The highest possible Still Rings D-score (without kip to victorian and O’neill to Li Ning hang).
Azarian to Maltese F
Rodriguez F
Azarian to Planche E
Carmona F
Layout Yamawaki E
Backuprise to Maltese E
Maltese to Inverted Cross E
Layout Honma to Handstand D
O’neill E
Layout Double Double F
Difficulty: 5.3
Connection: N/A
Element groups: 2.5
I like this tall gymnast. But a set of rules that scores his routine up with the best in the World is fatally flawed. Nobody wants to see a routine composed entirely of twisting and roll-out skills in the Olympic final.
Will the FIG MTC demand a variety of different kinds of skills in the next Olympic cycle?
Stoica and his committee have been a big disappointment 2009-2012.
We’re on the road at 4:30am, headed up to visit our friends in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan for their year-end FUN meet.
A few of the FUN rules for this competition:
• Gymnasts are expected to be LOUD and cheer
• optional suits, shorts allowed
• use any mat on any event at anytime
• after Vault, show a progression into a different vault for a .5 bonus (on stacked mats)
• after Beam, show any additional dance or acro elements (FIG B +) on a Floor Beam for bonus
• after Floor, show an acro (B+) skill into pit (with mats at height) or an additional Dance (C+) element for half of the value of the skill
The 2012 World Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships ended in a tie.
1. CHN – Jian Tang, Lei Wang, Yi Zhou and Yeqiuyin Wu
1. GBR – Dorian Walker, Jesse Heskett, Matthew Evison and Richard Hurst
3. RUS – Valentin Chetverkin, Maksim Chulkov, Anton Danchenko and Dmitry Bryzgalov
Looks like she’s gaining confidence with her knee after ACL surgery. Good progress. But she’s got a long way to go to be ready to contend for the AA in the Olympics.
… The judges exaggerate our small mistakes. And they do the opposite with our rivals. The same error can be penalized in different ways. And when the judges’ alliances begin, the game is on. …
What Alliance?
“… Canada, Australia, Brazil, New Zealand …”
There are a few judges who would be quick to disabuse her on that.
Valentina Rodionenko does a disservice to her Team with these outbursts. One former Russian Team member asked me, “Why is Valentina Rodionenko now a spokesperson for Team Russia?”