Author: Rick Mc

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

Men’s Olympic qualification – 2nd subdivision

One subdivision left to compete.

LIVE results here.

1. China 263.028
2. Japan 260.594
3. Great Britain 256.561
4. Ukraine 253.893
5. United States 253.229
6. Canada 247.794
7. Netherlands 247.295
8. Germany 245.395

All-Around Standings

1. Zhang Boheng CHN 88.597
2. Oka Shinnosuke JPN 86.865
3. Hashimoto Daiki JPN 85.064
4. Xiao Ruoteng CHN 84.898
5. Jake Jarman GBR 84.897
6. Joe Fraser GBR 84.666
7. Oleg Verniaiev UKR 84.631
8. Carlos Yulo PHI 83.631

Some gold medal contenders missed on their best apparatus.

Other favourites HIT.

Men’s Olympic qualification – 1st subdivision

LIVE results here.

Paul Juda had an amazing day — answering the question of whether or not he was the right pick for the team.

Max will get through to defend the Pommel title.

At age-33, Eleftherios Petrounias has still got it.

Lukas looked to be injured out of Paris — but recovered in time.

Paris Olympics by the numbers

  • 13 past Olympic champions will compete
  • Simone needs 5 Olympic medals to TIE Larisa Latynina’s record
  • 16 years, 54 days – Hezly Rivera (USA), the youngest artistic gymnast
  • 18 years – Angel Barajas (COL), the youngest competitor in the men’s competition

Read more …

Simone Biles & Mckayla Maroney

Simone’s Weiler + 1.5 pirouette

She’s submitting it for Olympics.

Just in case, I assume. 😀

Ukraine mourns athletes lost to war

Though I feel badly for Russian gymnasts, I’m 100% in support of banning Putin’s athletes. For as long as the invasion continues.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Simone’s Yurchenko – fingers in

Exactly how we should introduce this Vault with beginners.

Later. MUCH later. There might be reasons to block with fingers facing out.

Philippines has never been stronger

The 3 Americans in Paris with family ties to the Philippines are good enough to anchor a team that could finish top 12 in the world in 2025.

➡️ Emma Malabuyo
➡️ Aleah Finnegan
➡️ Levi Jung-Ruivivar

Listen to an interview with the three on the BLIND LANDING podcast.

Search for it in your favourite podcast player.