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re: Why is Haleigh Bryant not on the U.S. Olympic team?
Posted on 4/22/24 at 7:04 am to Jeff Goldblum
Posted on 4/22/24 at 7:04 am to Jeff Goldblum
She didn't train as an elite gymnast. I don't know what that means, but that's what has been said. I know there are different levels of gymnasts, but I don't really understand all of that.
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Posted on 4/22/24 at 11:16 am to LSUSkip
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She didn't train as an elite gymnast. I don't know what that means, but that's what has been said. I know there are different levels of gymnasts, but I don't really understand all of that.
It's behind a paywall on The Athletic, but there was a recent article on Jade
Carey that touches on it and explains the challenges of doing both.
She was the gold medalist on floor at the last Olympics, and currently competes at Oregon State. She decided to compete for her college team AND train for the Olympic trials while most girls do one or the other. Sunni Lee and another girl from UCLA were on the last Olympic team and took the year off from college to exclusively train for the upcoming trials.
My very basic understanding is that the 10 point scale used in NCAA doesn't reward the most challenging skills so there's no point in doing them at an NCAA competition. All risk, no reward. You can get a 10 without doing them. In the Olympics, you obviously have to do the harder stuff. She's essentially having to do two completely separate training regimens in order to compete in both.
Posted on 4/22/24 at 5:38 pm to LSUSkip
Color me pleasantly surprised that a number of people gave smart, educated answers to this.
Posted on 4/23/24 at 6:45 pm to LSUSkip
Because college gymnastics is the last step for gymnasts
Most are too old for that level of gymnastics
Most are too old for that level of gymnastics
Posted on 8/15/24 at 10:04 am to LSUSkip
I am rather late to this discussion. And I don't know what I'm talking about, which is why I am asking the question. Suni Lee won gold at the 2020 Olympics after Biles dropped out with twisties.
It was my understanding that Lee enrolled at Auburn and was competing for Auburn. If that is wrong, correct me. If "Olympic," "elite" gymnasts are so much better than NCAA gymnasts, why didn't Lee beat Bryant to win the all-round title in the last NCAA championships? Was there something that prevented them from competing against each other.
Someone educate me. But, please don't just Bryant isn't "elite" or "Olympic" gymnasts or better than NCAA gymnasts.
It was my understanding that Lee enrolled at Auburn and was competing for Auburn. If that is wrong, correct me. If "Olympic," "elite" gymnasts are so much better than NCAA gymnasts, why didn't Lee beat Bryant to win the all-round title in the last NCAA championships? Was there something that prevented them from competing against each other.
Someone educate me. But, please don't just Bryant isn't "elite" or "Olympic" gymnasts or better than NCAA gymnasts.
Posted on 8/15/24 at 11:51 am to LSUSkip
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She didn't train as an elite gymnast. I don't know what that means, but that's what has been said. I know there are different levels of gymnasts, but I don't really understand all of that.
I believe the Elite protocol is longer routines and stricter scoring among some of the differences. Scoring is also different and not capped at 10.00.
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