I predict it will be either Aly or Gabby collecting the silver medal in the AA.
Year: 2016
5 female gymnast flag bearers
Amanda Turner:
Artistic gymnasts Ana Sofía Gómez (Guatemala), Catalina Ponor (Romania), and Giulia Steingruber (Switzerland), rhythmic gymnast Neta Rivkin (Israel) and trampolinist Rosie MacLennan (Canada) were selected as standard bearers as the 2016 Olympic Games kick off in Rio.
It is a record number for gymnastics to have five flag bearers at the Olympic Parade of Nations. Gymnasts often skip the Opening Ceremonies as qualification begins on the first day, and hours of queuing and marching in the summer heat is not ideal right before competition. However, the weather in Rio de Janeiro, where it is winter, has been mild. …
Olympic Opening Ceremonies HISTORY
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Reiss Beckford – Hard Way To Success
Episode 24.
Reiss was not allowed to try out for the Rio Olympics as he had not competed for Jamaica for 3 years in advance of these Games. He has an excellent chance to qualify for Tokyo 2020, however.
He trains with Max Whitlock & Brinn Bevan. Coach Scott Hann. Competes for Jamaica.
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Laurie Hernandez is fine
International Gymnast magazine had it wrong.
Shang Chunsong is ill
Could not do much at podium training yesterday.
… Shang caught a cold a few days ago and was having a fever,” said Mao.
Huang Yubin, the head coach of the Chinese team, confirmed that Shang had been ill for three days and she was too weak to complete routines on the apparatus.
But Huang said they had no plans right now to replace Shang with a substitute.
“She still has three more days to recover,” said Huang.
Shang, who finished fourth in the women’s individual all-round event at last year’s World Championships, is considered China’s No. 1 medal contender for the all-around event in Rio. …
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keeping gymnasts safe
The front page headline where I’m at was the Indianapolis Star investigation on how USA Gymnastics handles allegations of sexual misconduct.
If you want to follow-up on this discussion I recommend GymCastic episode 210.
“IndyStar tracked down four cases in which USA Gymnastics was warned of suspected abuse by coaches but did not initiate a report to authorities. Those coaches went on, according to police and court records, to abuse at least 14 underage gymnasts after the warnings.”
GymCastic and our twitter account @GymCoaching are the only two sites I know of consistently linking to stories of coaches accused of abuse.
It’s an important issue.
That said, let’s put the risk of coaching sexual misconduct in perspective.
I’m far more worried about motor vehicle accidents driving to the Gym than I am of sexual abuse.
I’m far more worried about injuries in the Gym than I am of sexual abuse.
Fact is that female gymnasts are the best protected children in town, on average.
The GymCastic audiocast mentions Larrissa Miller as an example. In 2015, Larrissa revealed that she had been sexually abused by an extended family member from the ages of 5 to 16.
Not a coach.
If you worry about child sexual assault take a close look at friends & family of those kids you feel are vulnerable. Protect your own.
USA Gymnastics could do more to safeguard their members. I agree. This media attention will help.
But it’s far easier for independent watchdog sites to track past offenders. Suspected potential offenders. The best we have so far is GymCastic’s List of Gymnastics Coaches In The News for Alleged Abuse database.
If concerned, you should volunteer to help update that list.
Finally, I believe people are innocent until proven guilty. How many innocent coaches will be accused in aftermath of this news story?
related – Bekah – Put down your torches: In defense of USAG
UPDATE – A message from Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics
Nadia’s Perfect 10 – the Game
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Oleg Verniaiev interview
The man with the best chance, I’d say, to defeat Uchimura in the AA.
Post Olympics he’ll do 8 competitions in the German professional league. He loves to compete.
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Simone, Gabby, Aly to compete the AA
As expected, Simone and Gabby will compete the AA for USA. It looks like Aly Raisman will as well over Laurie Hernandez.
That means Laurie will not compete Bars in prelims.
Most likely line-ups in prelims:
Floor: Gabby, Laurie, Simone, Aly
Vault: Laurie, Gabby, Aly, Simone
Bars: Aly, Simone, Gabby, Madison
Beam: Gabby, Aly, Laurie, Simone
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