Olympic Team Draft: Every Gymnast At Their Quad Peak

Update from the FIG about Fujitsu judging at Jakarta Worlds, Melnikova is back, NCAA updates, and a commissioned episode where we draft Olympic teams as if everyone in the entire quad was at their peak by Trials.

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GYMTERNET NEWS

• Will Fujitsu robot judging be used at Jakarta Worlds? We have an answer
  • See episodes on Judges Evaluation Program here 
• LSU set a program-record 198.5 for senior night
• Several Russian gymnasts, including Olympic Champion Angelina Melnikova, were approved for AIN status
• Chusovitina won the vault World Cup with improved form at age 49

COMMISSIONED EPISODE: Repicking the U.S. Olympic Teams

This week Alex AKA the "I love you Tasha guy" gave us the task to put on our National Team Coordinator hats and retroactively pick U.S. Olympic teams from Sydney to Paris using gymnasts who were at their quad-peak. Click here to see Alex's detailed spreadsheet outlining our contenders.

The Rules:

• For each quad, pick the number of gymnasts based on the rules at that time (e.g. the Sydney format is 6-5-4, Athens is 6-3-3, London is 5-3-3, Tokyo is 4-3-3 + 2 individuals)
• If you are too heartbroken to leave an athlete at home, you can name 2 travelling alternates. You can even name two non-travelling alternates if you must 
• With all of the best gymnasts from the quad competing at their quad-level peak with no injuries, burnout, and retirements, who do you pick?
• Go through quad by quad and determine your Olympic team (plus alternates, if necessary) and select team final lineups. Remember, the ultimate goal is to WIN 

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