#catherine lyons

does she put her hands down on low level difficulty? yes. are there other routines of hers with better scores? yes. I’m not even including this routine because of the tumbling lmao. this is literal art and her best performance with this routine imo. Catherine was a real heartbreaker last quad. Everything she did screamed “ART” in your face. even this here thumbnail is art. her choreographer + her dancing ability are just a two classes above the rest. god i stan.

“It breaks my heart that Catherine Lyons medically retired with PTSD at 15 because of her abusive coach”

This quad, I’m going to stan all of the American gymnasts. Every single one. Check mate, gym gods. 

tbt to 2014 JR Euros AA final, where everyone was roughly 11, except Melka – she was clearly only 10.