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They had not warmed upon the apparatus they weren't designated to compete on. Jordan Chiles was not rostered to do bars and beam, and Suni Lee was not rostered to do floor. Apparently they didn't warm up on those events in the practice gym before the competition. [/quote]

Did you even watch?? Jordan Chiles did get her 30 seconds on the bar to warm up like all the other ladies.  I saw it.  At that point Simone walked back out on the floor (before people knew she was withdrawing) and the commentators even said they weren't sure what could happen then because even if Simone wanted to rejoin the competition she probably wasn't allowed to do so for the uneven bars because Jordan had already warmed up on it.  They specifically said they weren't sure what the rules around a situation like that were and if there were even written down rules.

And regardless, Jordan NAILED her bar routine. She was ecstatic, literally whooping with joy at the end. She may have flubbed her floor routine but for the bars, Simone gave her a great opportunity and she rocked it.  I'm sure she's super bitter at Simone over that. /s [/quote]

Yes, I did watch. That short touch warmup isn't the same as what is done beforehand in the practice gym. She specifically said that she didn't warm up bars. Jordan kept it together, and was obviously happy with her performance, which was all the more amazing under the circumstances. In terms of whether she NAILED it, the got a 14.166 which was very good. However, at nationals she scored in the 14.4- 14.6 range. It was however, a tremendous improvement over her qualifying score at the Olympics, which was less than 12.9, which makes it even more remarkable that she kept it together. She did the same on beam, too, despite having a disastrous beam qualification. She should be very proud. Going into the Olympics, she had been the model of consistency. It is so impressive how she bounced back from such a disappointing qualification, which makes me respect her even more.[/quote]

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