Author: Rick Mc

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

Kohei and $imone

Who will ever again win this many consecutive World Championships? (Six and three.)

Never mind total World Championships medals.

Da bling. 🙂

individual qualifiers to Rio

Congratulations! 🙂

MAG Rio
MAG details

WAG Rio
WAG details

Personal invitations go to apparatus medalists in Glasgow. (If later their team qualifies at the Rio Test Meet, these invitations are withdrawn.)

(via Full Twist)

Worlds Apparatus Finals day 2

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Geo-blocked in some areas.

Click PLAY or watch the CONTENDERS video on YouTube. (posted before the Final)

World H Bar Champion Kohei Uchimura

#Glasgow2015

1. Kohei Uchimura JPN (7.1 + 8.733 = 15.833)
2. Danell Leyva USA (7.3 + 8.400 = 15.700)
3. Manrique Larduet CUB (7.0 + 8.600 = 15.600) … to Rio!
full results

Bretschneider GER competed his double twisting Kovacs. Fantastic. But execution deductions kept him off the podium. We need to get Andreas to the Rio Olympics!

Fabian missed his H Bar routine, as well. Germany MUST qualify a team at the Olympic Test Meet.

World Floor Champion … who else?

Simone Biles has more Worlds Gold medals than any gymnast in history. #Glasgow2015 🙂

Simone Biles sweeps balance beam, floor exercise, breaks Worlds record

Simone Biles of the U.S. poses with her gold medal in the hall of Champions after winning the women's all-around final competition at the World Artistic Gymnastics championships at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Simone Biles of the U.S. poses with her gold medal in the hall of Champions after winning the women’s all-around final competition at the World Artistic Gymnastics championships at the SSE Hydro Arena in Glasgow, Scotland, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

1. Simone Biles USA (6.8 + 9.00 = 15.800)
2. Kseniia Afanaseva RUS (6.4 + 8.700 = 15.100)
3. Maggie Nichols USA (6.2 + 8.80 = 15.800)
full results

Personally I liked Sae Miyakawa for the silver. But I feel for the E-score judging panel trying to evaluate these amazing routines. It was a terrific final. Best in … ever.

World P Bar Champion You Hao

#Glasgow2015

The Ring man finished higher on P Bars than Rings. 🙂

1. You Hao CHN (7.3 + 8.916 = 16.216)
2. Oleg Verniaiev UKR (7.1 + 8.966 = 16.066) to Rio
3. Oleg Stepko UKR (7.0 + 8.966 = 15.966) to Rio
3. Deng Shudi CHN (7.1 + 8.866 = 15.966)
full results

Oleg and Oleg punch a ticket to Rio. (Olympics wouldn’t have been worth watching without them. 🙂 )

A fantastic final. Everybody hit. We can argue the final ranking for the coming year.

some kid running wild at #Glasgow2015

… oh. Never mind. It’s 34yr-old Marian Dragalescu. 🙂

Marian running

One of the all time greats. Rio will be his 4th Olympics. Marian wins a personal invitation as one of the apparatus medalists on Vault.

World Beam Champion Simone Biles

#Glasgow2015

1. Simone Biles USA (6.4 + 8.958 = 15.358)
2. Sanne Wevers NED 14.33 (5.7 + 8.633 = 14.333)
3. Pauline Schaefer GER (5.8 + 8.333 = 14.133) … Rio !
full results

simone-biles-of-the-u-s

German fans are thrilled. Schaefer qualifies directly to Rio. 🙂 Coach Carol-Angela Orchard is very proud of Pauline today.

World Vault Champion RI Se Gwang defends

#Glasgow2015

Fans were cheering the comeback of Marian Dragalescu, hoping he’d medal and earn a personal invitation to the Rio Olympics.

He did it! As did the defending World Champion from North Korea. Congratulations.

1. RI Se Gwang PRK 15.450 … to Rio
2. Marian Dragalescu ROM 15.400 … to Rio
3. Donnell Whitenburg USA 15.350
full results

Click PLAY or watch Marian’s 2004 Olympic Final vault on YouTube. One of the best ever.