Olympics – van Gerner or Masela?

… Days after a judge ruled she should still be in contention for the Olympics, Céline van Gerner was back in competition on two events. Van Gerner notched the top mark on uneven bars, 14.900, and scored 12.900 on beam. …

On Monday, a Dutch judge ruled in favor of van Gerner, who filed a lawsuit stating the Dutch federation’s selection of Wyomi Masela for the team’s sole Olympic berth was premature. The judge ruled that the federation should wait to decide until after the European championships in May and Ghent Challenger Cup in June. The ruling was the same in the case brought earlier by Jeffrey Wammes, who successfully sued the federation after it named Epke Zonderland as its representative for London. …

… Masela, meanwhile, averaged 14.275 on vault (14.550 for double-twisting Yurchenko and 14.000 for Podkopayeva) and scored 13.650 on floor exercise in Waalwijk. Masela, third on vault at the Olympic test event, said she was happy with her performance Saturday. …

IG – Dutch Earn Double Victory at Waalwijk Tri-Meet

That link has WAG & MAG scores from a Netherlands v Belgium v Sweden friendly.

Click PLAY or watch van Gerner’s Bars on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Masela’s Floor on YouTube.

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Note that those videos can be expanded to full screen. For some reason I now need to post the full embed code rather than the “short code” to get all the YouTube features to work.

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