Simone Biles seems like such a little sweetie - always smiling and waving and seems to have a great attitude towards team mates and other competitors. She is top of her game and well-deserved. Her floor routine suits her personality and she always looks very polished.
She's the best! I absolutely love her sweet bubbly personality. She works harder than anyone out there as well. Go watch the video of the bee in her bouquet, it's funny and sweet.
I've only just started watching Simone Biles, she seems all around really great, personality and skill. I wonder with her uneven bars wether she would be capable of doing Shawn Johnson's Dismount double twisting double layout I think. The commentators were saying she seems capable of more so she would be even more amazing if she could do that.
I keep wanting someone else to win, just for once. And then Simone goes on floor, and hot DAMN, she just kills it. She's miles above anyone else, and she so, SO deserves that win. You go, girl!
Exactly it's kinda unfair it's like Simone this Simone that Simone all over its kinda getting annoying we get it she's amazing but atleast try to not pick her
@@klaudia6491 y'all are really mad at her for winning? Like what do you mean they need to pick someone else? If no one comes close in difficulty, of course she's gonna win and that's only fair. I know other girls work hard too but hating Simone for winning is just straight up childish and calling her annoying when she's a very sweet person too? You're just Salty
Aly and Gabby came back and made a second Olympic team, garnered more medals (including finally seeing Aly win an all around one), Kyla became an NCAA legend- the first world, Olympic and NCAA champion, Makayla earned her second world title before health issues forced retirement and Jordyn became a collegiate coach, someone who will undoubtedly influence many future athletes in incredible ways. That 2012 team was truly legendary.
She’s really good, but I personally like other bars routines better because it looks effortless and they make better lines imo. But yeah, she can get super high scores.
And now she’s a world medalist on bars. She’s like Uchimura on the men’s side. His weakest event was pommels but he still qualified to the world finals there twice
Wish Larisa Iordache were in this... She has such a gorgeous floor routine. Mykayla Skinner is such a fantastic tumbler, but I wish she looked a little less uptight. There's something about her facial expressions and the way she throws her shoulders back and wrists forward that makes her look tense, and her dance moves look almost perfunctory- she executes her routines, but she doesn't perform them.
Wow extremely impressed with Ellie Black's floor routine. She nailed it! Also seems to have tidied up her styling and leaps a LOT since I last saw her performed. Great job!
If ARTISTIC gymnastics means to dance ballet-like, then the men's gymnastics shouldn't be called 'artistic', because all they do is tumble, but IT IS.Yet if Simone biles tumbles like the men do, some people hate on her. Why are you full of hate for your fellow man? Artistic gymnastics obviously isn't what you think it is.
Because they’re jealous and have to have something to complain about to even remotely try and feel “better” about themselves. It’s just people who’ve never accomplished anything in life and need to be jerks.
Why does Sam Mikulak do so well in NCAA and National competitions...but falters during international competition? I still love his gymnastics but it's frustrating how his turn of events seem to happen.
Tim Daggett made a really good point. In the gymnastics world, 25 years old is considered old and that's why I disagree with that rule that a female gymnast has to be 16 years old in order to compete in the Olympics. It's not fair to a gymnast that's 15 years old because she has to wait until she's 19. Most gymnasts are at their best between the ages of 14 to 17 years old.
dcdddddd1 I'm pretty sure that you just have to turn 16 during the olympic year, so the olympics are in July and if you're 16th birthday isn't until like September, i think its okay.
dcdddddd1 i agree…a perfect example of this was Nastia for the 2004 Olympics, i believe she TURNED 15 the year of the Games…she was young, but super talented and could have potentially medaled at not one, but two Games!
Jordan Miller But what if a gymnast is 15 years old and doesn't turn 16 until the following year. I just think it's ridiculous that they made that rule. Nadia Comaneci was just 14 years old at the 1976 Olympics. Tatiana Gutsu was just 15 years old at the 1992 Olympics. If a gymnast is good enough to compete at the Olympics, then she should be allowed to compete even if she's just 14 or 15 years old.
Christopher McClendon I agree with you. Like you had mentioned, she was good enough to compete even though she was just 15 years old during the 2004 Olympics.
Simone is actually very expressive and has a much more refined concept of presentation and style than most Americans competing now. I think people brush her off as "unartistic" because of the horrid music choice and the fact that she is always pigeonholed as a power gymnast. Watch her floor as a junior, it was much more flattering than her current routine.
What always frustrates me is when people complain about lack of artistry, they always bring up ballet. This is NOT ballet class it’s gymnastics!! Artistry in gymnastics is an individual and interpretive concept. You are absolutely right, she IS artistic in her own unique and creative ways.
When the guys do their parallel bar routines and come down so hard on their releases so that their biceps hit the bars...how does that not hurt them?? It looks so painful lol.
He can't help it. That one vault of hers in the Olympic team final was just so incredible. They are are all great vaults but a stuck Amanar that is a foot and a half higher than the top male gymnast (who starts on a taller vault table to begin with) is just incredible. And Maroney always had better form and a little more height than Simone. Simone always, always crosses her feet. Ergo, Tim must have an obsession with Maroney because she truly had the most incredible (height, distance, form, landing, centered, dynamic) vault of all time. I think it's kinda funny how he always brings her up. But he's right. She is the greatest vaulter of all time.
bbhouk1 Maroney doesn't have the extension biles has so actually her form isn't better, and she arches her whole body and you can clearly see that in every video. She also isn't the greatest vaulter of all time, on the women's side maybe on the men's no.
You were correct! Team gold by an astronomical margin, every team member in at least one individual final, medals for every member except Gabby individually. Legend stuff.
Tiffany Brown I think they were referring specifically to reigning Olympic champions. You're right, others have gone back for 2nd and 3rd Olympics, but none were reigning Olympic all-around champions. Gabby was the first since Nadia to do so.
+Jordan Miller. I still think they should lower the age requirement to 14 years old instead of 16 years old because most gymnasts are at their best between the ages of 14 to 17 years old. Nadia Comaneci was only 14 years old when she competed in the Olympics.
The reason they raised it is because when it was 14 there was a massive amount of injuries and abuse among the young young girls so by raising it to 16 it helps prevent injuries and abuse more than 14 if that makes sense
Absolutely not!! 16 is young enough in a sport that can be incredibly abusive in nature- given the coaches the sport seems to attract. The girls in particular are not physically developed enough at 14 for it to be safe to consider pushing them that hard that early.
I love Simone, and I love to watch her. But the judges literally don't shut up about her sometimes, it's like, give credit to the other gymnasts! It's just Simone this, Simone that. It gets a little annoying to hear. Nothing against Simone though, I love her, it's just the annoying commentators.
+Gracesykesingle Totally agree! I love Simone and she always leaves me awestruck, but it does get a little annoying when they talk about Simone as though she can do no wrong, but only tend to criticise the other athletes.
+missmosshie Well, after all, they are American commentators covering American gymnasts. :) They say turnabout is fair play. :) I have "issues" with the British commentators, especially Christine Stills. She NEVER passes any opportunity to comment somewhat critically and arrogantly that American girls are not "elegant." That's her favorite word. There are times I wanted to grab my monitor and shake the bolts out of it. LOL The Russian girls are her favorites. One of them in particular can flub her beam routine six or seven times, fall off the beam, and land on her face doing her dismount, and Stills will comment how "elegant" her form, her arm movements, and her toes are---even if she would break them when she fell. And when the British girls, who are of the same body type, have the same style and strength, either flub a routine or even fall on their butts, she gently brushes those mistakes off as "little bobbles." LOL She drove me bonkers, although she has improved a bit in the last two years. Someone must have told her she was just a tad prejudiced with her barbs & criticisms. Not to mention that the woman does not have brains enough to pronounce competitors' names properly, no matter how many times she has heard them said correctly. But she probably just believes she can pronounce their fathers' names better than their fathers can.
I wish people would stop worrying about what they WEAR and focus on what they’re DOING. These athletes can wear whatever they want, it’s not for others to judge.
Ok... I have to ask: Is the American Cup really that big of a deal? Aside from the fact that the meet includes some pretty well-known gymnasts, does it deserve the reverence given to it by the commentators? In the years I've been watching the American Cup, the commentators drone on about how huge the competition is, how prestigious it is to win it, and how every gymnast wants to win or compete in one. I feel like I missed something along the way...
+thetigerbeat007 It's big for the American gymnasts because it's really the only major international event on American soil but it's not so big for the other countries. That's why most of the major gymnasts don't show up
It's no different than other FIG World Cup (which is not that important). But Americans like to emphasize it a lot because it is the only World Cup that US gymnasts can get many medals.
Great routines of Fragapane,Black,Lopez and Fasana.. of course,Usa girls,ah,wonderful! but ,it s great to see also so creative routines from other gymnasts too! :)
Josh White Actually, while it was close, she wouldn't have won, even staying in bounds, and even without the wobble backward with extra step that wasn't out of bounds. It would've been MUCH, MUCH closer, but the step out was 0.1 and probably 0.1 for the step back before that, and maybe 0.1 for the wobble that accompanied the first step back. Raise her score by 0.3, would've then made it 60.065, while Simone still had 60.231. It would've been a much tighter finish, but Simone still would've gotten it.
Josh White Larissa Iordache ain’t shit compared to a gymnastics queen like Simone. Also stop with your “Larissa would have won had she not stepped out” blah blah bullshit. She didn’t and that’s that. That’s like me saying if Simone would of had a better balance beam routine she would have won with a larger margin of victory, but she didn’t so stop with the “if’s.”
My only fear for Simone - I believe she is unbeatable if she hits, is that the judges score her like they did Shawn Johnson in 2008. The Euros are hating the athleticism of the USA gymnasts. The sport has changed. The change has been dictated via the code of points / FIG. Judges better not pull that crap again.
Mikkayla (Spelling?) lost a chunk of weight since last years American cup or whatever it's called! I just watched it on youtube and was thinking to myself she was too chunky...not muscly like Simone but chunky! I noticed Mikkayla's weight was affecting her gymnastics and making it hard for her to stick not only landings but even her mounts and tumbling and her combinations! She's lost a big chunk of weight and its improved her skills and she's not so out of breath now!
Wow, you are really a gigantic PIG. Judging an athlete for their physical appearance? That’s the act of a child. Would you like someone to judge you for how you look? Would you appreciate being called “chunky?” What a soulless statement. She got better because her training brought it about- not because of her damn weight!
+devanf17 I guess we have the same issue about that. After all the events these commentators covered over the years, you would think they would take the time to learn how to pronounce competitors' names properly. I think it's RUDE for them not to give proper respect to the athletes by pronouncing their names correctly. You think the Japanese names are bad? Just listen to them during the Olympics. They butcher Russian and east European names horribly, and there is NO excuse for it because almost all of the athletes compete in many events over the years. Lazy and stupid, that's all.
I don’t understand why there is so much power and muscles in women US gym and so little choregraphy and dance whereas there are so many Romanians and Russians coaches in the USA. Simone is outstanding. But I prefer Anastasia’s, Victoria’s or Aliya’s routine than Kyla’s, Mykayla’s or Mackayla’s.
I don’t understand why so many people are childishly obsessed with female gymnasts being skinny little porcelain dolls. The days of being starved little girls has long passed- they are now encouraged to actually be strong and athletic so their bodies can handle and withstand the punishment of doing gymnastics. In terms of dance and choreography, it’s an individual and interpretive aspect of the sport. This is not ballet or dance class, it’s GYMNASTICS. The athletes should be able to interpret it in their own individual way.
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Simone Biles seems like such a little sweetie - always smiling and waving and seems to have a great attitude towards team mates and other competitors. She is top of her game and well-deserved. Her floor routine suits her personality and she always looks very polished.
Agree! :)
She's the best! I absolutely love her sweet bubbly personality. She works harder than anyone out there as well. Go watch the video of the bee in her bouquet, it's funny and sweet.
I'm not bagging but I met her there
Absolutely :)
I've only just started watching Simone Biles, she seems all around really great, personality and skill. I wonder with her uneven bars wether she would be capable of doing Shawn Johnson's Dismount double twisting double layout I think. The commentators were saying she seems capable of more so she would be even more amazing if she could do that.
I keep wanting someone else to win, just for once. And then Simone goes on floor, and hot DAMN, she just kills it. She's miles above anyone else, and she so, SO deserves that win. You go, girl!
Exactly it's kinda unfair it's like Simone this Simone that Simone all over its kinda getting annoying we get it she's amazing but atleast try to not pick her
She good but my opinion kinda annoying
+Gabrielle Lee yea
Yeah, the competitions where Biles appears are very..... boring....haha... we will see what will happen at Olympics
@@klaudia6491 she's only doing her best. There should be no problem for a person wanting to do her best on what she does
@@klaudia6491 y'all are really mad at her for winning? Like what do you mean they need to pick someone else? If no one comes close in difficulty, of course she's gonna win and that's only fair. I know other girls work hard too but hating Simone for winning is just straight up childish and calling her annoying when she's a very sweet person too? You're just Salty
Addicted to watching gymnastics, can’t stop, so I’m binge watching all these videos. And loving it! 🤸♀️⚡️✨🏆
Aly and Gabby came back and made a second Olympic team, garnered more medals (including finally seeing Aly win an all around one), Kyla became an NCAA legend- the first world, Olympic and NCAA champion, Makayla earned her second world title before health issues forced retirement and Jordyn became a collegiate coach, someone who will undoubtedly influence many future athletes in incredible ways. That 2012 team was truly legendary.
Gymnastics is the BEST sport on the planet!
YASSS
Drew Christian Rodney ikr it drives me fucking insane when people say it's not a sport they have no idea how hard gymnastics is!!!!
absolutely
YAAAAAAAASSSS
Sam Mikulak.....damn😍😍😍
He's hot
Simone Biles is a phenomenal gymnast. Beautiful girl with a lovely smile. I could watch her all day.
Simone says that she is not that good on the uneven bars but she is AMAZING
romi entin ikr even though everyone says bars is her weakest event she is still outstanding and better than probably about 90% of the gymnasts there
She’s really good, but I personally like other bars routines better because it looks effortless and they make better lines imo. But yeah, she can get super high scores.
And now she’s a world medalist on bars. She’s like Uchimura on the men’s side. His weakest event was pommels but he still qualified to the world finals there twice
while watching this I reacted the same way as the guy in the stands at @ 36:55 haha
***** Good thinking. Here's a gif if you want to share it. share.gifua-cam.com/users/KYq6an.gif
Lol that's my dad I told him
that he was on camera
+USA Gymnastics that's the best
I'm a young gymnast but i hope to be like Simone :} :}
Wish Larisa Iordache were in this... She has such a gorgeous floor routine.
Mykayla Skinner is such a fantastic tumbler, but I wish she looked a little less uptight. There's something about her facial expressions and the way she throws her shoulders back and wrists forward that makes her look tense, and her dance moves look almost perfunctory- she executes her routines, but she doesn't perform them.
Totally agree about the stiffness, she almost looks robotic.
Same it seems almost frantic sometimes and just takes me out of the moment
Oh calm down
Wow extremely impressed with Ellie Black's floor routine. She nailed it! Also seems to have tidied up her styling and leaps a LOT since I last saw her performed. Great job!
The guy in the stripes at 37:00 definitely kept her on that beam with some kind of sorcery
hahaha i was hoping someone noticed that too 😂😂😂
This comment had me in tears!!!!
En tant qu'ancienne gymnaste, je ne peux qu'admirer la puissance et les hautes performances de Simone Biles. Superbe gymnaste. Bravo
Can 2016 come faster. Cant wait till the summer Olympics!
+Kays Life i know right I'm so excited
+Kays Life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
its already almost2018
2024 🥲
Simone must have had a really good coach, and worked very hard to earn her scores
I don't want to start a war, but I think McKayla Skinner is a stiff gymnast
Trust me 😭😭 you comment aged like fine wine 😭
@@Djbdjdns Mykayla was always problematic though
your so awesome Simone!!
Simone Biles is a goddess
simone biles is my favorite gymnast
same
Me too
Jessica Lopez looks like she's 15--can't believe she's 29!
Sarah Brickner and her body matches it, too!
I miss Sasada's original mount! She once competed a full-twisting layout onto the beam.
37:00 the guy in the back, you're the MVP. you made her not fall, good job yo!
Not all heros wear capes lol
awesome gymnasts :) hope to get there one day!
Great to see Simone earlier in her career, she was and is on fire 🔥🔥🔥
32:35 "little balance check"
I think Jordyn is still a tad bitter that she didn't make AA in London.
I mean...anyone would be if they were on top for a while, was 4th overall in qualifications, and lost the spot over a small amount.
Kourtney O So What? Mind your own business,
Obviosly. Thats embarasing. She was portrayed as the it girl
Ally Miller
Love Nastia's commentary
I don't normally go for Russians or Ukranians, but for some reason, Oleg gives me an intense feeling of happiness when I look at him.
me too. i dont think there is any gym fan in the world who doesnt love him
@QPHashSS77 What did he say/do?
Did I miss something???? DId they ever show Simone Biles score for the floor???? She is AWESOME!!!!!! :)
Miss my hometown of Arlington.
3:09 Simone Vault
4:25 Mykayla Vault
10:18 Simone Bars
12:52 Mykayla Bars
30:12 Simone Beam
34:46 Mykayla Beam
1:19:08 Simone Floor
1:24:53 Mykayla Floor
If ARTISTIC gymnastics means to dance ballet-like, then the men's gymnastics shouldn't be called 'artistic', because all they do is tumble, but IT IS.Yet if Simone biles tumbles like the men do, some people hate on her. Why are you full of hate for your fellow man? Artistic gymnastics obviously isn't what you think it is.
Because they’re jealous and have to have something to complain about to even remotely try and feel “better” about themselves. It’s just people who’ve never accomplished anything in life and need to be jerks.
My God!! She's amazing !! its very difficult exercise!!! she's a butterfly
why didn't Ross compete?
11:15 Well how did that go?
Why does Sam Mikulak do so well in NCAA and National competitions...but falters during international competition? I still love his gymnastics but it's frustrating how his turn of events seem to happen.
domn1c Well, when you're competing against athletes from another country, it's obviously gonna be more nerve-racking!
@@Star_JewelExactly
Tim Daggett made a really good point. In the gymnastics world, 25 years old is considered old and that's why I disagree with that rule that a female gymnast has to be 16 years old in order to compete in the Olympics. It's not fair to a gymnast that's 15 years old because she has to wait until she's 19. Most gymnasts are at their best between the ages of 14 to 17 years old.
dcdddddd1 I'm pretty sure that you just have to turn 16 during the olympic year, so the olympics are in July and if you're 16th birthday isn't until like September, i think its okay.
Jordan Miller yeah that's the rule...kyla ross for example was 15 turning 16 at the london olympics
dcdddddd1 i agree…a perfect example of this was Nastia for the 2004 Olympics, i believe she TURNED 15 the year of the Games…she was young, but super talented and could have potentially medaled at not one, but two Games!
Jordan Miller But what if a gymnast is 15 years old and doesn't turn 16 until the following year. I just think it's ridiculous that they made that rule. Nadia Comaneci was just 14 years old at the 1976 Olympics. Tatiana Gutsu was just 15 years old at the 1992 Olympics. If a gymnast is good enough to compete at the Olympics, then she should be allowed to compete even if she's just 14 or 15 years old.
Christopher McClendon I agree with you. Like you had mentioned, she was good enough to compete even though she was just 15 years old during the 2004 Olympics.
Simone is actually very expressive and has a much more refined concept of presentation and style than most Americans competing now. I think people brush her off as "unartistic" because of the horrid music choice and the fact that she is always pigeonholed as a power gymnast. Watch her floor as a junior, it was much more flattering than her current routine.
And look at her now. Among the best we’ve ever known…
What always frustrates me is when people complain about lack of artistry, they always bring up ballet. This is NOT ballet class it’s gymnastics!! Artistry in gymnastics is an individual and interpretive concept. You are absolutely right, she IS artistic in her own unique and creative ways.
this is awsome
Skinner is unbelievable on fx!
She is so awesome!!!!!!!!!
simone your so good at gymnastics love you
Unbilievable so cool!!!!! Love Simone!!
When the guys do their parallel bar routines and come down so hard on their releases so that their biceps hit the bars...how does that not hurt them?? It looks so painful lol.
IKR!!!! I was wondering that to!! Lol
+Payton Berry the bars material is softer than you think it doesnt hurt them
+LoZfan86 lol
Trust me it doesn't hurt :) Playing around with them since I was two :)
FESoren it does hurt
LOVE the Japanese girls leotard. So cool
Sam Mikulak is gorgeous. :)
How about Cheng Fei, Svetlana Khorkina, Yelena Zamo,He Kexin?? There are plenty of athletes who returned to the Olympic stage.
Joyce they're referring to an olympic ALL AROUND champion returning to the Olympics again. THAT hasnt been done since nadia returned in 1980
Tim is obsessed with Makayla Moroney. But then again, we all have our favorites.
He can't help it. That one vault of hers in the Olympic team final was just so incredible. They are are all great vaults but a stuck Amanar that is a foot and a half higher than the top male gymnast (who starts on a taller vault table to begin with) is just incredible. And Maroney always had better form and a little more height than Simone. Simone always, always crosses her feet.
Ergo, Tim must have an obsession with Maroney because she truly had the most incredible (height, distance, form, landing, centered, dynamic) vault of all time. I think it's kinda funny how he always brings her up. But he's right. She is the greatest vaulter of all time.
bbhouk1 Maroney doesn't have the extension biles has so actually her form isn't better, and she arches her whole body and you can clearly see that in every video. She also isn't the greatest vaulter of all time, on the women's side maybe on the men's no.
@@arathgomez615 ....Not even on the womens side. Simone has a vault named after her, can Mahoney say that?
Fantastici
Anyone know the name of the intro song?
I think if the Americans stay healthy until Rio, the possibilities for the American team (whoever is selected) is unlimited
You were correct! Team gold by an astronomical margin, every team member in at least one individual final, medals for every member except Gabby individually. Legend stuff.
I love simone
Actually Dominique Dawes made it back to the Olympics.
Tiffany Brown I think they were referring specifically to reigning Olympic champions. You're right, others have gone back for 2nd and 3rd Olympics, but none were reigning Olympic all-around champions. Gabby was the first since Nadia to do so.
Actually you are not correct. Ludmilla Torisheva was the first to do it
skinners arms really bother me, they're too stiff
Who saw the man at 37:00 moving his hand up😂
Radi Ivanov that’s my dad I was next to him with the yellow shirt on
@@jumbojayla6132 No.. He's my dad, I'm the gal with the yellow shirt.
@@adamolition8702 HE IS MY UNCLE!
+Jordan Miller. I still think they should lower the age requirement to 14 years old instead of 16 years old because most gymnasts are at their best between the ages of 14 to 17 years old. Nadia Comaneci was only 14 years old when she competed in the Olympics.
The reason they raised it is because when it was 14 there was a massive amount of injuries and abuse among the young young girls so by raising it to 16 it helps prevent injuries and abuse more than 14 if that makes sense
Absolutely not!! 16 is young enough in a sport that can be incredibly abusive in nature- given the coaches the sport seems to attract. The girls in particular are not physically developed enough at 14 for it to be safe to consider pushing them that hard that early.
has everyone forgot about gabby douglas? shes still the best to me!
Veronica Nicholson You mean Gabby Davis hahaha
No
Veronica Nicholson Hahaha it's a joke! One of the commentators kept calling her that during one event!
They mention her so no she was not forgotten
What are the numbers for
uma pregunta donde es ese local desde lo 5 años mi ija quiere ir a ases eso
I was at the real thing in person and met Simone biles and mikayla skinner☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️😘😘😘😍love you both
Poor Claudia fragapane
+ symphony star she is always amazing on floor
donnell whittenburg not being on that Rio team was criminal IMO
He didn’t perform at his best when it counted most. As sad as it was, they had to pick the most reliable athletes at the time it really mattered.
Audience member starting at 36:51 used his magical powers to keep Skinner on the beam!! 😂
Almost forgot that the OG was at the same American cup way back in 2015!
I love Simone, and I love to watch her. But the judges literally don't shut up about her sometimes, it's like, give credit to the other gymnasts! It's just Simone this, Simone that. It gets a little annoying to hear. Nothing against Simone though, I love her, it's just the annoying commentators.
+Gracesykesingle Totally agree! I love Simone and she always leaves me awestruck, but it does get a little annoying when they talk about Simone as though she can do no wrong, but only tend to criticise the other athletes.
+missmosshie Well, after all, they are American commentators covering American gymnasts. :) They say turnabout is fair play. :) I have "issues" with the British commentators, especially Christine Stills. She NEVER passes any opportunity to comment somewhat critically and arrogantly that American girls are not "elegant." That's her favorite word. There are times I wanted to grab my monitor and shake the bolts out of it. LOL The Russian girls are her favorites. One of them in particular can flub her beam routine six or seven times, fall off the beam, and land on her face doing her dismount, and Stills will comment how "elegant" her form, her arm movements, and her toes are---even if she would break them when she fell. And when the British girls, who are of the same body type, have the same style and strength, either flub a routine or even fall on their butts, she gently brushes those mistakes off as "little bobbles." LOL She drove me bonkers, although she has improved a bit in the last two years. Someone must have told her she was just a tad prejudiced with her barbs & criticisms. Not to mention that the woman does not have brains enough to pronounce competitors' names properly, no matter how many times she has heard them said correctly. But she probably just believes she can pronounce their fathers' names better than their fathers can.
Gracesykesingle i know right
Tacks Sherbo yeah and this event is full of American gymnasts, which means they have a lot of people they could talk about other than Simone!
Well my friend in case you dose off its the Simone Biles Show
I wish the American gymnasts would wear American colors at International competitions like this.
I wish people would stop worrying about what they WEAR and focus on what they’re DOING. These athletes can wear whatever they want, it’s not for others to judge.
lol Donell Whittenburg and the other guys did the nae nae lol
I loved it
Has anyone else noticed that men put there arms up a lot with clenched fists to say 'Yay!' If they done something well but women never do that
Ok... I have to ask: Is the American Cup really that big of a deal? Aside from the fact that the meet includes some pretty well-known gymnasts, does it deserve the reverence given to it by the commentators? In the years I've been watching the American Cup, the commentators drone on about how huge the competition is, how prestigious it is to win it, and how every gymnast wants to win or compete in one. I feel like I missed something along the way...
+thetigerbeat007 I don't think it's nearly as important as they like to say it is ;). Sure, big names come, but a lot of big names don't.
+thetigerbeat007 It's big for the American gymnasts because it's really the only major international event on American soil but it's not so big for the other countries. That's why most of the major gymnasts don't show up
It's no different than other FIG World Cup (which is not that important). But Americans like to emphasize it a lot because it is the only World Cup that US gymnasts can get many medals.
Cool
Great routines of Fragapane,Black,Lopez and Fasana.. of course,Usa girls,ah,wonderful!
but ,it s great to see also so creative routines from other gymnasts too! :)
Simone biles I LOVE YOU SO MACH
I love how Tim says it hasn't been since Nadia in 1980 that a gymnast returned to a second games. Ummm Dominique dawes did three
Sinoen really deserves this
****Simone
She was googd she erned her place.
I like Mkayla bow and simone did I spell their names wrong?
Bow simone
Donnell Whittenburg!!! NEED. I . SAY. MORE????? #SEXYBEAST!!
That hairline tho. ...
Black Panther #weeeeaaaaaak
+marcelle215 Donnell's hair stopped growing at 5' 4", but Donnell didn't. He grew right through it. :)
Simone was really amazing (to me) but i wish she made that standing side ariel a standing front ariel (bb) (sorry if anything is spelt bad)
Mustafina never competed at euros this year
Omg u go simone bff yeah ppl I know Simone biles we go to school togethor
Augustine Egea isn’t she homeschooled?
ROStyles1 right she’s lying 🙄
She’s homeschooled
I don't like that they don't mention the fact that Larissa Iordache would have won the AA last year had she not stepped out on floor.
Josh White Actually, while it was close, she wouldn't have won, even staying in bounds, and even without the wobble backward with extra step that wasn't out of bounds. It would've been MUCH, MUCH closer, but the step out was 0.1 and probably 0.1 for the step back before that, and maybe 0.1 for the wobble that accompanied the first step back. Raise her score by 0.3, would've then made it 60.065, while Simone still had 60.231. It would've been a much tighter finish, but Simone still would've gotten it.
Josh White Larissa Iordache ain’t shit compared to a gymnastics queen like Simone. Also stop with your “Larissa would have won had she not stepped out” blah blah bullshit. She didn’t and that’s that. That’s like me saying if Simone would of had a better balance beam routine she would have won with a larger margin of victory, but she didn’t so stop with the “if’s.”
That's riddles
I do gymnastics to!!!!!
So
It’s weird to not see the huge American flag behind the beam😂
Where's Kyla Ross?
The chose skinner over Ross skinner is kinda better in my opinion
I can't watch this stuff without playing around doing handstands and flips.
WOWOWW GO SIMONE BILLES
if she did do the double layout shed be able to score. 17.00
Judges Mikayla did same move get off the beam just did with Simone biles
1:19:00
Go canada!
Why is kyla ross not competing?
I guess they'd rather take MyKayla in order for her to get more experience. I think Kyla will compete in Jesolo, later in March
They're only allowed two, and they chose Skinner over Ross.
She wanted to take time to work on new skills for the upcoming season to improve routine difficulty
What happened to Kalya ross
Kyla*** she was improving her difficulty and skills before she competed at a competition in Italy. Plus Skinner needed the international experience😊
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My only fear for Simone - I believe she is unbeatable if she hits, is that the judges score her like they did Shawn Johnson in 2008. The Euros are hating the athleticism of the USA gymnasts. The sport has changed. The change has been dictated via the code of points / FIG. Judges better not pull that crap again.
Mikkayla (Spelling?) lost a chunk of weight since last years American cup or whatever it's called! I just watched it on youtube and was thinking to myself she was too chunky...not muscly like Simone but chunky! I noticed Mikkayla's weight was affecting her gymnastics and making it hard for her to stick not only landings but even her mounts and tumbling and her combinations! She's lost a big chunk of weight and its improved her skills and she's not so out of breath now!
Wow, you are really a gigantic PIG. Judging an athlete for their physical appearance? That’s the act of a child. Would you like someone to judge you for how you look? Would you appreciate being called “chunky?” What a soulless statement. She got better because her training brought it about- not because of her damn weight!
1:18:45 that nae nae though
wow, they're really butchering the Japanese names.
+devanf17 I guess we have the same issue about that. After all the events these commentators covered over the years, you would think they would take the time to learn how to pronounce competitors' names properly. I think it's RUDE for them not to give proper respect to the athletes by pronouncing their names correctly. You think the Japanese names are bad? Just listen to them during the Olympics. They butcher Russian and east European names horribly, and there is NO excuse for it because almost all of the athletes compete in many events over the years. Lazy and stupid, that's all.
Tacks Sherbo International commentators butcher American names as well! They call Simone “see-mo-nay” all the time.
I don’t understand why there is so much power and muscles in women US gym and so little choregraphy and dance whereas there are so many Romanians and Russians coaches in the USA. Simone is outstanding. But I prefer Anastasia’s, Victoria’s or Aliya’s routine than Kyla’s, Mykayla’s or Mackayla’s.
I don’t understand why so many people are childishly obsessed with female gymnasts being skinny little porcelain dolls. The days of being starved little girls has long passed- they are now encouraged to actually be strong and athletic so their bodies can handle and withstand the punishment of doing gymnastics. In terms of dance and choreography, it’s an individual and interpretive aspect of the sport. This is not ballet or dance class, it’s GYMNASTICS. The athletes should be able to interpret it in their own individual way.
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