US women gymn team is scary good


It's a shame NBC can't air it live, which is where I watched the whole thing. You have a marquee sport, you have the best gymnastic team in history, with possibly the all-time best gymnast, performing for the Karolyis who are retiring, which could mean the end of US gymnastic dynasty, and you DON'T air it live?? Sad. Yes, I know streaming offers it live, but those who don't have TV plans can't watch streaming. Which means NBC treats it as a second priority, and that's a shame.

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Yes, they are great. You would think the Olympics would schedule gymnastics for primetime when they know it is the most popular sport, but I guess it may not be as popular in countries other than the US and China, and since the whole world watches the games, they have to try to make it work for everybody.

And I think Aly Raisman is one of my new crushes. 😆

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Technically they did schedule it for primetime, but it was heavily edited and the last half of the team final didn't air until like 11pm because NBC thought it would be a good idea to interrupt the gymnastics team final to show swimming semi-finals for 2 hours.

I know I'm a vampire, Snookie.

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Yes, they are amazing!!

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you have the best gymnastic team in history, with possibly the all-time best gymnast


For those of us old enough to remember watching Nadia Comenichi, Olga Korbit and Cathy Rigby, the hype about this team being the best in history is getting tiresome. Forty years ago the routines were more complex, more fluid and better executed. Rarely did you see anyone fall off of equipment or step out of bounds. I converted the scores back to the old system, which makes it obvious nobody is even close the scores we saw in 1972 and 1976.

Women's All-Around:

Vault:
Aly Raisman USA 9.59
Simone Biles USA 9.734
Wang Yan China 9.208

Uneven Bars:
Shang Chungsong China 9.126
Aly Raisman USA 8.854
Simone Biles USA 9.296

Balance Beam:
Aly Raisman USA 9.177
Simone Biles USA 9.353
Aliya Mustafina Russia 9.063
Seda Tutkhalian Russia 8.519
Rebeca Andrade Brazil 8.662

Floor Execises:
Aliya Mustafina Russia 9.107
Seda Tutkhalian Russia 7.03
Aly Raisman USA 9.297
Simone Biles USA 9.484

Women's Team:

Vault:
Laurie Hernandez USA 9.557
Aly Raisman USA 9.714
Simone Biles USA 9.775
Mao Yi China 9.388
Tan Jiaxin China 9.346

Uneven Bars:
Shang Chunsong China 9.247
Fan Yilin China 9.895
Simone Biles USA 9.193
Gabby Douglas USA 9.555
Madison Kocian USA 9.541

Balance Beam:
Aly Raisman USA 9.203
Laurie Hernandez USA 9.288
Simone Biles USA 9.273
Fan Yilin China 9.187

Floor Exercises:
Shang Chunsong China 8.964
Mao Yi China 8.047
Laurie Hernandez USA 9.27
Aly Raisman USA 9.313
Simone Biles USA 9.405

Individual Events:

Vault:
Oksana Chusovitina Uzbekistan #1 8.784 #2 9.208 Average 8.996
Wang Yan China #1 9.291 #2 9.341 Average 9.316
Guiilia Steingrrauber Switzerland #1 9.588 #2 8.43 Average 9.509
Dipa Karmakar India #1 9.29 #2 8.98 Average 9.135
Maria Paseka Russia #1 9.309 #2 9.35 Average 9.33
Simone Biles USA #1 9.76 #2 9.78 Average 9.77

Uneven Bars:
Gabby Douglas USA 9.131
Aliya Mustafina Russia 9.464
Madison Kocian USA 9.48
Sophia Scheder Germany 9.377

Balance Beam:
Fan Yilin 8.896
Isabela Onyshko Canada 8.323
Simone Biles USA 8.929
Sanne Wevers Netherlands 9.317
Catalina Ponor Romania 8.861
Laurie Hernandez USA 9.349
Marine Boyer France 9.068
Flavia Saraiva Brazil 8.916

Floor Exercise:
Mai Murakami Japan 8.916
Wan Yan China 8.008
Erika Fasana Italy 9.027
Amy Tinkler Great Britain 9.106
Simone Biles USA 9.447
Aly Raisman 9.337
Vanessa Ferari 9.059


















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If you say 40 years ago the routines were more complex then you haven't been paying attention. Today's routines are becoming exceedingly difficult in all apparatuses with every passing year. Just compare the two routines below. Nadia's 4-decade-old floor routine could be performed by today's junior gymnasts:

Comaneci's floor routine in 1976: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo44gJJsHwM

Aly Raisman's floor routine in 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z47H7p5mbHc

Stop dwelling on the past, and realize the sport has long gone past what your idea of excellence should be.

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