Who should have had the higher E-score?
Click PLAY or watch Maddie on YouTube. (9.166)
Click PLAY or watch Gabby on YouTube. (9.266)
Both are great. Gabby has excellent handstands. Madison fewer elbow bends. There’s not much to separate them.
Year: 2016
did Ellie Downie suffer a concussion?
It’s difficult to tell.
If it were not the Olympics, she would have stopped. As a sensible precaution.
The Olympic and British medical teams should use this case study for future consideration.
17-year-old British gymnast Ellie Downie courageous, but should she have been allowed to return?
Here’s the VIDEO if you want to watch it.
shout out for Brazil
As a nation, Brazil has been fantastic so far. Both men & women.
Amanars – Hong un Jong & Aly
Click PLAY or watch our defending Olympic Champ on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Aly’s (much improved) on YouTube.
Both got 15.766. Clearly the judges over-scored Aly in comparison. 😦
related – Hong un Jong’s Cheng VIDEO
(via Personal Musings and Jordyn’s Left Eyebrow)
USA crushed prelims
Team USA Has Fairytale Day At Women’s Gymnastics Qualification
Gabby was awesome
Douglas finished third behind Simone Biles and Raisman. Only two gymnasts per country can compete in Thursday’s final …
“I think Gabby just proved that she has a place on this team,” Karolyi said. “I know our decision was very much questioned. But I’ve known Gabby for many years and I knew we could make the necessary improvements that she would be a great asset to the team.” …
Douglas’s teammates raved about her performance and lamented that she wouldn’t get a chance to compete for all-around gold. The top 24 finishers advance to the all-around finals and the American team is so dominant that if not for the rule the entire five-person team would probably advance.
“I hate the two per country rule … I wish that they would change it but I don’t think that they ever will,” Raisman said. …
remembering Munich 1972
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Korean friendship – Hong Un Jong and Lee Eun Ju
One of the goals of the Olympic movement.
North and South Korean Gymnasts Take Adorable Selfies Together in Rio
Hong Un-jong is the defending Olympic Vault champion from North Korea. Lee Eun Ju is South Korea’s Olympian in Rio.
See this photo on papaliukin
http://papaliukin.tumblr.com/post/148473014554/my-favorite-photo-already-korea-as-one
related – Rio 2016 Olympics: Lebanese athletes refuse to travel with Israel team 😦
long and the short of it
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Ragan Smith loves Beam
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