Regrettably, we'll never get it as long as Nelly Kim in charge of FIG, that's never going to happen. She's so anti-Artistic gymnastics (I guess losing to Nadia does that to a person) - and she's the person responsible the Code of points as it is now
And again - I don't have an issue with difficult gymnastics - but what I've got an issue with is people who can't do the difficult gymnastics properly. (as well as those who can't do simple dance elements. the amount of times i want to scream POINT YOUR TOE... lol)
again I think if it were up to me I would have it like this:
Execution: 10.
Difficulty: 1-5 (so hardest stuff is 5)
Artistic: 1-5 (again hardest thing is 5)
and have it equal weight. so you can maximize the difficulty and get credit - but if you have low artistic it's not so good, and same with those who can maximize the artistic, but not the difficulty. this could somewhat marry the two together.
Artistically? Uhm... no. Okay, yeah I agree on this. I still think that her gymnastic (and much of USA team) is muscular rather than artistic.
agreed on both accounts.
Oh what a flashback, Podkopayeva's floor routine was awesome in Atlanta 96, that set the bar VERY high for years. 9.887, scary score back when they had still 10.
Right? I am watching old AA finals (Barcelona + Atlanta), and it was sooo good. (up until Tatiana Gutsu wins (sigh).
100% agree. I absolutely loved that balance beam routine. You don't have to do flip after flip to demonstrate world class balance. Honestly, it gets to the point where a routine looks disjointed in those cases. Those connected spins and the overall flow of the routine were awesome.
exactly. Like I know had Simone hadn't had the bobble, she wins, because it's so full of tricks. but like i've said, in my mind Sanne's is just as difficult and I don't think would have gotten the respect it deserved had Simone gone clean. I really hope that type of routine inspires AMERICAN gymnasts, so we can see the power AND the grace.
