Members Taoboi Posted July 29, 2021 Members Share Posted July 29, 2021 THIS. So behind this week. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Toups Posted July 29, 2021 Administrator Share Posted July 29, 2021 I had to resize your ridiculous post. You need to win to get hype and Sunisa is going to get that at the next Olympics if she makes it - will you complain about that too in 3 years? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members janea4old Posted July 30, 2021 Members Share Posted July 30, 2021 (edited) Sunisa Lee on uneven parallel bars, balance beam, and floor excercise. This youtube doesn't show her on vault; but it has all the rest of her performances for the *team* final. Looking forward to watching her in the *individual* all-around. Edited July 30, 2021 by janea4old 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members janea4old Posted July 30, 2021 Members Share Posted July 30, 2021 ^ This is a Q&A video, just keep watching to see more still screens with more questions and answers. She explains it really well. Someone asked Simone why didn't they put an alternate into the team competition when she dropped out? She said it wasn't allowed per the rules. And she said the alternates had already been sent home. Something about had to be done earlier in Olympics, qualifying rounds, etc, which I didn't follow, but she gave enough info for me to look it up. And I found it here: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/simone-biles-gymnastics-replacement-drop-out/ "An injured or sick gymnast can be replaced no less than 24 hours before the start of the qualifications. That is when an alternate can be brought in, according to the international federation's rule book. However, a gymnast who needs to be replaced after qualification – for final events – can only be replaced with another qualifying gymnast. Therefore, none of the alternates can replace Biles, because they did not participate in the qualifying events. Only her current teammates who qualified can replace her." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members carolineg Posted July 30, 2021 Members Share Posted July 30, 2021 The true named alternates were sent home, but the two individually named athletes (Jade Carey, Mykayla Skinner) were still in Tokyo. It seems an athlete could be replaced after QF if there was a positive covid test or something happened by an individual athlete, not alternate, but since Simone started the competition and pulled out after the first event no one could replace her. I am not disparaging Simone for that, just trying to clarify because I am a pretty big gymnastics fan. Anyhow, that's how Jade replaced Simone in the AA (she was the 3rd US qualifier) and Mykayla will replace Simone in the vault finals if Simone withdraws. If Simone withdraws from bars, beam, and floor event finals the next athlete in line will replace because no one in the US is eligible. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 Please register in order to view this content Gold and Silver in men's discus throw! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 Triple Jamaica, and new Olympic record (10,61 for Elaine Thompson-Herah) in the women's 100 metres! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DramatistDreamer Posted July 31, 2021 Members Share Posted July 31, 2021 That was total domination by the Jamaican women in the 100m and I am elated for Elaine, Shelly Ann and Shericka!!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BetterForgotten Posted August 1, 2021 Members Share Posted August 1, 2021 I haven't been watching at all, but I do think Caeleb Dressel is very hot and a pretty humble dude in interviews. Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted August 1, 2021 Members Share Posted August 1, 2021 USA Men's Basketball gets Spain in the Quarterfinals and either Australia or Argentina in the Semifinals. The other half of the bracket is France/Italy and Slovenia/Germany. I'm thinking the Gold Medal Game will be USA/Slovenia and the Bronze Medal Game will be Australia/France. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted August 2, 2021 Author Members Share Posted August 2, 2021 Just for you 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members I Am A Swede Posted August 2, 2021 Members Share Posted August 2, 2021 Talk about torrential rain today! I'm glad noone got injured during the women's 400m hurdles semifinals. It can't have been easy to compete under those circumstances. We had at least one fall, but how much that was caused by the rain or by fatigue is hard to say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted August 2, 2021 Author Members Share Posted August 2, 2021 Watched the men's 3m springboard diving preliminaries late last night. Semis tonight! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted August 3, 2021 Members Share Posted August 3, 2021 Men's Basketball Final Four: USA/Australia and Slovenia/France. Predicting USA gold, Slovenia silver, Australia bronze. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cat Posted August 3, 2021 Members Share Posted August 3, 2021 A Belarusian female sprinter attempted to defect yesterday at one of Tokyo's airports after her coaches tried to force her on a plane. She eventually sought asylum at the Polish embassy in Tokyo while her husband fled to the Ukraine. In the Ukraine today, the Belarusian dissident who may have helped her and her husband was found murdered in a park. Please register in order to view this content https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/03/belarus-exile-group-leader-vitaly-shishov-missing-in-kyiv-police-say 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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