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**lkastonidwedsrer** · 07-05-2012, 12:38 AM

The rules have changed to 5 member team, 3 up 3 count. Which means there's less room for specialists....you really needed to either be good at least 2 events (douglas, wieber, raisman, ross) or be the best specialist in the world (Maroney).

Yipes, as if gymnastics wasn't hard enough the old way. I expect I'll have to watch it through my fingers our of nerves during the Games.

07-05-2012, 12:38 AM	#9
lkastonidwedsrer Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 317 Senior Member	The rules have changed to 5 member team, 3 up 3 count. Which means there's less room for specialists....you really needed to either be good at least 2 events (douglas, wieber, raisman, ross) or be the best specialist in the world (Maroney). Yipes, as if gymnastics wasn't hard enough the old way. I expect I'll have to watch it through my fingers our of nerves during the Games.
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