***2024 Olympics Thread***
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Sydney McLaughlin set the World Record in the 400m Hurdles.
The air that Simone Biles catches on that floor routine is insane.
Agreed. Our living room has 10ft ceilings and I pointed out to my wife that she was 2ft higher than that - "no way" was the response.
Even if the floor is springboard it's crazy impressive.
All that said, with the injuries, USA women's gymnastics looks a bit shaky heading into the Olympics
It’s crazy because when you compare her floor routine to the other Olympian’s, she’s just SO MUCH better. Same thing with vault.
Track and field: Best performances go to the Olympics
Swimming: Best performances go to the Olympics
Wrestling: Weight-class winners go to the Olympics
Gymnastics: We have a committee
Swimming: Best performances go to the Olympics
Wrestling: Weight-class winners go to the Olympics
Gymnastics: We have a committee
If you dropped me from that height I'd break 8 bones and she just flippy flips lands on her feet la di dah
She is 4’8 …. no chance, I would be surprised if she could touch net.
Committee makes sense in gymnastics. 4 apparatus, they take 5 athletes to compete and can only use 3 athletes per apparatus.
Just because someone is good at the All Around doesn’t mean they are necessarily the right choice for the team and individual elements.
Remember McKayla Maroney? She probably isn’t on the 2012 Olympic Team at all, the US doesn’t win as many gymnastics medals in total and the world wouldn’t have witnessed possibly the greatest vault ever performed, if they just took the top all around scores.
He’ll likely go and run in the relays. Best off the line in the world. Has problems finishing races.
