The Gabby Douglas "hand over heart" controversy during the anthem is interesting
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Date: August 15th, 2016 5:27 PM Author: Vibrant Carnelian Jap
two things:
1. gabby is good on bars, and the team needed more bars help
2. gabby won a world silver last year in the all-around, so at the very least she has some recent experience under pressure.
also, marta karolyi explained in an article i was reading that part of the reason none of the girls who finished 4-6 were picked was because (a) they didn't have scores in BB, FX, or Vault that would surpass the top three US gymnasts, and in the team final only three gymnasts perform, and (b) they weren't great on bars, which is where the USA actually needed help.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3322737&forum_id=2#31192395) |
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Date: August 15th, 2016 5:38 PM Author: Underhanded House
Lol at not seeing how racist that interpretation is...
Raisman and the rest of the team were horrible to her in 2012. Their body language was horrible and they would barely speak to the young newcomer. They obviously didn't like that she came and took their shine.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3322737&forum_id=2#31192480)
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Date: August 15th, 2016 5:44 PM Author: Vibrant Carnelian Jap
can you expound more on that? do you know details regarding how she didn't fit in with the group?
i also don't necessarily see how that's per se racist. the US gymnastics team has had non-white girls on the team in the last 20 years, like amy chow, dominique dawes, annia hatch, mohini bardwaj, kyla ross, laurie hernandez, simone biles.
it certainly seems like simone and laurie get along just fine, and certainly kyla did. and aly is jewish.
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3322737&forum_id=2#31192523) |
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