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Post by believeinthebeavs on Jun 28, 2024 20:22:10 GMT -8
Solid first day for Jade. Now she needs to follow it up Sunday.
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Post by oldbeav on Jun 29, 2024 7:18:41 GMT -8
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Post by ricke71 on Jun 30, 2024 18:26:40 GMT -8
Finished 4th all-around (not far from 2nd). Team not yet announced....but Paris looks pretty certain.
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Post by Werebeaver on Jun 30, 2024 18:45:14 GMT -8
She had BETTER be on that team, finishing fourth in the trials with five spots available. If she doesn’t, there is some sketchy bulls%#t going on in the smoke filled room.
Jade made it! Headed to Paris to defend her FX gold medal.
GO BEAVERS!!
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Post by beavaristotle on Jun 30, 2024 18:51:42 GMT -8
Congratulations to a true champion. Very sketchy selection system. The men go strictly on scores( what a novel concept) the women compete, only the all around winner is guaranteed a spot. After the competition, a “selection committee “ goes into a room and names the rest of the team. Pretty rotten system that just begs for shenanigans
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Post by Werebeaver on Jun 30, 2024 18:57:15 GMT -8
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Post by Werebeaver on Jun 30, 2024 19:10:37 GMT -8
Congratulations to a true champion. Very sketchy selection system. The men go strictly on scores( what a novel concept) the women compete, only the all around winner is guaranteed a spot. After the competition, a “selection committee “ goes into a room and names the rest of the team. Pretty rotten system that just begs for shenanigans Agreed. I don’t see ANY possible justification for a committee leapfrogging one competitor onto the team over another competitor who outscored her in competition. Crazy to even contemplate. |
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Post by bvrbooster on Jun 30, 2024 20:02:27 GMT -8
While I am a huuuuge Jade Carey fan, I generally don't much care for events like gymnastics or figure skating that entail subjective, but not necessarily objective, judging to determine the winner. This goes back to the days of the soviet union and the 'Russian judge' I much prefer looking at the event and thinking, "OK, he was the first over the finish line; he wins."
This goes even beyond subjective judging. That's already been done, but then the good old boys go into the smoke filled back room and decide that she who finished third didn't really; she finished sixth? Absolute BS. (please note I don't know if anything like that happened tonight; I'm just railing against the system like the others.)
Anyway, I'm super happy for Jade, who has stuck loyally with the Beavs for a lot of years. May she come home from Paris with yet another gold medal!
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Post by believeinthebeavs on Jun 30, 2024 22:12:26 GMT -8
Go Jade!!!
A very good representative for the Beavs, the positive press is much needed. As a side note, she has done an excellent job of explaining the benefits she had competing at the college level.
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Post by beaver55to7 on Jul 1, 2024 5:14:24 GMT -8
Congratulations to a true champion. Very sketchy selection system. The men go strictly on scores( what a novel concept) the women compete, only the all around winner is guaranteed a spot. After the competition, a “selection committee “ goes into a room and names the rest of the team. Pretty rotten system that just begs for shenanigans Agreed. I don’t see ANY possible justification for a committee leapfrogging one competitor onto the team over another competitor who outscored her in competition. Crazy to even contemplate. I think it is to put together the most competitive team. If someone scores a 10 everytime on balance beam, but is mediocre in the other disiplines, they will want them on the team to get those beam points. That's my understanding. from the google on how olympics works: The best eight gymnasts on each apparatus advance to the final on each apparatus. A maximum of two gymnasts from each country can compete in the All-around and event finals. Teams compete three gymnasts on each event in finals, and have to count each score. That means you need a team that can give you three big scores on all the events and do it consistently. The selection committee used a complex mathematical formula, and these five emerged as the team with the highest scoring potential. |
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Post by Werebeaver on Jul 1, 2024 5:33:27 GMT -8
Agreed. I don’t see ANY possible justification for a committee leapfrogging one competitor onto the team over another competitor who outscored her in competition. Crazy to even contemplate. I think it is to put together the most competitive team. If someone scores a 10 everytime on balance beam, but is mediocre in the other disiplines, they will want them on the team to get those beam points. That's my understanding. from the google on how olympics works: The best eight gymnasts on each apparatus advance to the final on each apparatus. A maximum of two gymnasts from each country can compete in the All-around and event finals. Teams compete three gymnasts on each event in finals, and have to count each score. That means you need a team that can give you three big scores on all the events and do it consistently. The selection committee used a complex mathematical formula, and these five emerged as the team with the highest scoring potential. “The selection committee used a complex mathematical formula” That doesn’t reassure me. And how dare we possibly mistrust the secret deliberations of USA Gymnastics? |
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Post by Werebeaver on Jul 1, 2024 7:19:34 GMT -8
Congratulations to a true champion. Very sketchy selection system. The men go strictly on scores( what a novel concept) the women compete, only the all around winner is guaranteed a spot. After the competition, a “selection committee “ goes into a room and names the rest of the team. Pretty rotten system that just begs for shenanigans BTW - How is this a “Sports topics NOT related to OSU”?? Jade is an OSU athlete who has a year of eligibility remaining and has not announced her plans for 2024-25. |
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Post by ag87 on Jul 1, 2024 7:45:18 GMT -8
It sounds a lot like the committee that selects the participants of the college football playoff.
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Post by believeinthebeavs on Jul 1, 2024 7:46:19 GMT -8
Congratulations to a true champion. Very sketchy selection system. The men go strictly on scores( what a novel concept) the women compete, only the all around winner is guaranteed a spot. After the competition, a “selection committee “ goes into a room and names the rest of the team. Pretty rotten system that just begs for shenanigans BTW - How is this a “Sports topics NOT related to OSU”?? Jade is an OSU athlete who has a year of eligibility remaining and has not announced her plans for 2024-25. That is why I posted about her in the "other OSU sports" after Friday's events and again last night. |
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Post by grayman on Jul 1, 2024 14:46:19 GMT -8
The process I don't have a major problem with it. I think it helps to create the best possible team.
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