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Mixed pairs competition à frippery

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I didn’t rate yesterday’s mixed team competition very highly.  For all its trumpeted strategic complexity, the gymnastics just wasn’t that good.


This experiment is one reason that media shouldn’t be allowed to dictate how sports are run.  Mixed pairs competitions have always been a sideline and this one was just a distraction from the historic weight of Euros.  Boguinskaia was 9 times European Champion and now we have gold medalists alongside her who didn’t even score the highest in the competition.   


After the AA Esposito will have competed three times across four days with only one break.  It seems wrong that the best WAG gymnast in the competition was made to exhaust herself for this frippery.


Personally, I preferred Race Across the World .. I think those two men should get a medal 🤣

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  1. Anonymous29 May 2025 at 10:09

    Russia would sweep that competition with their junior reserve team

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    1. Anonymous29 May 2025 at 10:17

      :-). Well maybe some if the coaches could post videos of their gymnasts with their score lines.

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  2. Anonymous30 May 2025 at 10:42

    Cross-judging competitions is pointless. Judging has always been subjective. You need to check the D-scores over time

    Vilyam Gym has videos on YouTube if you want to compare. There are plenty of other channels but he concentrates on the juniors

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