Here at the World Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, the first Men’s rotation, what’s obvious is that there are fantastic gymnasts from almost every nation participating.
Mans Stenberg from Sweden mounts Floor with a perfect full twisting double layout.M. El Saharty from Egypt sticks Yurchenko double full. … The Egyptians have all shaved their heads as a team bonding thing.
Korea’s having problems on Horizontal Bar. Their last competitor was GREAT, using a hop 2/1 twist over the bar. (LIke a Rybalko with an extra ½ twist.
I’m cheering New Zealand, fighting through after finishing 4th as a team at Commonwealth Games just prior to flying here.
On a terribly sad note, Carnaobe from France (Olympic Bronze medalist), was badly injured on Floor. He was taken away on a stretcher.
Here’s the first News article on the injury. (There’s a sports medicine congress in Rotterdam this week. Certainly they’ll be discussing the number of gymnasts who left this arena on a stretcher. This sport is too dangerous.)
Gymnastics Examiner is trying to do a LIVE blog. … It’s not easy with 6 apparatus simultaneous. Who volunteers to be a “spotter” for Blythe?
Flip between that page and International Gymnast on Facebook, doing a great job this meet. It’s tricky to find this page by searching Google, so bookmark THE ALL AROUND Live blog page. They are here too.
Leave a comment if you are accessing the LIVE TV feed on the internet.
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