Month: May 2016

Sao Paulo Challenge Cup Finals 2

Daniele won 3 gold medals. I think the veteran is ready for Rio. 🙂

Beam
1 HYPÓLITO, Daniele BRA 14,350
2 CASTRO, Simona CHI 13,050
3 ANDRADE, Rebeca BRA 13,000

Click PLAY or watch Daniele’s Beam on YouTube.

Floor
1 HYPÓLITO, Daniele BRA 13,950
2 BUI, Kim Ngam GER 13,550
3 PEDRO, Carolyne BRA 13,300
3 CASTRO, Simona CHI 13,300

Click PLAY or watch Daniele’s Floor on YouTube.

Brazil could certainly be top 5 in team with a hit meet at the Olympics. Those excited home fans will help.

Vault
1 MARIANO, Arthur BRA 14,800
2 SASAKI, Sérgio BRA 14,675
3 OKA, Jumpei JPN 13,775

P Bars
1 CALVO MORENO, Jossim COL 15,550
2 SANDOVAL AFANADOR, COL 15,100
3 BARRETO JUNIOR, Fran BRA 15,000

H Bar
1 SASAKI, Sérgio BRA 15,250
2 IMABAYASHI, Kaito JPN 14,850
3 CORDOBA, Nicolas ARG 14,800

Bretschneider had 7.3 difficulty but missed regrasp on Yamawaki, his easiest release.

Click PLAY or watch Sérgio on YouTube.

full results

FIG – Daniele Hypolito, South Americans shine in Sao Paulo

Ana Sofia Gomez v Ilaria Kaeslin

I was in Ana Sofia’s Gym last week. She finished 4th in that great Beam Final at the Varna World Cup. So close to Bronze.

Click PLAY or watch Ana Sofia on YouTube. Rock solid 1/1. 6.2 start.

Click PLAY or watch Ilaria on YouTube. 5.8 start.

related – Ana Sofia’s nutrition

why do Gymnastics?

If you’re not a gymnast, you may never understand.

Wendy Bruce Martin:

Many can not understand why a child wants to be in a gym 25 hours a week. Why they choose to swing bars with rips, tumble with sprained ankles, or get up off the floor after they have crashed on the beam and try their skill again and again without blinking an eye.

They do it because they love the challenge. When others would complain that something is too hard and shy away, they lean into the challenge. When others are fearful and want to stop, they find a way to knock down the fear and walk over it. They do it to feel pride, satisfaction, appreciation, accomplishment; they do it to feel alive. …

It’s the Challenge

Sao Paulo Challenge Cup Finals 1

Vault
1 Daniele Hypolito Brazil 14.125
2 Michelle Timm Germany 13.850
3 Annika Urvikko Finland 13.700

Bars
1 Jessica Lopez Venezuela 6.4 8.250 14.650
2 Rebeca Andrade Brazil 6.0 8.500 14.500
2 Kim Bui Germany 6.3 8.200 14.500
full WAG results

Click PLAY or watch JLo on YouTube. (age 30 – Rio will be her 3rd Olympics)

Floor
1 GONZALEZ, Tomas CHI 15,650
2 HYPOLITO, Diego BRA 15,400
3 OKA, Jumpei JPN 15,000

Click PLAY or watch the stylish Tomas on YouTube.

Pommels
1 IMABAYASHI, Kaito JPN 15,150
2 SASAKI, Sérgio BRA 14,950
3 MAENO, Fuya JPN 14,800

Rings
1 CALVO MORENO, Jossim COL 15,550
2 SANDOVAL AFANADOR, COL 15,100
3 BARRETO JUNIOR, Fran BRA 15,000

full MAG & WAG results

Thema sues for US$1.7 million

Here’s the latest in this absurd saga. 😦

Thema sues for $11.3 million! TTGF officials served pre-action protocol letters