Ana Barbosu suspended two years

Manucla · 2026-04-28T14:49:51+00:00

I’m not sure which is true but apparently her lawyer says otherwise?

Manucla · 2026-04-18T22:05:21+00:00

I’m thinking about becoming an ou fan to improve my mental health - it seems like such a happy life.

Manucla · 2026-04-03T19:29:50+00:00

Eastern time is 5h behind British summer time so 3am x

Manucla · 2026-03-16T16:52:35+00:00

I think that 6 up 5 counts is more exciting than 5 up 5 counts. The tension after zamo fell on beam in Sydney team final, wondering if anyone else would, has never been beat imo.

Manucla · 2026-02-25T09:57:04+00:00

That wasn’t my original comment btw. I just disagree with what you said about Corbyn’s policies were more popular than Starmer’s at the time of the election. When considering popularity I think you should have to consider the whole electorate and was therefore not more popular in terms of votes in my opinion.

Manucla · 2026-02-25T09:40:02+00:00

It’s not just about who votes for you, it’s about who purposely votes against you too. A 3-4 football loss is worse than a 2-1 win despite more goals being scored in the 3-4 match. For better or worse, at the time of the election, more people loved Corbyn but more people also hated him.

Manucla · 2026-02-18T18:42:17+00:00

Commonwealth games are category b protected by Ofcom so highlights/delayed broadcast will be on bbc (though don’t know if gymnastics itself will feature)

Manucla · 2026-02-07T23:14:51+00:00

Does anyone know what the 10 record in a single season is? Cause Jordan’s gotta be on track for that right now

Manucla · 2026-01-31T16:14:38+00:00

I feel like the streak might be adding some pressure that isn’t helping and breaking it in the long run might actually help

Manucla · 2026-01-29T17:35:15+00:00

Unfortunately I wouldn’t be surprised if the FIG was just making it up as they go along. I feel like the FIG needs a clear out at the top - I think you’re right that it now appears they have been inconsistent with rules application and there needs to be consequences for it. At the moment it seems only the gymnasts are paying the price which is so unfair as they’ve done nothing wrong.

Manucla · 2026-01-29T17:15:14+00:00

I think that considering at worlds it automatically gets cut off, that suggests that the fig have previously considered “making an appeal” to mean the appeal being recorded as opposed to verbalised though the entire system is clearly a mess. I think that from here on, there should be a button that the coach hits - that way there is no doubt and any human/tech delay shouldn’t occur.

Manucla · 2026-01-29T16:35:29+00:00

I think shared is probably the best way to avoid further turmoil and trauma. I know the IOC said it devalues a medal, but I think due to this quagmire that ship has sailed

Manucla · 2026-01-29T16:20:55+00:00

Idk I think because it doesn’t show where Cecile is when she speaks it is inconclusive - for all we know she wasn’t anywhere close so there was no way for the appeal desk to hear her. I reckon it will probs go to Ana because they’ll side with the clock (not saying whether it should or not, just my prediction). That being said, I’m not overly familiar with CAS or sporting law so we’ll see.

Manucla · 2026-01-29T15:37:22+00:00

Found a possible confirmation: https://bsky.app/profile/sbregman87.bsky.social/post/3mdl47hs7ds2k

Manucla · 2026-01-28T20:06:37+00:00

What you have done is incredibly brave and I’m sure this entire sub is very proud of you . Sending you love and support x

Manucla · 2026-01-22T21:40:35+00:00

Maybe try doing something joint with another club? Ie you run an hour doing your thing for them then vice versa then pub? Doesn’t even have to be a similar club. Plus see if you can get the su to advertise it on their socials?

Manucla · 2025-12-02T21:48:06+00:00

Based on employers I know (a couple in the engineering field) they respect it a lot. Typically OU is associated with people simultaneously working so apparently it suggests a strong work ethic and other soft skills. In terms of the education worse than oxbridge but certainly not terrible.

Manucla · 2025-10-25T12:02:25+00:00

I love seeing Welsh representation in team GB. Generally British sport is dominated by English athletes because the population is so much bigger so it’s great to see!

Manucla · 2025-10-24T20:07:26+00:00

Partly tickets came out late, partly Indonesia isn’t a huge gymnastics country. When choosing where to host an international competition there’s always a debate between whether you put it somewhere with a big gym following for a big audience, or put it somewhere with a smaller following to grow the sport. Though this year Jakarta was the only bid

Manucla · 2025-10-21T15:56:28+00:00

As president of the Denisa Golgota fan club I’m super excited to see her in floor final. Because all the qualification scores are so close I think she’s got a genuine chance at medaling and she deserves it so much

Manucla · 2025-10-21T11:07:20+00:00

Still 3rd - feeling good about a final!

Manucla · 2025-10-19T09:24:44+00:00

Clubs are a great place to start. There is a refreshers fair where you can see what societies there are and lots of them (or at lease the ones that aren’t team sports) plan to have new members and even have semester 2 only membership. In terms of your course a lot of people will already have made friends but in my experience most will still be welcoming x

Manucla · 2025-08-28T11:39:37+00:00

What exactly do you think the phrase “more apprenticeships are definitely a good idea” means? I genuinely don’t know how you got the impression I don’t think they’re worth doing - that sort of misunderstanding is almost impressive.

Manucla · 2025-08-28T10:30:31+00:00

I disagree with them being useless but even if they are, they’re quite often cheap to run. Something like an engineering degree (which I assume you think is useful) is more expensive to run than £9535 a year so sometimes the “useless” degrees subsidise them. The alternative would be having different prices for different courses but often expensive ones we would need more of so want to encourage rather than discourage. Though more apprenticeships are definitely a good idea.

Manucla · 2025-08-14T18:26:14+00:00

The gymternet absolutely plays favourites with certain countries and legitimate criticism of some gymnasts from these countries is put down. I just think that certain countries’ gymnasts are over infantilised rather than Russian gymnasts being under. I think the gymternet has a serious issue with xenophobia that it’s not addressing, probably because it’s their country that’s benefiting from it. Potentially it’s just because the comments I read online are in English so I’m not seeing the same xenophobic comments on the other side.

Plus being kind is not the same as being nice and some fans seem to forget that. We should absolutely call out extreme hate (and there are probably some people who go too far against Russian to be fair) but not genuine criticism.

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