Agree with this.

It’s definitely a MASSIVE improvement since 2016 when the Karolyi’s left. I honestly think if Alicia and Chellsie hadn’t been appointed after Tokyo, Simone wouldn’t have come back.

Yesss!

Yeah, as someone having watched gymnastics since Mary Lou Retton's days, I never understand why it's always some older men and women ---- unknown, out of nowhere who likely were even gymnasts ---- who're in charge of making crucial selection decisions. I've always wondered why men & women, former elite gymnasts themselves, were never put in position to make decisions. Surely, some level headed women & men who've gone through these trials & tribulations SHOULD be in better positions to JUDGE (on very technical grounds) and to ADVOCATE for athletes in a very demanding and brutal sport that requires literally a decade to 2, to master basics...

Agreed! Love seeing these ladies involved. I feel the girls are safe.

I was so happy to hear that they are doing this!

I kept adjusting my sound. One time I just said, forget it.

Fully agree!

Old creepy men need jobs, too. Don't be a bigot.

Nooooo….

She ruptured her Achilles. She’ll be lucky to be healthy for NCAA ❤

​@@i.am.heather Skye can come back from this. Look at Andrade, or even Mustafina.

@@nightswimmer99 also Iordache, back in the day Courtney Kupets...

Sacramone, Jessie Deziel, Tatiana Perskaia

It’s to show consistency. Other sports are different and have a lot more opportunity for international competition/ncaa competition for those eligible during the year. That’s not so much the case for the US. We actually typically send B or C teams to international comps (minus worlds) because the top level athletes are protecting their bodies.

@@aliciadear So NOW we see Skye, Kayla and Shilese going down with major injuries AT THE TRIALS!?!? How do the top gymnasts get to show consistency if they can’t stay healthy? Smdh the Classics-Championships-Trials triple weeks apart is just TOO much pounding lol

@@aliciadear consistency ? Biles fell . Sune fell . Chiles fell on the beam . Is that consistency u want ?

@@seensay2132you have to realize trials are once every 4 years. They can’t take out a competition due to it being too much. Not every gymnast gets the opportunity to compete at trials. It is sad those 3 got injured but there isn’t much they can do about it, they are looking out of every elite gymnast, not just one

@@seensay2132 even if you take out trials there's still lots of INTENSE training going on in these few weeks before the olympics and those athletes would probably get injured there, or even worse at the olympics... it's better to lose an athlete earlier while you can still put together alternative team, than at the last second when they can't be replaced anymore. Tokyo was the great example: Biles was out and couldn't be replaced anymore because the competition had already started... now imagine losing Skye, Shilese and Kayla during team finals, leaving only 2 athletes able to compete when they need 3 scores to count... also Skye said that her injury was inevitable... just as Iordache said during 2017 worlds - she knew her achiless was weak and there's great chance she'll rupture it but chose to compete anyway hoping for the best. Those gymnasts are pushing their bodies too hard literally every day, not just during competition days, so it's more like WHEN will the injury happen, rather than WILL it happen.

usag announced today that she is out- Achilles ☹️

Don't forget Chiles

She finished 6th.

What did she do to McKayla?

@@lorigbasmajian3843allegedly dimished her abuse at Tokyo 2011 worlds in the infamous van incident but says in 'Start By Believing' in the chapter of the Fierce Five that she didn't say anything

Agreed, and Sacramone hardly deserves it too after falling off beam herself in Beijing and costing the team the gold.

​@@lorigbasmajian3843same here what did she do?

Also, calling out a reporter asking questions was unprofessional. "Anyone other than Ari? " Did that need to be said. The person was not asking poor questions and if no one else raised a hand, then leave them alone. Obviously no one else had questions except Gina and Ari. And those that did asked their questions.

I think he or she is doing a good job of moderating and clarifying. Just my opinion.

I really admire how Alicia and Chelsea have done this job. It can't have been easy.

Imagine, treating these athletes as adults with agency! So refreshing!

She's the media moderator, it would be chaos with the questions otherwise

The Karolyis have been completely out since right after the 2016 games nearly a decade ago!

We already do!

Logical choices. If this were the team, DiCello would likely be benched for the Team Final.

Can you at least get the names correct? so disrespectful wtf...

Why have an Olympic Trials competition if you’re going to pick who you want?

What did she do to McKayla?

​@@denisewalsh6586 She tried to shut down McKayla Maroney from coming forward with her own sexual abuse about Nassar. Sacramone very much has maintained an attitude of “it didn’t happen to me so therefore I don’t see how it could happen to other people”. She is an abuser enabler.

​@@amm6569 Where are getting this information? She's only ever stood up for the survivors from everything I've seen

@@KeeHart In her book, "Start by Believing", Aly Raisman identified Alicia as the one who told McKayla to "shut the fuck up and never say that again" when McKayla brought up the abuse happening to her in the car. Here is the exact excerpt from the book: Start by Believing. When interviewed in 2018 by CNN and NBC about what was said during the van ride, Raisman said she recalled Maroney describing in graphic detail what Nassar had done to her the night before inside the hotel room. Wieber remembers Maroney saying, “he basically fingered me last night,” and she also remembers Sacramone then rebuking Maroney for speaking those words out loud.

@@KeeHart Aly Raisman confirmed it was Alicia who shut down McKayla in a car ride when McKayla told them about how Nassar was abusing her in her book, "Start by Believing." Alicia said "Shut the fuck up and don't ever say that again." Here is the excerpt from the book. When interviewed in 2018 by CNN and NBC about what was said during the van ride, Raisman said she recalled Maroney describing in graphic detail what Nassar had done to her the night before inside the hotel room. Wieber remembers Maroney saying, “he basically fingered me last night,” and she also remembers Sacramone then rebuking Maroney for speaking those words out loud.

Honestly, I think people made too much of that. She and Shawn seem to be fine with each other...anyone in Shawn's position could understand her feelings in that moment.

Maybe that’s EXACTLY why she IS qualified: because of the lessons she learned.

Well we all know Alicia isn't good on the big stage hopefully she better behind the scenes

EXACTLY!!! She lost the team the gold after falling TWICE in the team final in Beijing (once on her beam mount & then again on floor). She doesn't deserve to be here, entitled Karen written all over her. Especially as cruel as she was to McKayla, she's another Marta in the making.

@@amm6569 dammm I didn't know that

@@eddieschultz3289 She also actively tried to stop McKayla Maroney from coming forward with sexual abuse claims against Nassar. She's an abuse enabler.

Why? Because they present themselves as sociopaths?

Whaaaaat? No way. You are judging her on looks. She’s always been underestimated.

I'm judging her on her ignorance

Why would you say something so cruel ? She's absolutely a beautiful woman inside and out ! And an incredible athlete !!

Uh and how does she not know what she’s doing? She clearly said she has to step up and do things that weren’t her responsibility and she did it flawlessly. So clearly she knows what she’s doing