I am just a gymnastics fan who is not a native English speaker (which is obvious).
I love gymnastics and I love American gymnastics as well, and I am grateful that the US National Championships could be followed even from outside of USA.
But.
Even with my not professional English knowledge I found it extremly annoying how the commentators were praising Simone Biles and how the coverage was focused on her. I was surprised the amount of the attention and praise she got- and other competitors didn't.
The commentators were weird at making negative comments for certain girls all the time (for example what was that "She has got a Barbie doll-haha pointing out Maggie Haney? She is a great coach producing happy and good gymnasts. Or it was for the blonde Riley? Anyway, I found it very much inappropriate.)
But at Simone even her failures were praised - I don't think she needs it. She is great, balanced and all these hype can turn against her.
I think ALL of the girls have worked hard who got there and were on a certain (high!) level. EVERYBODY has something where she is better at than Simone. Toepoints, flexibility, artistry, etc. For example I would have never given her the UB titles bc of (lack) of form. She has improved a LOT, but still not the best bar worker out there (of course it is my personal opinion).
It was like creating a new ikon, a new "brand" diverting the attention from all these scandals USAG is getting through.
She is great, but will never be the "best gymnast ever". She is great, she may be the most acrobatic artistic gymnast ever, and this current code is in her favor, but her lack of form, fluidity and artistry put some limits for her toward this title. In the past there were many great gymnast who were able to pull out great acrobatics (in that time) AND great artistry. We could name more Soviet and Romanian gymnasts (and for me from USA Shannon Miller was better overall than Simone - but it is just me).
Gymnastics lovers love the other girls too, and (would have) love(d) to watch great gymnastics from them. Despite the scoring system, gymnastics is more or less a subjective sport.
It was sad to see that the girls are convinced that they can be only second as maximum, and never be a champion, while Simone is out there. Why?! They are great, they can improve, Simone can have a bad day, code can change (ok, not for a while, but in the future) etc.
The competion should be encouraged among them, not a Godness creating! It isn't good for anyone (not even for Simone), annoying for fans (remember: gymnastics is quite subjective for a certain part) and we would like to see all those girls who are working hard for golds.
(And not good to favour acrobatics against artistry these much, but I love the Dutch girls answers for this trend! Their style and joy always make every competition a real experience :) And good to see that taller and less muscular athletes can have a chance too. )
I felt so disrespectful what these coverages did. I am sure lots of people would have been curious of Eaker, McCallum and the others too.
So please: it is okay if have your favourite one, but don't throw it into our face in every 5 seconds. And give the others chance to be visible too.
Thank you.
For all tv commentators out there
I love gymnastics and I love American gymnastics as well, and I am grateful that the US National Championships could be followed even from outside of USA.
But.
Even with my not professional English knowledge I found it extremly annoying how the commentators were praising Simone Biles and how the coverage was focused on her. I was surprised the amount of the attention and praise she got- and other competitors didn't.
The commentators were weird at making negative comments for certain girls all the time (for example what was that "She has got a Barbie doll-haha pointing out Maggie Haney? She is a great coach producing happy and good gymnasts. Or it was for the blonde Riley? Anyway, I found it very much inappropriate.)
But at Simone even her failures were praised - I don't think she needs it. She is great, balanced and all these hype can turn against her.
I think ALL of the girls have worked hard who got there and were on a certain (high!) level. EVERYBODY has something where she is better at than Simone. Toepoints, flexibility, artistry, etc. For example I would have never given her the UB titles bc of (lack) of form. She has improved a LOT, but still not the best bar worker out there (of course it is my personal opinion).
It was like creating a new ikon, a new "brand" diverting the attention from all these scandals USAG is getting through.
She is great, but will never be the "best gymnast ever". She is great, she may be the most acrobatic artistic gymnast ever, and this current code is in her favor, but her lack of form, fluidity and artistry put some limits for her toward this title. In the past there were many great gymnast who were able to pull out great acrobatics (in that time) AND great artistry. We could name more Soviet and Romanian gymnasts (and for me from USA Shannon Miller was better overall than Simone - but it is just me).
Gymnastics lovers love the other girls too, and (would have) love(d) to watch great gymnastics from them. Despite the scoring system, gymnastics is more or less a subjective sport.
It was sad to see that the girls are convinced that they can be only second as maximum, and never be a champion, while Simone is out there. Why?! They are great, they can improve, Simone can have a bad day, code can change (ok, not for a while, but in the future) etc.
The competion should be encouraged among them, not a Godness creating! It isn't good for anyone (not even for Simone), annoying for fans (remember: gymnastics is quite subjective for a certain part) and we would like to see all those girls who are working hard for golds.
(And not good to favour acrobatics against artistry these much, but I love the Dutch girls answers for this trend! Their style and joy always make every competition a real experience :) And good to see that taller and less muscular athletes can have a chance too. )
I felt so disrespectful what these coverages did. I am sure lots of people would have been curious of Eaker, McCallum and the others too.
So please: it is okay if have your favourite one, but don't throw it into our face in every 5 seconds. And give the others chance to be visible too.
Thank you.
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