The FIG released the nominative team lists for Worlds this morning, and while there are no surprises for the most part, the U.S. women’s team is a shocking one.
Keep in mind, nominative lists are just that – nominative. The actual U.S. women’s team won’t be named until the selection camp held October 6-9, and in the meantime anything can change. It looks as if the current nominative list is a reflection of this summer’s competitions as well as how gymnasts did at the most recent national team camp, but they still have one more verification to prove themselves so again, anything can change.
As it stands right now, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, and Maggie Nichols are all featured, to no one’s surprise. Madison Kocian is also someone who’s been on everyone’s minds, but the list also includes MyKayla Skinner and – drum roll please – Brenna Dowell, who reportedly placed fifth in the all-around at camp once she added her Amanar back into her program. She was also second on bars.
It looks as though Karolyi is going for maximum potential on each event rather than the top all-arounders. In this scenario, Nichols looks like the alternate, as she isn’t in the top three on any event, especially now that everyone has Amanars again. But Dowell, who would fill a similar role as Nichols with vault and bars as their strong suits, could also be in that position. But again, this list isn’t official, and there’s still plenty of time for change. But I love the team, despite being sad about the lack of inclusion of Bailie Key and Kyla Ross.
Since it’s not all about the USA, what are some of the other big surprises? No Emily Little for Australia, which is shocking as she’s one of their strongest, so she must be dealing with injury. Anna Pavlova is back for Azerbaijan after dealing with injury this past year. Canada is including new seniors Audrey Rousseau and Sydney Townsend over Maegan Chant, who has spent the past three years as one of Canada’s top choices.
Cuba will send two WAG gymnasts, including vault phenom Marcia Vidiaux, though it looks as though Yesenia Ferrera is out of commission. For Spain, Roxana Popa and Maria Paula Vargas are finally back, though they’re missing Cintia Rodriguez and Ainhoa Carmona from their roster.
There’s nothing too surprising from the Brits, with Ruby Harrold making it back into the lineup after her strong showing in Osijek, though Rebecca Tunney didn’t look quite ready so it’s no shock she’s not included. The Germans and Italians also have no surprises, so as long as everyone stays healthy things should stay as they are.
Fierce west coast NCAA gymnasts Danusia Francis and Toni-Ann Williams are both on the list for Jamaica. For Poland, it was a surprise to see Marta Pihan-Kulesza not on the list, though she has slowly been coming back from injury and made her return this weekend, so it’s likely this list was made before her recovery and she could still be added.
North Korea has a team listed despite there being some controversy about them potentially boycotting. Romania has left out Andreea Munteanu from their equation, though this could change after nationals this weekend. Russia has Aliya Mustafina on the list despite her not being in the gym over the past couple of months, so this could also change depending on how she’s able to come back.
The full nominative list for MAG and WAG is below.
| ALGERIA | |
| Mohamed Bourguieg Hellal Metidji Mohamed Reghib |
Farah Boufadene |
| ARGENTINA | |
| Nicolas Cordoba Osvaldo Martinez Federico Molinari |
Maria Belen Stoffel Ayelen Tarabini Ailen Valente |
| ARMENIA | |
| Artur Davtyan Harutyun Merdinyan Davtyan Vahagn |
Houry Gebeshian |
| AUSTRALIA | |
| Prashanth Sellathurai Naoya Tsukahara Luke Wiwatowski |
Georgia-Rose Brown Georgia Godwin Madelaine Leydin Larrissa Miller Mary Anne Monckton Kiara Munteanu Emma Nedov |
| AUSTRIA | |
| Vinzenz Höck Fabian Leimlehner Matthias Schwab |
Lisa Ecker Elisa Hämmerle Olivia Jochum Jasmin Mader Marlies Männersdorfer Erja Metzler |
| AZERBAIJAN | |
| Petro Pakhnyuk Oleg Stepko |
Yuliya Inshina Marina Nekrasova Anna Pavlova |
| BAHAMAS | |
| Kianna Dean Simone Hall |
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| BELGIUM | |
| Gilles Gentges Maxime Gentges Florian Landuyt Bram Louwije Kristof Schroe Jimmy Verbaeys Siemon Volkaert |
Jelle Beullens Julie Croket Rune Hermans Gaelle Mys Cindy Vandenhole Lisa Verschueren Laura Waem |
| BELARUS | |
| Dzmitry Barkalau Andrey Likhovitskiy Vasili Mikhalitsyn Dzianis Sanuvonh Aliaksandr Tsarevich Ilya Yakauleu |
Sviatlana Lifenka Valeryia Tsekhmistrenka |
| BOLIVIA | |
| Redy Chumacero Marco Antonio Riveros |
Kaylee Cole Dianne Soria Diana Vasquez |
| BRAZIL | |
| Francisco Barretto Lucas Bitencourt Diego Hypolito Arthur Mariano Pericles Silva Caio Souza Arthur Zanetti |
Thauany Araujo Jade Barbosa Leticia Costa Daniele Hypolito Lorrane Oliveira Flavia Saraiva Julie Sinmon |
| BULGARIA | |
| Yordan Aleksandrov Martin Angelov Aleksandar Batinkov |
Ralitsa Mileva Valentina Rashkova Albena Zlatkova |
| CANADA | |
| Zachary Clay Rene Cournoyer Kenneth Ikeda Anderson Loran Kevin Lytwyn Scott Morgan Jay Hugh Smith |
Ellie Black Madison Copiak Isabela Onyshko Brittany Rogers Audrey Rousseau Sydney Townsend Victoria-Kayen Woo |
| CAYMAN ISLANDS | |
| Morgan Lloyd | |
| CHILE | |
| Christian Bruno Tomas Gonzalez Juan Raffo |
Simona Castro Franchesca Santi |
| CHINA | |
| Lin Chaopan Liu Rongbing Liu Yang Deng Shudi Xiao Ruoteng You Hao Zhang Chenglong |
Chen Siyi Fan Yilin Mao Yi Shang Chunsong Tan Jiaxin Wang Yan Zhu Xiaofang |
| COLOMBIA | |
| Kristopher Bohorquez Carlos Calvo Jossimar Calvo Jorge Giraldo Didier Lugo Andres Martinez Jhonny Munoz |
Yurany Avendaño Ginna Escobar Marcela Sandoval |
| COSTA RICA | |
| Henry Gonzalez Luis Soto Tarik Soto |
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| CROATIA | |
| Marijo Moznik Robert Seligman Filip Ude |
Ana Derek Karmen Koljanin Dina Madir |
| CUBA | |
| Manrique Larduet Randy Leru |
Dovelis Torres Marcia Vidiaux |
| CYPRUS | |
| Irodotos Georgallas Marios Georgiou Xenios Papaevripidou |
Stelutsa Savvidou |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | |
| David Jessen Martin Konecny Daniel Radovesnicky |
Veronika Cenkova Romana Majerechova Kristyna Palesova |
| DENMARK | |
| Joao Fuglsig Helge Vammen Joachim Winther |
Mette Hulgaard Michelle Lauritsen Linnea Wang |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | |
| Audrys Nin | Yamilet Peña |
| ECUADOR | |
| Daniel Gomez | Giulianna Pino |
| EGYPT | |
| Amr Essam Mohamed Ahmed Ahmed Ashraf El Maraghy Mohamed Sherif El Saharty |
Nada Ayman Ibrahim Sherine El Zeiny Nancy Taman |
| FINLAND | |
| Oskar Kirmes Heikki Niva Tomi Tuuha |
Maija Leinonen Monica Sileoni Annika Urvikko |
| FRANCE | |
| Samir Ait Said Axel Augis Julien Gobaux Hamilton Sabot Cyril Tommasone Arnaud Willig Jim Zona |
Camille Bahl Marine Brevet Loan His Anne Kuhm Claire Martin Valentine Pikul Louise Vanhille |
| GEORGIA | |
| Paata Nozadze | Nato Dzidziguri Julia Rumbutis |
| GERMANY | |
| Andreas Bretschneider Fabian Hambuchen Philipp Herder Christopher Jursch Sebastian Krimmer Marcel Nguyen Andreas Toba |
Antonia Alicke Leah Griesser Lisa-Katharina Hill Pauline Schäfer Sophie Scheder Elisabeth Seitz Pauline Tratz |
| GREAT BRITAIN | |
| Frank Baines Sam Oldham Daniel Purvis Louis Smith Kristian Thomas Sam Whitlock Nile Wilson |
Becky Downie Ellie Downie Charlie Fellows Claudia Fragapane Ruby Harrold Kelly Simm Amy Tinkler |
| GREECE | |
| Georgios Chatziefstathiou Nikolaos Iliopoulos Christos Lympanovnos Vlasios Maras Dimitrios Markousis Eleftherios Petrounias Ioannis Tougkas |
Argyro Afrati Myropi Christofilaki Vasiliki Millousi Evangelia Monokrousou Evangelia Plyta Maria Simou Ioanna Xoulogi |
| GUATEMALA | |
| Jorge Vega | Ana Sofia Gomez |
| HONG KONG | |
| Man Hin Jim Kiu Chung Ng Wai Hung Shek |
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| HUNGARY | |
| Adam Babos Krisztian Berki Norbert Dudas Vid Hidvegi Ryan Sheppard Levente Vagner David Vecsernyes |
Dalia Al Salty Dorina Böczögö Tünde Csillag Boglarka Devai Luca Diveky Kitti Honti Noemi Makra |
| ICELAND | |
| Eythor Baldursson Jon Gunnarsson Valgard Reinhardsson |
Dominiqua Belanyi Norma Robertsdottir Irina Sazonova |
| INDIA | |
| Ashish Kumar Rakesh Patra Siddharth Verma |
Dipa Karmakar |
| INDONESIA | |
| Rifda Irfanaluthfi | |
| IRELAND | |
| Kieran Behan Jack Neill Andrew Smith |
Tara Donnelly Nicole Mawhinney Ellis O’Reilly |
| ISRAEL | |
| Artem Dolgopyat Eyal Glazer Alexander Shatilov |
Tzuf Feldon |
| ITALY | |
| Nicola Bartolini Alberto Busnari Andrea Cingolani Tommaso De Vecchis Ludovico Edalli Paolo Ottavi Enrico Pozzo |
Erika Fasana Carlotta Ferlito Vanessa Ferrari Enus Mariani Elisa Meneghini Lara Mori Martina Rizzelli |
| JAMAICA | |
| Reiss Beckford Caleb Faulk Nicholas Tai |
Danusia Francis Maya Williams Toni-Ann Williams |
| JAPAN | |
| Tomomasa Hasegawa Naoto Hayasaka Ryohei Kato Kazuma Kaya Kenzo Shirai Yusuke Tanaka Kohei Uchimura |
Yu Minobe Sae Miyakawa Natsumi Sasada Aiko Sugihara Asuka Teramoto Yuki Uchiyama Sakura Yumoto |
| KAZAKHSTAN | |
| Stepan Gorbachev Ilya Kornev Nikolay Nam |
Aida Bauyrzhanova Zhanerke Duisek Anna Geidt |
| LATVIA | |
| Vitalijs Kardasovs Aleksejs Pajada Dmitrijs Trefilovs |
Alina Circene Valerija Grisane Diana Jerofejeva |
| LITHUANIA | |
| Rokas Guscinas Tomas Kuzmick Robert Tvorogal |
Vaida Zitineviciute |
| MALAYSIA | |
| Phay Xing Loo | Tracie Ang Farah Ann Abdul Hadi Tan Ing Yueh |
| MALTA | |
| Suzanne Buttigieg Kirsty Caruana Peppijna Dalli |
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| MEXICO | |
| Javier Balboa Rodolfo Bonilla Kevin Cerda Javier Cervantes Daniel Corral Fabian de Luna |
Elsa Garcia Ana Lago Alexa Moreno Karla Retiz Ahtziri Sandoval Amaranta Torres |
| MONGOLIA | |
| Erdenebold Ganbat Nomondalai Jamiyankhuu Otgonbat Purevdorj |
Batmaa Enkhtuvshin |
| MONACO | |
| Kevin Crovetto | Milla Fabre |
| MOROCCO | |
| Hamza Hossaini Rachid Moussa Abderrazak Nasser |
Najwa Dassalm Houda Eddachraoui Hebatallah Serry |
| NAMIBIA | |
| Annelise Koster Kabuba Masule Katja Serrer |
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| NETHERLANDS | |
| Michel Bletterman Bart Deurloo Casimir Schmidt Anthony van Assche Lambertus van Gelder Jeffrey Wammes Epke Zonderland |
Eythora Thorsdottir Mara Titarsolej Lisa Top Noel van Klaveren Vera van Pol Lieke Wevers Sanne Wevers |
| NEW ZEALAND | |
| David Bishop Devy Dyson Mikhail Koudinov |
Courtney McGregor Mackenzie Slee Charlotte Sullivan |
| NORTH KOREA | |
| Han Jong Hyok Ri Kwang Mo Ri Se Gwang |
Hong Un Jong Jong Un Gyong Kang Yong Mi Kim So Yong Pak Sin Hyang Ri Un Ha |
| NORWAY | |
| Marcus Conradi Pietro Giachino Stian Skjerahaug |
Sofie Bråten Thea Nygaard Martine Skregelid |
| PANAMA | |
| Isabella Amado Valentina Brostella |
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| PERU | |
| Daniel Aguero Maurcio Gallegos Luis Pizarro |
Mariana Chiarella Ariana Orrego |
| PHILIPPINES | |
| Reyland Capellan | Ava Verdeflor |
| POLAND | |
| Adam Rzepa | Claudia Chmielowska Gabriela Janik Katarzyna Jurkowska Alma Kuc Emilia Kulczynska |
| PORTUGAL | |
| Simao Almeida Bernardo Costa Gustavo Palma |
Filipa Martins Mariana Pitrez Sara Raposeiro |
| PUERTO RICO | |
| Rafael Morales Tristian Perez Tommy Ramos Luis Rivera Alexander Rodriguez Nestor Rodriguez Alexis Torres |
Andrea Maldonado Paula Mejias Paola Moreira |
| QATAR | |
| Ahmed Al Dyani | |
| ROMANIA | |
| Cristian Bataga Marius Berbecar Vlad Cotuna Marian Dragulescu Andrei Muntean Ioan Nistor Alexandru Ursache |
Diana Bulimar Larisa Iordache Andreea Iridon Laura Jurca Anamaria Ocolisan Catalina Ponor Silvia Zarzu |
| RUSSIA | |
| Denis Abliazin David Belyavskiy Nikita Ignatyev Nikolai Kuksenkov Nikita Nagornyy Alexey Rostov Ivan Stretovich |
Ksenia Afanasyeva Maria Kharenkova Viktoria Komova Aliya Mustafina Maria Paseka Daria Spiridonova Seda Tutkhalyan |
| SERBIA | |
| Bojan Dejanovic Milos Paunovic Petar Velickovic |
Tamara Mrdjenovic Aleksandra Rajcic |
| SINGAPORE | |
| Zie Jie Gabriel Gan Kai Cheng Timothy Tay |
Janessa Dai Ashly Lau Nadine Joy Nathan |
| SLOVAKIA | |
| Slavomir Michnak Samuel Piasecky Ivan Vargovsky |
Radoslava Kalamarova Barbora Mokosova |
| SLOVENIA | |
| Saso Bertoncelj Alen Dimic Mitja Petkovsek |
Teja Belak Carmen Horvat Tjasa Kysselef |
| SOUTH AFRICA | |
| Tiaan Grobler Ryan Patterson |
Kirsten Beckett Claudia Cummins Bianca Mann |
| SOUTH KOREA | |
| Kang Ju Won Kim Han Sol Lee Jun Ho Lee Sang Wook Park Min Soo Shin Dong Hyen Yoo Won Chul |
Eum Dayeon Heo Seonmi Jeong Heeyeon Kim Chaeyeon Lee Hyebeen Park Jisoo Yun Narae |
| SPAIN | |
| Nestor Abad Ruben Lopez Andres Martin Julian Perez Alberto Tallon Adria Vera Rayderley Zapata |
Claudia Colom Nora Fernandez Ana Perez Roxana Popa Paula Raya Natalia Ros Maria Paula Vargas |
| SWEDEN | |
| Pontus Kallanvaara Christopher Soos Michael Trane |
Ece Ayan Lovisa Estberg Ida Gustafsson Emma Larsson Kim Singmuang Marcela Torres Veronica Wagner |
| SWITZERLAND | |
| Christian Baumann Pablo Brägger Pascal Bucher Claudio Capelli Oliver Hegi Kevin Rossi Eddy Yusof |
Caterina Barloggio Jessica Diacci Ilaria Käslin Laura Schulte Stefanie Siegenthaler Giulia Steingruber |
| TAIPEI | |
| Chen Chih-Yu Hsu Ping Chien Huang Ko Chiang Huang Ta Yu Lee Chih Kai |
Lo Yu Ju Mai Liu Hsiang-Han |
| THAILAND | |
| Robert Tee Kriangkum | |
| TRINIDAD & TOBAGO | |
| Joseph Fox | Marisa Dick Thema Williams |
| TURKEY | |
| Ferhat Arican Ibrahim Colak Umit Samiloglu |
Ekin Morova Demet Mutlu Tutya Yilmaz |
| UKRAINE | |
| Vladyslav Hryko Volodymyr Okachev Igor Radivilov Maksym Semiankiv Andrii Sienichkin Oleg Verniaiev Mykyta Yermak |
Yana Fedorova Angelina Kysla |
| UNITED STATES | |
| Christopher Brooks Danell Leyva Sam Mikulak Alexander Naddour Paul Ruggeri Donnell Whittenburg Brandon Wynn |
Simone Biles Gabby Douglas Brenna Dowell Madison Kocian Maggie Nichols Aly Raisman MyKayla Skinner |
| URUGUAY | |
| Cristhian Meneses | Debora Reis Sofia Rodriguez |
| UZBEKISTAN | |
| Anton Fokin Timur Kadirov Eduard Shaulov |
Dilnoza Abdusalimova Oksana Chusovitina Elena Rega |
| VENEZUELA | |
| Jostyn Fuenmayor Jose Fuentes Junior Rojo |
Katriel de Sousa Jessica Lopez Ivet Rojas |
| VIETNAM | |
| Dinh Phuong Thanh Le Thanh Tung Pham Phuoc Hung |
Do Thi Van Anh Phan Thi Ha Thanh |
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no Bailie Key 😦
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It may be a fairly solid list for the U.S. As an NBC reporter pointed out, the last time someone NOT on the nominative list was Gabby in 2011, and that’s because Caquatto was injured and couldn’t compete.
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Yeah but that’s due to injury only. There is no known current bad injury that any of the training squad is having to deal with (unless there is one in the next 1 month). I am actually surprised that douglas wasn’t on the team back in 2011 instead of caquitto to start with.
2010 is the last time someone on nominative didn’t make it and wasn’t due to injury (sloan replacing kytra)
I won’t be surprised if this is the real list. even if it isn’t it says that Martha is gonna maximize EF as the theme for this year.
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I was actually thinking Brenna could contend with Bailie for a spot next year, but I hadn’t really considered it as a possibility this year. Either way, I’m so excited for her and I’ll be mad if she’s alternate for the 3rd year in a row. 😛
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There is no Huang huidan in the List 😦
Do You know why?
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She could still be in the running. I wouldn’t count her out completely yet..
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I’m pretty sure she was added. Read the updated version on the previous blog 😉
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Who on the US list has an Amanar ready? Gabby is no longer doing her DTY? Also, do we know whatever came of Simone’s Cheng?
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I think that of the seven people on the list the ones with an amanar are Simone, Maggie, Aly, Gabby and maybe McKayla?? Simone said she’s not doing a cheng anymore, at least not this year.
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Mykayla’s first vt is still a cheng. she hasn’t shown an amanar at actual competition for a while… Rumor is that brenna might also got her amanar back too.
Yeah I was disappointed about simone not doing cheng this year too.
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Brenna and Gabby both verified Amanars at the most recent camp. MyKayla was training it, but I don’t know that she verified.
I’m actually interested to see vault finals this year. The videos from the Russia Cup show Maria Paseka doing both an Amanar and a Cheng that look decent (for her). And I wouldn’t be suprised if Hong un Jong submits/chucks a TTY. Also, I saw a clip on youTube of Yamlit Pena standing up a Prudonova. (It was a DEEP landing.. but it was on her feet!)
Im done now i promise lol 🙂
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Hi, is this information listed somewhere? Like who verified what?
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The US team lineup has no new seniors or even 2nd year seniors . In a team of 5 for Rio there are even fewer openings .
In 2011 they had Gabby Kyla Jordyn Aly . Parents should be thinking about this & what sort of expectations are realistic for their elite 14-16 year olds .
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No Kyla in 2011, as she was a junior. But they did have Maroney and Vega as new seniors then.
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No Celine Von Gerner?
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If I am correct: she is still in the race! They have an interland October 3th and after that the team will be decided.
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BRENNA!!!! I’ll believe it when I see it set in stone, but gahhhhhh seeing her name on this list makes me incredibly happy! Inside, however, I’m heart broken at the absence of kyla 😦 hopefully this isn’t the end of elite for her. I want so badly to see her in Rio!
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Oh hellz yeah Brenna!!!!!!!!!!
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I m gonna extrapolate a few things from Brenna 5th in AA and 2nd ub. Maggie was 4th at 60.0 . So Brenna must have gotten at least 59+. Also 2nd ub would mean score around 15.2-.3. Her best case score from P&G would be 57.7 using vt day #2 and everything else day… Her amanar from the past stayed in bound and looks better than aly current one which got 15.35 so we might say 15.6-7. So add 0.7 from vt and 0.2 from ub to 57.7 to get 58.7. So I m thinking she must have also improved somewhat on beam and fx during camp too..
As for Bailie, an amanar in the next week would serve her real well as well as improving a little more on ub . While I am ecstatic that brenna is on the list, I think this is tempered by the fact that in reality I think they are both fighting for the same spot. Right now brenna is ahead but if key shows up with a consistent amanar that could seal the deal for key. I am all for brenna being able to show her original routines but just going by consistency, I feel like key has been more consistent. Add to that is the fact that key is better on bb and fx than brenna. I don’t think this fight is quite over yet and am saying this not because I am a diehard fan of key..
So while we can all cheer for brenna, I really don’t think anyone can celebrate til oct 9th.
Nothing against Maggie, but it doesn’t matter if it’s brenna or key being in the mix, I just don’t see how she will not be the alternate at this point…
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The only reason why Maggie would’ve been used in TF is bc of her amanar but that reason is now gone which is why she will most likely be the alternate
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How do you know Maggie was 4th at 60? Where are people getting these details?
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Hi Beth! Simone and Maggie both info about camp standings and what not on their ask.fm accounts.
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I guess I’m not as surprised as others in the cyberworld about Key’s omission. She didn’t really impress me at P&G or the US Championships. She strikes me as a nervous competitor. Marta likes them confident. Also, because Key lacks power compared to others, she doesn’t get the spring or height in her skills that the others do. Key is very good on bars, but Kocian is better. And as others have pointed out, the US boasts even stronger AAers than Key. Biles, Nichols, and Raisman have higher potential AA scores, and I believe Gabby Douglas does, too, if she keeps improving.
So does anyone know why Simone is not doing a Cheng? Is it just not trained enough so that it’s reliable? She could likely get another gold in vault event finals if she added that.
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I think her coaches just decided she didn’t need it right now. Her execution is so much better than everyone else on vaulting that she will most likely still be a strong silver at the least.
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Yeah I am surprised too that Simone nicked the idea of cheng for this year too. Which means that her chance of winning gold or silver vt is not good now that we have 2 competitors doing cheng/amanar. I think even a not so good cheng by simone is still better than most other but I am guessing she just want to play it safe and not risk a possible fall which will completely take her off the vt podium.
Mykayla is trying to get her amanar back. I am wondering how that’s going. That would be crazy if she will actually do amanar and cheng. If she does, this year vt final will be totally EPIC!.
As regard to Key, at this point it’s not just about Kocian is better than Key in bars (pretty much a given) or that Key is a great AA (she IS and has more overall value than brenna IMO), it’s more about if Key can be a consistent 2nd highest bar worker to take over that position from brenna in a TF. And honestly, given that we also got amanar from gabby, the need for Key to do amanar is even less (but would still help her case immensely)….. But really, the most important thing right now for key is to consistently beat brenna in ub to be US 2nd highest bar worker in the next week.
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I’m still not convinced MyKayla should be on the team. Her vault isn’t needed for TF with all those amanars. She could maybe medal in EF if she brings her amanar (doubtful?).
Lets look at floor. U.S. Needs a third floor worker for TF. MyKayla is one option. But she has been so inconsistent with endurance problems and falls, not to mention generally messy execution. I’d say leave her as alternate at best, at which point, Key or Nichols would be the best options. I would have Nichols on the team and used for floor, Key would make a fabulous alternate, and Skinner is off the team.
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Unfortunately it doesn’t make sense to pick Maggie over Key for ub and fx as their records on both events show that Key is better than Maggie on both…. With Gabby and Brenna getting amanar, unfortunately things doesn’t look as good for Maggie from the vt standpoint either. I love the Maggie being a team player and her consistency but she doesn’t quite fit the equation in TF. See the case of Ebee in 2012.
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What a shameful thing is going to happen to the 2 Belarus nominatives here!!! I hope they read the internet comments and see how much supports they are getting…
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