2024 Winter Cup Championship Winning Routines
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- These are the top 3 highest scoring routines in full from each event from the Winter Cup on February 24, 2024.
The Winter Cup featured a long-awaited return to elite with Trinity Thomas, some elite mainstays in the likes of Kayla Dicello & Skye Blakely, and some newly-turned senior competitors to look out for in Hezly Rivera & Reese Esponda.
All video credit to USA Gymnastics
Contents
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00:00 - 00:38 - Vault
00:39 - 02:38 - Bars
02:39 - 07:26 - Beam
07:27 - 12:01 - Floor
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Kayla DiCello has gained a lot of confidence competing at the college level. Being used to competing at big events becomes a regular thing. The nerves go away and it brings calm confidence. Big advantage competing elite.
Kayla's beam went perfectly with the floor music!
I know!! I was so invested with the music!! 😂❤
Kayla really did slay this whole competition. It’s a little nerve wracking, because she is so similar to Leanne and I want Leanne to make the team, but I would love Kayla too also. Kayla has a real shot this time around.
I can see a world where they may take both Leanne and Kayla. Especially because some of our event specialists aren’t doing too well at the moment. Ex: Suni’s health and inconsistency, Jades inconsistency and joscelyn injury. They took Jordan and grace last quad and both those girls were AA with no one strong event.
@@eliseperron1928 Very very unlikely that they'll take both. Only way that would happen is if Kayla is strong enough to actually be an event specialist with medal chances (probably floor I'd think), or if Leanne brings a good cheng and Jordan and Skye don't--USAG has said they want three chengs on the team if possible.
As far as specialists, Jade's consistency on vault has never flagged, even when she was struggling last season, so I wouldn't count her out just yet, though she's certainly not a lock. And I would read absolutely zero into Suni's falls at Winter Cup, she's only been back in the gym full time for six weeks, and her pattern is that she tends to get stronger and stronger throughout the season. One bad meet does not make for inconsistency, and I would not describe Suni as inconsistent at all. I don't think Josc's chances are great unless she really cleans up her Cheng; Jordan's DTY outscored Josc's cheng in 2023, so Josc's doesn't bring anything.
@@erinm9445 jades consistency on vault *has* flagged. She scored a 13.7 at the Swiss cup this year. We have multiple athletes who can score higher than that with a DTY. We also saw her form suffer domestically last year, with a bronze overall finish at us champs when she had others beat by multiple tenths in difficulty.
Suni is more in question than counted out. With her health, it’s hard to say whether or not she’s a reliable in.
Josc to me, has always been dare I say… overrated. I’d rather take a Leanne or a Kayla over a Josc knowing that judges value form and artistry.
When you eliminate all of those- there aren’t many other front runners to take accept Leanne, Kayla and Skye/Jordan (who is terribly inconsistent). All 4 are more positioned as AAers. So I feel like they may have to go that route regardless
@@eliseperron1928 I'm not sure what was happening at Swiss cup, but she was either sick, or was intentionally not bringing her all. If you look at how she did during the actual 2023 season, her vaults were great except for one freak hand slip.
@@erinm9445 “great” is a relative term. US field is deep. If you’re getting bronze on an event within your country that you’re counted on getting gold on internationally… the shoe doesn’t fit anymore.
What a performance for Kayla! All events, except vault, have upgrade.
Skye looked so good on beam here. If she’d been credited with all her connections I think she’d be at like a 6.3 (idk what the FHS + front tuck + split jump + wolf jump is). If she goes to Paris and hits, she could absolutely medal. I hope they can find a few more tenths of difficulty to add because it’s not high even for her beam to lock in a medal if she hits
It’s 0.4 in CV
The problem with Skye is she’s inconsistent when it matters. The last two worlds she’s fallen. In a 3 up 3 count situation if she can’t hit that doesn’t help team USA. Needs to prove she can hit when it matters
She needs more consistency on beam. Extra upgrade will sacrifice consistency and possibly execution.
@@cocoroni1031I agree
Kayla looked fantastic. Trinity looks great. CaMarrah was the big surprise of the day
Dulcy vault seriously underscored. She should have won
Agreed! Seems like a reputation bonus issue -- ie that she didn't get one, but Skye and Kayla did.
*CONGRATS TO KAYLA AND ALL THE OTHER LADIES WHO SHOWED UP AND COMPETED ALL 4 EVENTS!!!*
I'm rooting for Trinity to evolve, she has a lot of potential to go far
Well done Trinity considering her difficulty level compared to others 4th place wow
Dulcy should’ve won vault 👹
Yes!
Pretty confused by beam scoring for Skye vs Hezley. Beam scoring seemed VERY loose all day, except for Skye, who scored about like she normally does.
Trinity ❤
Skye owned the beam! I found watching these routines overall more exciting than Games qualifies etc.
How was Rivera's beam scored a 8.5 E 💀
Thinking same she does have the extension but some of her leaps where questionable, she was over scored on floor too
Go UF athletes!!!
Anyone else think Darcy should have won vault? Hers looked just as powerful and clean as Skye's but with better landing, while Kayla has a little less height/distance than the others plus those messy knees. (They were definitely the top three vaults of the day, just not sure the order was correct)
Did Suni not compete?
Bars and beam only, she fell on both.
She only competed on bars and beam.
She fell twice on bars 😢
Yeah Kayla university of florida 🎉🎉 wish Trinity Thomas would have done better than 4th. 😢 does anyone know if she can still make it to the Olympics or what her next step is?
Yes, she can. She can qualify for national championships through the Core Hydration Classic, and then she can qualify for Olympic team trials through either her scores from nationals or being invited to trials by a committee.
I thought she had already qualified for the US Champs as she placed 4th with an overrall totald of 53.25
@@scastillo7419 She qualified for Championships at Winter Cup, so she's good. Her execution is excellent, but she'll need some major upgrades to have a chance at making the team. Who knows what she has up her sleeve though?
@@erinm9445 I just saw that! I’m so glad. But yes, I agree. She’s fabulous but she definitely needs to up her D-score. I’m sure she’s still working on upgrades!
@@mandoblair9117 you’re right! I didn’t even realize that when I commented.
Wasn’t Simone Biles Part of the Winter Cup😢?
All the girls made a lot of mistakes throughout their routines. It looks like everyone needs a lot of practice before the Championship and Olympic tryouts. At least do the routines without all those balance checks and obvious mistakes so that the best routines will be viewed at the Olympics. Come on girls, this is your livelihood. Do better than your best!
That's not how the sport works. A gymnast who's at their personal best in February will burn out well before trials.
The commentators did explain this point several times during the meet.
@@valerielevasseur8674exactly. I don't get it. They must be new to the sport. They interviewed Chellsie and she literally explained that the Winter Cup is so they can get there jitters out and try new skills. This isn't an Olympic level competition.
You don’t want them peaking now. Not until TF in Paris.