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re: Why is Haleigh Bryant not on the U.S. Olympic team?
Posted on 4/22/24 at 3:05 pm to bearhc
Posted on 4/22/24 at 3:05 pm to bearhc
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She is the best collegiate gymnast in the U.S. The Olympics is on a different level and most of the female competitors are very young.
So with that logic explain then how Leanne Wong is a likely USA Olympian…
Bryant is way better than Wong.
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Posted on 4/22/24 at 3:41 pm to GetmorewithLes
It’s not about who’s better. It’s about training and skills.
Haleigh doesn’t train Olympic level routines and skills, never has.
Wong does train Olympic level routines and skills in addition to her NCAA routines/skills.
It’s not uncommon for elite (Olympic level athletes) to compete in the NCAA. It is uncommon for an NCAA athlete to all of a sudden decide to go elite- assuming they’ve never competed elite which is what Haleigh would be doing.
Haleigh doesn’t train Olympic level routines and skills, never has.
Wong does train Olympic level routines and skills in addition to her NCAA routines/skills.
It’s not uncommon for elite (Olympic level athletes) to compete in the NCAA. It is uncommon for an NCAA athlete to all of a sudden decide to go elite- assuming they’ve never competed elite which is what Haleigh would be doing.
This post was edited on 4/22/24 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 4/22/24 at 4:37 pm to GetmorewithLes
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So with that logic explain then how Leanne Wong is a likely USA Olympian…
Bryant is way better than Wong.
Wong has been training elite and qualified as elite (can do it at a qualifying meet by achieving certain scores) in 2017 and I believe went to her first international meet as a Jr. at Jr. Pan Ams in 2018. She has competed internationally each year and became a Sr. elite in 2019. She never quit her elite training and has been competing in both NCAA and USA Elite gymnastics meets all along. If you've never qualified as elite before or trained elite routines, it would take around a year of training to do so and also competing at qualifying meets do be considered for the Olympic team.
I wouldn't say Bryant is "way better than Wong." I'd say Wong's NCAA gymnastics probably suffers because she's training elite. Yes, Bryant won. NCAA and elite are just 2 different things and Bryant was better at this meet. Wong beat Bryant during the season. They are both great gymnasts.
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