U.S. men’s trials LIVE on YouTube

Well done USAG.

This is exactly what fans want, assuming there’s no broadcasting rights agreement in place.

Donothan Bailey is out because of a couple of injuries.

Team and scores will be announced immediately after the event. I’m surprised LIVE scoring is not happening. I thought the new USAG was transparent.

Handstand progressions

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

I’m working my way back through the excellent Kleuren Turnen videos on YouTube.

USA dominates Pan Am Championships

Now ended.

  1. USA 169.467
  2. Brazil 163.966
  3. Mexico 155.299
  4. Canada 155.133
  5. Cuba 150.067
  6. Argentina 146.599
  7. Puerto Rico 146.034
  8. Chile 139.933

full results

USA Men win Pan Am Championships

  1. USA 246.000
  2. Colombia 243.999
  3. Brazil 243.301
  4. Cuba 243.167
  5. Canada 241.768
  6. Argentina 233.200
  7. Mexico 232.267
  8. Venezuela 231.600

full results 

Cuba had a bad day in the team final.

Rhythmic – Russia, Italy, Bulgaria qualify for Tokyo

The new qualification system in place, top 3 Rhythmic teams at Worlds 2018 automatically qualify for the Olympics.

🥇 Russia 🇷🇺 46.300

🥈 Italy 🇮🇹 44.825

🥉 Bulgaria 🇧🇬 42.050

Click PLAY or watch highlights on YouTube.

CA Orchard interview – part 2

A continuation of Nick’s interview with Coach Carol-Angela Orchard. Beam and more Beam.

CA gives very detailed information on how she tracks routines day-to-day. Explains her key word philosophy.

USA wins Pan Am Championships

1 USA 170.166
2 Brazil 161.134
3 Mexico 157.933
4 Argentina 152.100
5 Cuba 151.135
6 Canada 151.067
7 Chile 148.135
8 Puerto Rico 147.600

With the injury to Haley de Jong at the meet and Ana Padurariu competing only 2 apparatus, Canada was happy to qualify to the Pan Am Games 2019 in the top 8.

These top 8 go to the team final.

1 Grace McCallum United States 56.366
2 Trinity Thomas United States 54.433
3 Flavia Saraiva Brazil 53.334
4 Alexa Moreno Mexico 52.800
5 Marcia Vidiaux Cuba 52.767
6 Lorrane Oliveira Brazil 52.468
7 Jade Barbosa Brazil 52.200
8 Jade Chrobok Canada 51.600

Vault
1 Jade Carey United States 14.550
2 Marcia Vidiaux Cuba 14.234
3 Grace McCallum United States 13.883

Bars
1 Grace McCallum United States 5.8 8.733 14.533
2 Trinity Thomas United States 5.7 8.733 14.433
3 Nicolle Castro Mexico 5.9 8.100 14.000

Beam
1 Kara Eaker United States 6.2 8.100 14.300
2 Flavia Saraiva Brazil 5.4 8.633 14.033
3 Grace McCallum United States 5.5 8.500 14.000

Floor
1 Jade Carey United States 6.3 8.300 -0.1 14.400
2 Flavia Saraiva Brazil 5.4 8.467 13.867
3 Kara Eaker United States 5.3 8.467 13.767

Men’s Pan Am team Championships results

From qualifications. Results have been slow coming out of Lima, Peru.

1 Cuba 245.335
2 USA 245.231
3 Brazil 244.301
4 Canada 242.868
5 Colombia 240.231
6 Mexico 237.066
7 Venezuela 235.266
8 Argentina 234.799

full results

These 8 qualify for the team final and for Pan Am Games 2019.

Click PLAY or watch Manrique’s P Bars on YouTube.

https://t.co/VpaWEguvT4

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U.S. Junior Olympic & Xcel rule changes

The rule books for the Junior Olympic gymnastics program and for the Xcel gymnastics program were updated for the new quadrennium (2018-2022). Most of the rules and values of skills stayed the same but there are some changes. I have outlined some of the biggest changes below that will affect gymnasts and coaches.

GymnasticsHQ’s Skill Progression Charts have been redesigned and updated to reflect the changes in the rules. …

2018 GYMNASTICS RULE CHANGES