Year: 2016

the Chinese Olympic team?

Click PLAY or watch Who will make the Chinese Team? on YouTube.

See more videos like this on the Artistics Gymnastics YouTube channel. Yes “Artistics”.

It includes similar edits for USA, Russia, Italy, GBR, Netherlands, Japan and Canada.

There are some errors, some omissions. Still it’s an easy way to get a quick overview of some of the top contenders.

via Gymternet Clan

Petrounias 1st Olympic torch bearer

After finishing 2nd on Rings at the Olympic Test Event, World Champion Eleftherios Petrounias flew directly home to Greece.

The official countdown to this year’s Rio de Janeiro Olympics began on Thursday when the torch was lit at the site of the ancient Games …

On a glorious spring day with the sun burning hot above the ancient stadium in Olympia, an actress playing a high priestess lit the torch from the rays of the sun at the temple of Hera, using a parabolic mirror.

Greek gymnastics world champion Eleftherios Petrounias started the domestic relay after receiving the flame …

Peninsula

Torch to second bearer, former volleyball player Giovane Gavio
Torch to second bearer, former volleyball player Giovane Gavio

https://twitter.com/OlympicFlame/status/723103475597467648

via Gymternet Clan

Leah Griesser – Floor

My favourite choreography at the Rio Test Event.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (preliminaries)

The judges liked it too. Even with average tumbling, Leah ended up with the Bronze medal in the final. Some felt Isabela Onyshko (4th) should have had that medal instead.

Belgium’s 1st team Olympics

Belgium just missed team qualification for London. These ladies got the job done this time. 🙂

Belgium

Read the Belgian Gymnastics blog summary.

emotion at Rio Test Event

Julia Fincher collected social media posts – Gymnasts’ emotional reactions to the Rio Test Event

Two of my favourite gymnasts qualified to Rio. 🙂 I’m emotional, too.

Emyre Cole – big tumbling line

E was inspired by Dominick Cunningham’s huge new tumbling pass. (VIDEO)

Click PLAY or watch E on Instagram.

Catalina PONOR – Beam

Cata led Beam in preliminaries in Rio with this routine. Opted not to compete in the Final.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.