FloGymnastics posted a summary.
If you like that graphic, check coach lu told me to be consistent to see more of the American gymnasts. toepointqueen created those.
Year: 2016
Axelle Klinckaert injured out of Rio
Terrible timing. 😦
… Axelle is the first casualty in terms of those already on teams forced to step aside. The Belgian team was training in Toulouse, France when Axelle felt a sharp pain in her left knee that prevented her from training. The injury is not serious, but a doctor determined that Axelle must miss three weeks of training, taking her recovery period right up to the start of the Olympic Games in the worst case of bad timing possible.
Rune Hermans, who earned a spot in the all-around final at worlds last year, will replace Axelle with Cindy Vandenhole and Julie Meyers moving into the first and second reserve spots. …
Click PLAY or watch Axelle’s Beam on YouTube.
only 7000 gymnasts in China
Canadian coach Liang Cheng is taking western style Gymnastics back to China. He set up his first club in 2012. And Inspire Sports is expanding.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. English language instruction.
Some in China feel mass participation clubs are needed.
Wang Tongjie, director of gymnastics at China’s General Administration of Sport:
… There are only 7,000 registered Chinese gymnasts, Wang said. The United States — with a population only one-fourth of China’s — has nearly 150,000 competing gymnasts at all levels. …
Team China is covered for now.
The future is not so certain.
“What we have is about to become broken, but the new system is yet to be established,” Ye said. He points to a former powerhouse that failed to qualify for Rio as a team this year as a tale of caution. “If we don’t change, we will be like Romania.” …
(via Nancy Armour)
Japanese Men’s Olympic team on TV
Japanese TV is pretty goofy.
I highly doubt Uchimura enjoys these kinds of appearances. :-)–
In which the team votes for who they think has the No.1 muscles and No.1 fist-pumps.
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(via Beautiful Moments in MAG)
Dan Purvis out, Louis Smith in
I can see Brinn over Dan. Though it’s risky. Purvis is a proven performer who only just recently showed inconsistency.
Dan Purvis confessed last night he was stunned after suffering a shock axe from the British gymnastics team for next month’s Olympic Games. …
British Gymnastics declined to comment on why Purvis, arguably the squad’s most consistent performers, was cut at the eleventh hour with selectors gambling on Smith to hit top form. …
… It’s pretty clear to me Brinn’s vault was a deciding factor. Brinn has been competing the Tsuk double pike again (6.0), so that helped his case a lot.
Nile and Dan are the weakest vaulters of the team (both just 5.6) who often have direction and landing issues. It would’ve meant having to put up one of them in team finals if Dan had been on the team. Fortunately for Brinn he has a few other strong events like rings, pommels, and bars. …
Sérgio Sasaki in Rio
Sérgio finished 10th AA at the London Olympics. This video features his comeback from injury in time for the 2016 Olympics. He’ll be a big media story there.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (10min Portuguese)
Mary Lou Retton interview
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(via Mary Wright)
Vasiliki – Gainer layout
One of the best Beam workers in the world has often struggled with dismounts. She’s switched to layout Gainer.
Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BH17mcAjbuo/
via papaliukin
Frank Baines – Tejada
GBR could field two men’s teams and both would finish top 8 in Rio.
This is high. Look how long he waits before starting the salto.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BH2MpIBgeW1/
via papaliukin
top 5 AA gymnasts to Rio
Cordelia posted an interesting factoid:
All are aware that the P&G Championships and the US Olympic Team Trials are both qualifying competitions as spelled out in the selection procedures. If you look at the gymnasts AA scores over both competitions this is what you get:
1. Biles 248.25
2. Hernandez 241.65
3. Raisman 240.85
4. Douglas 235.25
5. Kocian 233.5
6. Smith 232.55
7. Skinner 232.1As it turns out, the Olympic team that was chosen is composed of the top 5 AAers over the two competitions.
Certainly that’s not the only reason the American Olympic team was chosen as it was. They most likely picked top 3 AA … then filled in the best, reliable routines for the team final. I could still see Gabby being replaced if she’s not hitting Bars and Beam very consistently at training camp.
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