Fans love this guy. Especially the dismount.
He’s too tall for FIG apparatus. Hungary raise the Bar for him.
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Month: August 2018
Kenzo documentary
If you thought you couldn’t love the guy any more, watch this charming documentary. His College roommates. His friends. His University.
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related – some video of Kenzo tumbling and vault. It also features Yonekura Hidenobu.
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https://twitter.com/maple_maple555/status/1028852823058866176
(via Ono)
Sam interviews Brandon Wynn
The former Worlds Rings medalist — and cover boy — Brandon Wynn is Sam Pezek’s first male guest.
Brandon is now in the fitness world. He wants to make an impact in that field. With passion.
He recommends we should all have some things in our life that are non-negotiable. Including our personal fitness regime.
Brandon gets very specific on best practice for artistic strength training. Do your specific strength at the beginning of training. General strength and exhaustion training at the end.
The goal is for the competition routine to feel exactly the same as in training. Brandon is a smart guy. He recognizes now some of the mistakes he made in his own career. He would have competed at a lower weight, for example.
European Championships are over
A great competition in the best Gymnastics venue in the world.
Read the UEG senior men’s apparatus finals wrap-up.
https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1028714169498001409
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Valeri in Brazil
Valeri Liukin has been assisting team Brazil in preparation for Worlds.
A continuation of the American 🙂 coaching diaspora: Chow, Brestyan, Liukin.
gymnasts to watch at U.S. Nationals
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Epke still flying
Some think Dr. Epke Zonderland is retired.
Not so. He did his harder routine to finish second at European Championships.
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Olly Hogben – Sports Commentator
If you watched European Championships online you heard many fun puns from this guy.
He’s doing Asian Games next. But is NOT one of the Gymnastics announcers. He’ll be doing other sports.
(via Papa Liukin)
… those strange deductions on Rings
At European Championships the Rings panel had SmartRings v6 software. It’s developed in Netherlands.
Deductions for strength hold flagged by that software were shown as extra deductions not included in the E-score.
I did see several occasions where the panel double checked the software by watching the video after the routine was finished. Perhaps it’s not foolproof yet.
Nobody I’ve spoken with knows exactly how it works. GBR coach Lee Woolls did post this.
Sr Men’s European apparatus winners
Floor
1. Dominick Cunningham GBR 14.666
2. Artem Dolgopyat ISR 14.466
3. Artur Dalaloyan RUS 14.466
Pommel
1. Rhys McClenaghan IRL 15.300
2. Robert Seligman CRO 14.866
3. Saso Bertoncelj SLO 14.866
You know. The Gymnastics SUPERPOWERS: Ireland, Croatia, Slovenia.
Rings
1. Eleftherios Petrounias GRE 15.466
2. Ibrahim Colak TUR 15.100
3. Courtney Tulloch GBR 15.000
This is the 4th Europeans gold for our Olympic Champ.
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https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1028664690329743360
This is the first medal for a gymnast from Turkey.
After quite a good set on Rings, Goossens went sprawling towards the TV camera. ☹️
Vault
1. Artur Dalaloyan RUS 14.900
2. Igor Radivilov UKR 14.866
3. Dmitri Lankin RUS 14.666
Impressive and NOT scary Vault final. These three will contend for Worlds medals.
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https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1028677437180260353
P Bars
1. Artur Dalaloyan RUS 15.433
2. David Belyavskiy RUS 15.166
3. Oliver Hegi SUI 14.633
H Bar
1. Oliver Hegi SUI 14.700
2. Epke Zonderland NED 14.400
3. David Vecsernyes HUN 14.033
Judges were brutally accurate with the E-score this time. #respect
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https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1028692601862606848
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