Tyra Approves of Nastia’s ‘Fierce’ Floor
April 17, 2008 by northernriver
I mean seriously, have you seen those faces Nastia pulls during the opening strains of her floor music?
Blythe at the Gymblog made remarks about Nastia’s floor exercise. Yes, it’s not her best event; I’d have to be a bloody idiot to disagree, and I’m not THAT idiotic.
But I also think Nastia has meant her floor routine to be built the way it is.
And on that note, Rawles wrote a brilliant defense of Nastia’s floor routine. Or at least, I think it’s brilliant. Rawles concludes her defense with:
Now, I am in no way saying OMG NASTIA SHOULD BE THE THIRD FLOOR SPOT FOR THE US or anything like that. I am neither stupid or crazy. She has around half a point of built in deductions (crossed ankles, massive cowboy on the double front) and, more importantly, she needs to compete floor SMART to keep her ankle healthy. But I am saying that this whole business where people act like Nastia is so horrendously under par on floor and is an all-arounder solely on the strength of her exceptional ability on beam and bars is quite a lot of sensationalist exaggeration.
