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Author: Rick Mc
Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.
Judges seating for H Bar
In Glasgow I heard that judges generally like the new seating. I’m assuming it will become permanent.
One issue is “crooked” catches on turning skills, especially Rybalkos. From the end many competitors are out of vertical line by as much as 45 degrees. It’s not easy to tell from their angle, so far away.
Plus the distraction of Yin when Danell is trying to salute. 🙂
people are awesome
Some are quite reckless, too.
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Shang Chunsong – interview
Post AA-finals.
Mature. Honese. Well considered answers.
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Shang Chunsong is one of the great superstars of Gymnastics in 2015. I expect her to compete DTY in Rio. She’ll definitely be one of the podium contenders.
(via fiycso)
Worlds 2015 – You Guys, I Think We Fixed It
Balance Beam Situation’s hilarious wrap-up of day 2 Finals:
Sadly, the world championship has come and gone for another year, like a fleeting spurt from a stage-mounted flamethrower that you’re convinced is going to singe Max Whitlock in the everywhere. But it was a good one! …
… caffeinated jack-in-the-box named Marian Dragulescu. He catapulted his way back into the gymnastics world—and right to a silver medal—solely on the power of being a beautiful, lovable ham who understands that you can’t spell S-P-O-R-T-S without “I’m 7 and do airplane impressions.” …
Bretschneider!
Andreas Bretschneider made the final without his namesake skill. But added it for Horizontal Bar apparatus finals.
Click PLAY or check to see if he caught it on YouTube. 🙂
In 2014 Andreas thought he had done it when – in reality – he had competed two single twisting double backs.
He’s coming back from a ruptured Achilles March 7th, 2015.
So … neither Bretschneider nor Hambüchen has qualified for the Olympics. Germany really needs to qualify a full team at the Olympic Test Meet.
American girls training in Glasgow
Region 5 All Stars, here to watch Worlds, training at BellaHouston.
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Alexandrov: ‘With four falls, how can you blame the judges?’
RRG:
Legendary coach Alexander Alexandrov – head coach of the Russian team from 2009 to 2013 – has given a series of interviews, in the Russian language, to Tass correspondent Albert Starodubtsev. …
Update – Here’s a better translation.
Kohei Uchimura fired up
His main goal coming in was a Team Gold medal. Mission accomplished.
The AA win is bonus. Kohei has been more demonstrative on the competition floor than usual.
(via wogymnastika)
Danell Leyva – redemption
Talk about an up-and-down competition for our Olympic Bronze medalist.
Click PLAY or watch Danell’s silver medal routine on YouTube. Very aggressive right from the start.
Yin Álvarez had his own cameraman. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch Kohei’s gold medal routine on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch Danell’s interview on YouTube.
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