50 Gymnastics Questions

So I was going through tumblr, and found this post that has been going around the gymternet. I thought it would be fun if I answered the questions on here!

• 1 A beam combo you'd love to see?
• Back handspring stepout - back handspring - layout full 
• 2 Ponytails or buns? Ribbons or scrunchies?
• Definitely buns! and I'm not sure. I like both, but probably scrunchies. 
• 3 Top five current gymnasts on each apparatus?
• Vault: Simone Biles, Hong Un Jong, Giulia Steingruber, Mykayla Skinner, Maria Paseka
• Bars: Viktoria Komova, Ashton Locklear, Daria Spiridonova, Madison Kocian, Shang Chunsong 
• Beam: Simone Biles, Eythora Thorsdottir, Alyssa Baumann, Bai Yawen, Larisa Iordache
• Floor: Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Claudia Fragapane, Eythora Thorsdottir, Ellie Black
• 4 Favorite Texas Dreams gymnast?
• Ragan Smith!
• 5 Layout stepouts or layouts to two feet?
• Layouts to two feet, as along as they're not piked.
• 6 Which 12 countries do you think will qualify teams to Rio?
• USA, Russia, China, Great Britain, The Netherlands, Canada, Italy, Japan (already qualified)
• Romania, Belgium, Australia, Germany
• 7 What bothers you more - crossed legs or cowboying?
• Cowboying. But I guess it depends on how badly crossed the legs are. 
• 8 Plain and consistent, or beautiful and headcasey?
• Beautiful and headcasey
• 9 Do you think Cata will come back again?
• I really hope she'll be healthy and ready for test event/rio!
• 10 Favorite set of gym siblings? (think the Baumanns, the Caquatti, etc.)
• Ellie and Rebecca Downie or Leike and Sanne Wevers!
• 11 Sloan, Mustafina, Wieber or Douglas?
• That's hard.. but probably Mustafina
• 12 Bross, Jiang or Komova?
• Komova, but I also loved Bross.
• 13 Best gymnast of all time?
• I would have to go with Simone Biles. 
• 14 Which team do you think will place 5th at worlds?
• Before Worlds I would've gone with Great Britain. But Japan ended up actually placing fifth.
• 15 Side somis or wolf turns?
• I don't like either... but I'll go with side somis
• 16 Favorite bars release?
• Defs for sure! (full twisting gienger)
• 17 Routine(s) you could never get tired of watching?
• Currently, Simone Biles on floor. But I'll always love Beth Tweddle and He Hexin on bars.  
• 18 Acro or rhythmic?
• Both are absolutely amazing! But if I had to choose, Acro.
• 19 Recommend five tumblr gym blogs to follow.
• doublearabianfront (mine lol), my-bff-nastia, nastiasliukin, papaliukin, jordynslefteyebrow
• 20 Something you disagree with the majority of the gymternet on?
• I love Mykayla Skinner, even if she needs to work on form. 
• 21 Skill(s) you wish we saw more of?
• layout fulls on beam, illusion turns, layout jaegers, double fronts 
• 22 Favorite shaposh variaton?
• Chow half or Komova II
• 23 One piece of gymnastics history you would rewrite?
• Honestly I have know idea 
• 24 Khorkina or Pavlova?
• Probably Khorkina
• 25 Best beamworker of all time?
• Yang Bo or Shannon Miller. But I loved Shawn Johnson's skills. 
• 26 Result(s) this year that you disagree with?
• I love Maria Paseka on vault, but I think Hong Un Jong should've won the gold at worlds. 
• 27 Do you mind seeing tank leos in competition?
• I prefer long sleeved leos
• 28 Favorite Soviet gymnast?
• Elena Mukhina
• 29 Should someone be able to medal with a fall?
• No
• 30 Which country has the best leos?
• China's leos at worlds this year were gorgeous. I also like USA'S when their patriotic. 
• 31 2015 seniors you're looking forward to?
• I don't know much about the juniors from other countries. But I'm looking forward to Ragan Smith and Laurie Hernandez becoming seniors! 
• 32 Do you think Simone will go pro or compete for UCLA?
• I would've loved to see her at UCLA, but she already went pro. 
• 33 Who will get the bars/beam spot on the U.S. team this year?
• It ended up going to Madison Kocian/Gabby Douglas. But in Rio, I think it'll either be Gabby or Kyla Ross (I reallyyy want her back)

• 34 WOGA or Chow's?
• WOGA
• 35 Who was your favorite gymnast when you began following the sport?
• Aly Raisman 
• 36 Should the Produnova vault be banned?
• I don't think it should be banned. I would love to see someone in the future compete it, and land on their feet. But I don't agree with gymnasts competing and not landing it/risking their lives. 
• 37 Favorite Ukrainian gymnast?
• Lilia Podkapayeva
• 38 Double arabians or double fronts?
• Double Fronts
• 39 Best and worst commentators?
• Tim Daggett and Al Trautwig are the worst. Elfi Schlegel is also bad. Amanda Borden isn't bad, and I actually really like Nastia Liukin commentating. 
• 40 Why is your favorite gymnast your favorite?
• I have way too many favorite gymnasts to choose one. But I like them because of their style of gymnastics. 
• 41 Overall thoughts on Commonwealths and Classics?
• Classics went as expected with Simone winning gold again. But Kyla breaks my heart. I'm pretty sure there were no Commonwealths this year. 
• 42 Favorite bars dismount?
• Double layouts of full twisting DLOs 
• 43 Favorite beam dismount?
• I love double fronts, even though we rarely see them. I also like triple twists and the Patterson, when done nicely. 
• 44 Do you think the Brazilian girls will pick up some medals in Rio?
• I would like them to, but as of right now, I don't think so. 
• 45 Least favorite skill on each apparatus?
• Vault: There aren't any vaults I don't like. But I guess Produnovas since no one can land them currently. 
• 46 Favorite NCAA team?
• Ohh that's hard.. Probably Stanford or Michigan though! 
• 47 Ivana Hong or Alicia Sacramone?
• Probably Alicia Sacramone
• 48 British, Chinese or Russian bars?
• No that's too hard. I love the british because of their innovative skills, but then the Russians and Chinese have exquisite form and gorgeous bar workers.
• 49 2015 AA Champ?
• Worlds is already over, but obviously Simone. 
• 50 Favorite senior gymnast currently competing?
• I have a lot.  Larisa Iordache, Aliya Mustafina, Simone Biles, Roxana Popa, and Maggie Nichols are probably my top favorites.