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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The gymnastics isn't very good--have standards changed? Hopped landings, crooked landings, landing put of bounds, no artistry...[/quote]

You can always go back and watch older gymnastics competitions featuring the starved, abused gymnasts being “artistic”. The rest of us will enjoy the most impressive athletes we’ll ever see in our lives.[/quote]

DP and I of course would not want to go back to the years of abuse and eating disorders in the sport.

But I do miss there being more gymnasts who focused on artistry -- clean lines and fluid movement. It doesn't have to be everyone. There have always been gymnasts focused on power and doing the hardest and biggest skills, and they've always been fun to watch. But there are generally also gymnasts who don't do the very hardest skills but are able to compete by executing skills at a lower difficulty level really beautifully.

While I have no issue with Russia being kept out of these Olympics, they have historically offered some of what I'm talking about-- a few gymnasts with a lot of classical ballet training who really focus on execution over high start values.

The Italian team probably comes closest to this in this Olympics.[/quote]

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