Gabby Douglas » Gabby Douglas, 2012 Olympic Trials AA Champion, night 2 routines

Please reread my entry "@Sad Fan" no where in my long, drawn out paragraphs did I ever say Douglas was a shoe in for the all around. After you are finished analyzing my paragraphs you will see that this is true :)
I was simply replying to those nay sayers who are saying that internationally Gabby will not receive good scores and that she won't hit a 60. These "nay sayers" refer to Worlds. I was just pointing out the fact that Douglas CAN score well in international competitions. Thank you :)

I could not agree more Sad Fan. Its like people just don't want her to be good , I really can't understand it exactly. I see she was a bit over-scored but its still not impossible for be up at the top if she hits in London, just look at where she was at Worlds last year and she has improved greatly in execution and also some in difficulty as well. *shrugg*

First off, when typing a comment it is not that hard to make up a little name, that way you aren't forced to use Anoymous Coward (and because multiple people use the same name the conversation gets confusing). Those of you who are saying that Gabby will not break 62 at the Olympics... YOU ARE RIGHT!
But then again, neither will ANY of the other competitors.The highest score at a World Championships was recorded by Mustafina in the 2010 (61.032)
While Gabby only recorded a 57.657, Komova and Wieber only posted 60.157 and 60.032 (these scores are from the qualifying round). Gabby only was behind Wieber by 2.375.

From last year Gabby gains an automatc .7 on her vault. Her SV on bars has increased .1, but you can NOT tell me that her current dismount (double layout) has the same deductions as her disasterous dismount (full in) from last year. She gains AT LEAST .3-.5 on her new dismount. On balance beam she has increased her DOD by .2. Plus the "haters" fail to release that Gabby had a hip injury last year that did not allow her to reach the 180 on all her leaps. She she gains around .5 (she has 5 leaps in her beam routine) along with a missed connection (.1) On floor she takes a .3 step out of her double arabian instead of leaping out so she loses the .1 SV. And once again her injury hurts her leaps... So add about .3.
Right there that is 2.7-2.9 worth of improvements... She was trailing Wieber by 2.375. So PLEASE don't tell me she won't score well this year at the games ;) thanks

i did go to usagym its the same tumbling she upgraded jumps and stuff visas day 2 2011 she got a 5.9 i'm guessing something was credited. She is up to a 6.2 now. but if you watch the videos from worlds prelims her floor tumbling is just as good as it was at 2012 trials and visas (except for step on double arabian). she is getting almost a point and a half on every event. she improved a lot, but not that much. its gonna be like when at visas and trials shawn was getting 16's on floor and then low to mid 15's at trials.. And its just funny how people are starting to notice gabby's releases and stuff now. the only reason she is scoring so high is because of the hype, she is almost identical to last year execution wise, with small upgrades and a huge one on vault.

all you have to to is go to visas from last year and visas from this year and you will see what i am talking about. she upgraded every event. i researched it before i said it. her floor is definitely not the same. just got o usagym.org and look at her starts from then and now.. smh

She upgraded her vault obviously to an amanar it was 5.8 now its 6.5. She upgraded her bars, she wasn't doing the piked release move. Her UB was 6.3 now its 6.5 at least but she has a 6.8 or higher.. She upgraded her floor. it was a 5.8 now it's a 6.2 and she upgraded her beam from a 6.0 to a 6.4. She upgraded every event and worked on her connections and her execution obviously.

She's improved execution on all her events so of course her scores are gonna be higher. And she added more difficulty on floor too.

to be honest after really looking at I don't understand at all how her scores on all events have raised over about a point. On bars she is a full point higher than last year, but if you look at her routine from worlds in 2011 prelims it was hit solid and it only scored 14.8 I think. And on beam she is wobbling just as much and scoring about high a tenth higher. And floor at worlds she stuck her first pass, took a 3 tenth step on her double arabian, hopped on full-in, and jumped out of double tuck and that scored a 13.8 compared to her mid to high 15's as of late... It doesn't really make sense, and she really didn't upgrade that much beside vault to amanar. on bars only 1 tenth, beam same, and i think floor the same to... I don't see the difference

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