highs & lows in Ghent

I highly recommend one final post from Ghent by Bea Gheorghisor:

… I was extremely happy to see two Swedish girls (Ida Gustafsson and Jonna Adlerteg) and two Czech gymnasts (Jana Sikulova and Kristina Palesova) qualify in top five for the uneven bars finals. …

… I was surprised by the intensity with which the gymnasts and the coaches from Canada were living every routine and by how close they were. …

… Alexa Moreno of Mexico had two extraordinary (if not perfect) days in Ghent. …

Her two vaults were Rudi (very well executed – she has good power and the amplitude) and a Tsukahara 1 ½ (which she does not manage to control in the same manner as the Rudi but is still a breath of fresh air to see someone attempting something else than Yurchenko’s). …

read it – Couch Gymnast

This photo from the Beam awards podium is getting widely shared. 🙂

Is this a sport for women? Or little girls? … Or both?

(via Vasiliki Millousi Official on Facebook)

UPDATE: Finally. Zonderland and Van Gerner have been confirmed as the two Olympians for Netherlands. Wyomi Masela and Jeffrey Wammes are reserves.

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