Aussie Olympic gymnastics training squad

Australia will have a respectable team, despite the many gymnasts that have dropped out of contention:

Dasha Joura
Lauren Mitchell
Olivia Vivian
Georgia Bonora
Shona Morgan
Emma Dennis
Amber Fulljames
Melanie Jones
Ashleigh Brennan

Six of these young ladies will compete in Beijing.

Details on the Australian Gymnastics Blog

… By virtue of their one-two finish at the Australian Championships that concluded Sunday in Melbourne, Joura and Shona Morgan received automatic selection onto the team. …

more commentary on International Gymnast

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Gymnastics Australia

More people are talking about Daria Joura as a long shot contender for an Olympic AA medal:

Dasha’s total A-score (adding up all four events) is a 24.5 right now. By comparison, Shawn Johnson’s is 25.9, Nastia Liukin’s is 25.8, and Steliana Nistor’s is 25.6 (Jiang Yuyuan’s is way up there as well).

Andrew Thornton on Gymnast.com

She will need very good B-scores to stay in the fight.

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