The U.S. Women Are So Good, They Can Afford To Experiment
Photo: Vadim Ghirda (Associated Press) For a brief moment during today’s women’s team finals at the 2018 world gymnastics championships in Doha, it seemed like a country outside of the traditional three—the U.S., Russia, and China—would grab a team medal. These were the standings at the end of the third rotation, with one to go. While the U.S. and Russia were pretty firmly holding down one and two—especially the Americans—the bronze seemed up for grabs. Brazil was in third. They were barely shown in the livestream so I can only assume this was due to the fact that they were hitting well....
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