My opinion on getting rid of the Lunge

So many gymnasts just used this rule to cheat.  A CONTROLLED step is fine but if you look like you had to take a step then it should be a deduction.  And technically, this is a subjective thing.  Maybe that step looked controlled to one judge but not to another, so 1 judge deducts and the other doesn't.

I mean c'mon! These are olympic class and world class gymnasts and they cant stick their tumbling passes?  1 lunge is fine in a routine, just like the men can do the rollouts on 2 of their tumbling passes, but any more than that is just babying the gymnasts.  If these girls can't stick double doubles and double layouts then maybe they shouldn't be doing them in the first place.  I'm not trying to insult the gymnasts because what they do is incredible and most people in the world can't do what they do but I don't see why they shouldn't have to stick the landing like the men.


One more thing... Why the **** couldn't the men lunge like the women?!?!?

On the plus side i do LOVE the leaps out of the tumbling passes.  I don't really get why most people hate them.  In my opinion, it's more artistic than the lunge because you're combing acrobatic and dance elements just like you would do on the balance beam.  Furthermore, the leap connections increases the gymnast's difficulty value on the floor which is a good thing because floor exercise is usually judged pretty harshly.  With the leaps, floor is one step closer to having equal scoring with the rest of the 3 apparatus.

That being said, I only like the leaps when they're done right, which is pretty much every gymnast except Lauren Mitchell.

The lunge rule was nothing more than sexist and unfair rule and I'm glad it's gone. #deuces