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US men's gymnastics team - 82lsju - 06-26-2021
Brody Malone on the team and Brandon Briones and Akash Modi as reserves
https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/06/26/us-olympic-mens-gymnastics-team/
RE: US men's gymnastics team - akiddoc - 06-26-2021
(06-26-2021, 04:36 PM)82lsju Wrote: Brody Malone on the team and Brandon Briones and Akash Modi as reserves
https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/06/26/us-olympic-mens-gymnastics-team/
Briones only .05 points out of 4th. Probably would not have been picked for the team even if 4th, but big achievement.
Stanford gymnasts 1st, 5th, 6th, and 9th.
Modi is an alternate for the second Olympics in a row. He will likely retire now. He has been getting his Masters at Stanford while training. I expect the other three to be top contenders for the team in Paris in three years.
RE: US men's gymnastics team - cardfan77 - 06-27-2021
I was annoyed that Brody was not interviewed at the end even though he placed first at the trials. Rather, it was Sam and Yul. I understand Sam but why Yul? Also Yul was quite annoying throughout the competition with his showboating especially when the competition has ended. Parading around the arena and talking on the phone while all the competitors have gone in the waiting room. I guess I’m not a fan Yul even during his collegiate years.
Stanford men’s gymnastics will continue to be great. Another strong and talented class coming in.
Anyone knows why the number of gymnast going to the Olympics much smaller than previous Olympics?
RE: US men's gymnastics team - ColoradoTree - 06-28-2021
This article explains it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/olympic-gymnastics-squads-are-shrinking-for-2020-thats-good-and-bad-for-team-usa/2019/08/10/761b807c-bba2-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html
In short, the governing body's then-President, Bruno Grandi, pushed for the smaller rosters as a way to do two things: (1) give smaller countries a chance to compete against bigger, deeper countries; and (2) reduce the influence of event specialists on the overall team outcome. His theory was that with smaller rosters, gymnasts would be incentivized to be proficient on each apparatus, so you couldn't have a roster with three solid all-around gymnasts and then fill out the roster with specialists for each apparatus.
Grandi has since retired, and the sport will go back to five-gymnast teams for the 2024 Olympics.
In a weird quirk, the US women's gymnastics team will send six gymnasts to Tokyo, but only four will compete as part of the team event--two gymnasts will compete in the individual events only. (The US earned one individual spot for the women, and Jade Carey earned another spot based on her own performance.) That complicated process for getting extra spots is part of why gymnastics is scrapping the model and moving back to a simpler 5-person team.
RE: US men's gymnastics team - akiddoc - 06-29-2021
The idea of getting other countries involved is good. The way they did it is not so good. There are countries that are not ranked high enough to get a team in but they have individuals who could not go to the Olympics without another pathway to the games. For example, the top rings guy in the world was not going to be able to compete until he earned his way in the other day:
https://greekreporter.com/2021/06/25/eleftherios-petrounias-qualifies-to-tokyo-by-winning-the-world-cup/
I'm not sure whether the #2 guy Zanetti from Brazil has a way in.
By the way, no one in the USA is close to this guy. The score was probably a touch high, but I would give it a 15.3. He had a couple of wobbles that would have cost him more with Olympic level judging.
He did have surgery a couple years ago. Without the Covid delay he would not be going toTokyo.
(06-28-2021, 10:37 AM)ColoradoTree Wrote: This article explains it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/olympic-gymnastics-squads-are-shrinking-for-2020-thats-good-and-bad-for-team-usa/2019/08/10/761b807c-bba2-11e9-a091-6a96e67d9cce_story.html
In short, the governing body's then-President, Bruno Grandi, pushed for the smaller rosters as a way to do two things: (1) give smaller countries a chance to compete against bigger, deeper countries; and (2) reduce the influence of event specialists on the overall team outcome. His theory was that with smaller rosters, gymnasts would be incentivized to be proficient on each apparatus, so you couldn't have a roster with three solid all-around gymnasts and then fill out the roster with specialists for each apparatus.
Grandi has since retired, and the sport will go back to five-gymnast teams for the 2024 Olympics.
In a weird quirk, the US women's gymnastics team will send six gymnasts to Tokyo, but only four will compete as part of the team event--two gymnasts will compete in the individual events only. (The US earned one individual spot for the women, and Jade Carey earned another spot based on her own performance.) That complicated process for getting extra spots is part of why gymnastics is scrapping the model and moving back to a simpler 5-person team.
Carey earned her spot competing in the International World Cup Series over a two year span. Not a cheap way to go. Had to travel around the world going to those meets.