Year: 2016

Oleg v Kohei

I’ve not yet had a chance to go back and analyze all 12 routines from the AA Olympic final. Many others have and most feel the ranking was correct.

Gennady Sartinskiy (Oleg’s coach) feels the judging and end result were fair.

Verniaiev Uchimura

Kohei:

Uchimura trailed Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine by 0.901 points heading into the final apparatus — the high bar — but the six-time world champion kept his nerve while Verniaiev stumbled to hand Uchimura the gold with a score of 92.365. …

“I knew it would come down to the high bar. My performance was good, so if I had lost I wouldn’t have had any regrets. …

Uchimura successfully defends all-around title

It was an Olympic AA we’ll never forget. Quite possibly the best ever in Men’s Gymnastics.

Uchimura will be 31 when Tokyo hosts the 2020 Olympics. He’ll try to continue through that meet, perhaps as a specialist.

NBC started Men’s gymnastics at 11:37 p.m. The gold medal was decided at 12:19 a.m. If you missed it, here’s the FIG write up – Long live the ‘King’: Kohei Uchimura continues reign with second Olympic All-around gold

NY Times on the Women’s Team Final

Another fantastic article from the graphics and data gurus at the NY Times.

raisman-silo

Who says the USA is weak on Bars? Red dots are the American scores.

USA Bars

Check it out – How the U.S. Crushed the Competition in the Women’s Gymnastics Team Final

Via GymCastic. I assume the NYT are using numbers from The All Around’s Albert Minguillón Colorer.

2020 Olympics Gymnastics venue

“The Olympic Gymnastic Centre will be an innovative and iconic venue situated in an excellent location in the Tokyo bay area.

“It will have a total site area of 100,000 metres squared and a seating capacity for 12,000 spectators.”

Tokyo 2020 Gymnastic Centre will no longer be temporary venue

Olympic Gymnastic Centre- outdoor

via Gymternet Clan

Suzanne Yoculan interview

Audiocast with the Skating Lesson:

Losers Make Excuses; Winners Make Adjustments: Suzanne Yoculan on Courtney Kupets and The Final Five (Aug 9, 2016)

Georgia

Boorman had never coached Elite before

The real secret of the American model isn’t a Ranch in Texas. It’s the HUGE base. Thousands of clubs. Tens of thousands of competitive gymnasts. A fantastic Collegiate competitive program.

Aimee

Aimee linked to this excellent article – Aimee Boorman, Simone Biles’ Coach: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

If you have a big enough program, superstars like Simone and Shawn will have a chance to be identified at a young age.

American coaches on the Floor in Rio

Aimee Boorman, Simone Biles’ personal coach, stayed on the floor throughout the night because she is the head coach of the team. Mihai Brestyan, Aly Raisman’s coach, took the other credential while the team vaulted.

He swapped out for uneven bars, where Laurent Landi – Madison Kocian’s coach – came in for her and to spot the rest of the gymnasts. …

Gabby Christian

Credential relay presents yet another challenge for U.S. gymnastics