Our defending Olympic champion at the Rio Test Meet.
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Year: 2016
where did Romania go wrong?
Bea Gheorghisor compiled first shocked reactions from Adrian Stoica, Octavian Bellu, Mariana Bitang, Daniela Silivas and others.
I’m quoted in a Guardian article by Dvora Meyers – Romania’s Olympic gymnastics failure: where did it all go wrong?
One positive note. It sounds like Catalina Ponor will try to continue through the 2017 European Championships hosted by Romania.
Dipa Karmakar – 1st female Olympian from India
Dipa Karmakar, who became India’s first woman gymnast to qualify for Olympics, will receive the sports ministry’s funding of up to Rs.30 lakh under the Target Olympic Scheme (TOPS), it was announced on Monday. …
The ministry of youth affairs and sports (Department of Sports) has formulated the TOP scheme for identifying and supporting potential medal prospects for the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. …
Besides being the first Indian woman, Dipa will also be an Indian gymnast qualifying for the quadrennial extravaganza after 52 long years.
The last time Indians participated in gymnastics at Olympics was way back in 1964, but during that time there was no qualification system in place. Six men competed at Tokyo 1964 in the artistic individual all-around category.
Till date, 11 Indian men gymnasts have competed in the Olympics –two in 1952, three in 1956 and six in 1964. …
The Federation in India has been a disaster over recent years. Happily the Department of Sports will ensure she has training funds to prepare safely for the Olympics.
I saw 3 Produnovas in Rio, her best during podium training. Here’s the highest quality video I’ve seen of those.
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USA Olympic psychology
I’ve always admired the ability of American athletes to rise to peak performance for important events. They are motivated.
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UCLA my most entertaining team
What a season. Though I was cheering LSU to win, UCLA was the team that I enjoyed following most 2015-16. One of Miss Val’s most memorable teams. 🙂
how bravely we fought
I love this tribute.
British Gymnastics Championships
Epke wins Horizontal Bar
After a disastrous ranking at Worlds 2015 we feared Epke would not get the chance to defend in Rio.
He will. 🙂
Team Netherlands did qualify and will almost certainly include Zonderland in their lineup.
I watched the warm-up. Bart DEURLOO, BRETSCHNEIDER and ZONDERLAND are all capable of linking multiple big releases in a final. Here’s how it turned out.
1 ZONDERLAND Epke NED 7.100 + 8.633 = 15.733
2 BRETSCHNEIDER Andreas GER 7.300 + 8.300 = 15.600
3 OROZCO John USA 6.800 + 8.566 = 15.366
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Ultra clean Nile Wilson fell twice. John Orozco hit superbly with Liukin for the Bronze. (John was 9/9 in Rio.) But as he’s done so many times in the past, Epke hit the routine best when it counted.
Congratulations. Netherlands may be the happiest nation coming to the Olympics at this point.
Flavia SARAIVA wins Floor
Everyone is crazy for this Brazilian superstar. Wait ’til she competes it at the Olympics.
1 SARAIVA Flavia BRA 5.800 + 8.600 = 14.400
2 MILLER Larrissa AUS 5.800 + 8.200 – 0.3 = 13.700
3 GRIESSER Leah GER 5.400 + 8.166 = 13.566
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Leah Griesser was rewarded for her excellent choreography. Click PLAY or watch her routine from earlier this season on YouTube.
P Bars: VERNIAIEV, ARICAN, FOKIN
1 VERNIAIEV Oleg UKR 7.100 + 9.033 = 16.133 1
2 ARICAN Ferhat TUR 6.700 + 9.033 = 15.733 3 9
3 FOKIN Anton UZB 6.600 + 9.100 = 15.700 2
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Happy and surprised that Ferhat finished that high. Competition was fierce. The best final tonight by far.
He qualified to the Olympics in the AA. Congratulations Turkey.
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