You don't have to be short to be able to do the stuff gymnasts do. The elite level ones ae usually tiny because they've probably been doing it since childhood and competition level gymnastics will stunt your growth as a lot of the energy and stuff that would normally be used for straight up growing gets diverted into musculoskeletal development instead.

Smallsteps was watching too and was trying to do some spins on the floor in her socks, thinking she did a comparable job

Awww [dies of cuteness overdose]

they would get back up, rechalk their hands and finish their routine.

Firstly, it's not a waste, they got to the freaking Olympics.

And unless you've broken/really hurt something (or your coach screams at you to stop because they can see that the injury you just picked up is worse than your adrenaline thinks it is), always finish.

_{that's what we always tell our kids and we're like grassroots level}

I should have probably got some throwaway logins from bugmenot or somewhere for 9now as they tried to force more signups by hiding put all the gymnastics on that.