Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

men’s team final recap

Many felt this was the most exciting team final in years.

I was impressed by how many guys HIT, actually. Just a couple of days ago we were convinced this Pommel Horse was faulty.

It was generally a good competition despite the pressure of 3-up, 3-count.

Click PLAY or get a glimpse on YouTube.

related:

KUKSENKOV: ALMOST ALL THE GUYS WERE CRYING

China Edges Out Russia for World Team Title; U.S. Men Take 4th

Russians suffered just one fall during the competition, while the victorious Chinese had three.

You can certainly argue that RUS should have, could have been slightly ahead of CHN. It was that close. But none of the 8 teams had a perfect meet.

Valentina Rodionenko didn’t blame judges for stealing the gold medal as she so often does.

E Judges did — as usual — box the scores. They go low on those with the best execution, high on those with the worst execution. This keeps them in range but tends to give advantage to those with higher difficulty. It’s most obvious on Vault.

how to STICK huge vaults

Be #Russia.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Zou Jingyuan – P Bars

My favourite routine from team finals.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

I’ll try to link to Twitter routines as they are never geoblocked.

CHN, RUS, JPN to Olympics

Super exciting. The new finals format makes it even more dramatic, but more confusing to follow. Teams alternate competitors.

As so often happens in MAG, it came down to the final competitor on the last apparatus.

Olympic team qualification

1. CHN 256.634
2. RUS 256.585
3. JPN 253.744

4. USA 251.994
5. GBR 248.628
6. SUI 244.294
7. BRA 243.994
8. NED 240.660

full results

Nikita NAGORNYY could have won it with a perfect H Bar routine, but made some small errors. Russia will get them next time.

Considering the pressure of 3-up, 3-count I thought it was a quality competition. Not one team went through without a fall, however.

NO face painting in WAG

Sounds like FIG WTC is trying to clarify what is and what is not allowed in terms of makeup.

Needless to say, that’s not easy.

They want artistry, but want to put limits on theatrics.

On the upside, Celine’s a bit of proud of being the last.

The gymternet is going to have a field day talking implications, sexism and inconsistencies.

 

Men’s Team Final on FIG YouTube

As usual, FIG has been doing a terrific job with highlight videos.

Editing is always excellent. Their choice of highlights often surprising. They should have a coach reviewing those picks.

For today’s medal round qualifying the top 3 teams to Tokyo, you need not mess around with a VPN. FIG will be streaming it here.

youtube.com/user/figchannel/videos

Beam Scoring: Montreal vs Doha

Montreal was stupid. At the peak meet of the season judges suddenly began applying the code rules on fluidity more rigorously. I felt it was very unfair to the gymnasts.

Breaks in the flow were deducted more:

Adjustment – 0.1

Pause (2 sec)  -0.1

Click PLAY or watch examples on YouTube.

Judging geeks should check stats on Score For Score:

Beam Scoring: Montreal 2017 vs Doha 2018

Judges have been slightly tougher than at meets earlier in the season, but it’s not been super severe as it was in Montreal.

AND gymnasts have been much more fluid on Beam since Montreal.

4 members of FIG Parkour Commission quit

… In an open letter, four members of the FIG Parkour Commission – established last year – confirmed they had quit the group after raising concerns “that worry us for the future” of the discipline.

Inside the Games

USAG Tumbling Coach resigns

USA Gymnastics tumbling coach Sergio Galvez resigns amid misconduct allegations

Resignation comes days before World Championships in Russia

… pending an investigation into report filed with the U.S. Center for Safe Sport.

Galvez’s resignation was forced by USA Gymnastics board of directors and Safe Sport placed an “interim measure” restriction on Galvez for “allegations of misconduct” last Wednesday. USA Gymnastics and Safe Sport have not elaborated on the nature of the allegations.

highlights of WAG qualification day 2

If you missed it … or are still sleep deprived, Spencer catches you up on the big stories of yesterday.

JUST THE GOOD STUFF: WOMEN’S QUALIFICATION DAY 2

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