It seems FIG is soft launching their rebrand to World Gymnastics including a new logo.

Almost everyone I know who lives outside VA has sent me the story of the drunk raccoon in Ashland 🤣 Normally, everyone associates me with squirrels, but I guess raccoons making news in VA are a change of pace.

Some of the videos I’ve seen of Tysons on Black Friday must be from recent transplants. Sure, it looked busy, but speaking from experience, Black Friday at Tysons was truly chaotic 10+ years ago like you see in old school holiday films.

I had a feeling American Cup would eventually return in some compacity. Just no longer as a World Cup event since FIG scrapped the AA series.

Seeing the success of BLR at T&T Worlds, it’s interesting BLR has managed to be so successful at all other gym disciplines yet still struggle to revitalize artistic when they were one of the backbones of the USSR. But brain drain was very real there in the '90s and '00s.

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Jake Jarman showing his love for the scale.

Fortunately for Denisa, Sabrina is now a legal adult. Denisa has every right to punch her if necessary. Sometimes violence IS the answer lol.

I'm calling it now. I bet someone in NCAA will try recruiting Amanda Yap, and my money is on Stanford.

I knew Eddie would celebrate this moment too.

Still feeling a little traumatized from the DYL mishap 😭

What a moment for Donnell. He's been one of my sentimental faves for many years. So glad to see him push through the setbacks and disappointments and return to the podium.

I've not watched a BBC broadcast in years, but do the commentators still call Gelya "Melonkova"?

I don’t have a strong opinion on the design of the medals. Frankly, the only thing that matters is to me is they aren't as bad as the Olympic medals. As long as they don't chip, rust or flake within days, I can't complain.

Too bad Kaylia and Aiko didn't have the day they could have.

Stumbling OOB (?) on a Memmel is quite something.

I feel the message is clear with wolf turns. When will they ever learn?

This made me laugh more than it should have.

ZBH really is a silver princess.

ZBH should be so dominant and on the path to becoming a legend, but I can always tell from his interviews that he feels a tremendous burden when he competes.

I'm a little bummed out for Bulgarian gym after a pretty successful season of promising results until Georgieva's injury and the Penev bros' flop qualification.

The current Russians don't quite inspire me like the old school Russians. This group is a little too rough around the edges for my taste.

Wolf turns on beam and floor have determined a lot of fates for EF. I'll say that much. 👀

Let's be grateful Olympic qualification wasn't on the line.

So Thailand and Singapore will have first-time finalists! The SEA representation besides Caloy.

Honestly, Aliya deserves a lifetime achievement award. The fact her UB composition remains the blueprint for most Russian routines and still wins medals in all the codes.

Kaylia and Haruka have totally opposite UB routines in terms of efficiency.

How does every Dutch person ever have the exact same accent when they speak English regardless if they've learned UK or US English? It's instantly recognizable. 🤣

15.533 holy shit. Never mind floor and vault being unremarkable.

Honestly, Singapore doing pretty well on BB as a whole. They're coming for those SEA Games medals.

We might have a Singaporean in the beam final? Amanda Yap with 13.300.

Emma Yap of SGP scoring a 'perfect' 10.000 on UB 😅

Not all four Paris HB medalists missing the HB final entirely.

Ladies, the tour jeté 1/2 on beam is NOT worth it. I've not seen one fully around and with full split.

Heath Thorpe is carrying the gays at this point. No pressure! 😅

I still cannot with Joel Plata's 2000 Sydney Khorkina hair.

I think Diorges Escobar is a great gymnast, but unfortunately Cuba’s system is so broken that he’s probably going to have the same fate as his predecessors.

At this point, I'm rooting for DYL for vault gold because that would be a hell of a story. But I must say Simone, Rebeca and YSJ are sorely missed.

I just noticed Iran withdrew from Worlds, so it looks like we won't have Mahdi Olfati as a potential vault finalist/medalist 😢

I'm beginning to think the days of post-Olympic Worlds are numbered. They're always a tough sell and often come with loads of problems for the host. I wouldn't be surprised if this or 2029 might be the last the way things have been going.

Interesting the MTC has modified the dismount requirement to max +0.5. I imagine that's a knee-jerk response to all the scary triples off SR and HB this year.

Rotterdam Worlds very much ahead of the game 1 year out. At least it's evident they want people to come next year.

Well huh. How is Ignacio not on Spain's team? IMO, he's a very obvious choice and the only one capable of scoring 14+ on PH. I wonder if he might be injured or he flopped spectacularly at their team selection.

Is Melba toast passé de mode? It’s become very hard to find these days.

As much as I dislike Lidiya Ivanova’s commentary, I marvel at the fact she's 88 and still working. The fact she was Larisa Latynina's teammate in the 1950s-60s and is older than the Rodionenkos!

Oof, Néstor Abad said he isn’t going to Worlds. He didn’t meet the selection criteria for the team. I think this is his first time missing a major competition not due to injury or personal choice.

FlipNow truly is the most pointless niche sport streaming service. 🥴

Yang Hak Seon still does a pretty good Yeo 2!

If Gabby is serious about returning for LA28, I hope she reconsiders her coaching options the way Valeri's gymnasts are dropping like flies right now (and have many times the past).

Looking through Brazil's MAG results from today, they're lucky this year's Worlds are individual. 🥴