with bent knees on the bottom of swings.
NOT this time. 😀
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