What I really want Santa to bring me this Christmas is some strong all arounders for the 2012 Olympics. I want them to be fit, ready, with upgrades so that we have at least a 6 ring circus in London instead of the usual 2 top gymnasts battling it out.
Who I hope to see fight for the AA Olympic title:
Aliya Mustafina
Viktoria Komova
Rebecca Bross
Jordyn Weiber
Ana Porgras
Yao Jinnan
For that to come true however some other stuff needs to happen first:
1. Mustafina and Bross need to recuperate from injuries and start competing well, hopefully with full difficulty.
2. Octavian Bellu needs to find a way to get a DTY out of Porgras and her old bars back.
3. Komova needs to get a sense of urgency and stop slogging around the competition floor.
4. Jordyn Weiber needs to fix her turns and leaps (I know that is not paramount for winning the AA in London because clearly the judges don't care about her bad form on dancing elements, but this is my wish list and I care!).
5. Jinnan needs a bit more competition under her belt and needs to ditch the China syndrome she has momentarily succumbed to in the 2011 Worlds AA.
These six gymnast have a lot of potential. Mustafina and Komova are the classic strong minded, elegant and balletic Russian gymnasts. Bross and Weiber are the traditional powerhouse American athletes. Porgras is a back-in-the-day elegant and consistent Romanian (well she can be consistent again!), she reminds me of Szabo and Silivas. Jinnan has this great Chinese elegance with a subtle power and spring in her tumbling that allows her to be competitive in this day in age. She marries the grace of Li Li and the power of a young Cheng Fei in a very tiny body.
This mix of gymnastics is outstanding and can be a real treat on the floor in London and that is definitely what I want to see.
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