Author: Rick Mc

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Team finals #Glasgow2015. Not geo-blocked.

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MANY have complained about the #Glasgow2015 competition Gymnova Horizontal Bar. And it does seem there have been more weird falls than usual on this apparatus.

nystudios tells that the Japanese will use a DILLON Quick-Check Tension Meter to check for each athlete.

Watch for that.

I’m predicting CHN, JAP, GBR. Cheering loudest for Olympic host Brazil. 🙂

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Actually Olympic Champ Zanetti did not qualify for the Rings final. Underscored, I thought. But he’ll be in Rio to defend with his team anyway. 🙂

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Russia looked surprisingly good in preliminaries. But had a bad team final.

The domino effect – Russia collapses and must rise again

Viktoria wrote some hasty words last night in the heat of the moment. …

“Dear friends! I want to apologize for my statements about American girls, about drugs, all my words were spoken on emotions. Of course I haven’t any proof and didn’t really mean it and so on… I am so sorry. I want to apologize for my character to all of you”.

Viktoria Komova – apology

Viktoria Komova did an excellent vault. But fell on both Bars and Beam. 😦

All 8 nations had falls aside from the USA. It happens.

No doubt she was very unhappy at her performance. A more mature athlete would have taken it on the chin. Taken responsibility. And moved on. Apparatus finals are coming up. Redemption time.

Hopefully this will be a learning experience for her.
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Vika is inconsistent. That’s a fact.

She’s one of the best gymnasts in the world on Bars and Beam. But I’m sure the Russian coaches are well aware of her hit percentage in pressure situations.

Once qualified to the Test Event in Rio, Olympic Committees in each nation must approve the athletes. Some who have qualified may not be sent.

Things look good for the Kiwis, however, as their two athletes have both proven the ability to qualify for World Cup finals.

New Zealand gymnasts have secured two spots at the Rio Olympic test event next April.

Christchurch 16-year-old Courtney McGregor placed 17th in the vault discipline at the world championships in Glasgow with a routine worth 14.249.

Then 24 hours later, North Harbour’s Misha Koudinov produced an allround score of 84.031 to finish 48th in a field of 182 to earn New Zealand a second place …

Koudinov was fifth for his floor routine at a World Cup event in Croatia last month, making him the first New Zealand male artistic gymnast to make a cup final.

The criteria for the New Zealand Olympic Committee to confirm selection for the Rio Games is the ability to finish in the top 16. …

NZ Herald

Some people are able to watch Worlds on Universal. I can’t in Scotland. The site doesn’t tell me why. 😦

… NBC, which holds a minority stake in the channel, will pick up the channel’s portfolio of Olympic sports rights.

The uncertainty surrounding Universal’s future, which has lasted throughout most of ’15, has frustrated some Olympic sports NGBs as they tried to do deals covering ’16 while not knowing the channel’s future.

Universal Sports TV Channel Slated To Shut Down Next Month

I always found Universal coverage confusing. Did not use it much. Rarely linked.

Hopefully NBC will do a better job – in future – of online coverage complimentary to their TV broadcasts.

All the less-than-360°-somersaulting basics on trampoline are critical. For safety. As skill progressions for the future.

Cirque coach Mathew Sparks explains how this one drill helps athletes spot the landing on twisting skills. It prevents them from rushing the last twist, as well.

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Needless to say, you need a super confident front drop before starting cruise.

Dvora Meyers:

After taking a 13-year-hiatus, the 33-year-old gymnast and single mom is back on the mat and making more noise than ever.

Lisa Mason has swagger, which is not something you expect to see from female gymnasts. “Gymnasts are supposed to be seen and not heard,” Mason said. They’re supposed to be small and adorable and never boastful—there are no end zone dances for female gymnasts. …

… Mason has no trouble speaking her mind. “I have an opinion, and you’re going to hear it if you like to or not,” she said with a laugh. …

Gymnast Lisa Mason Refuses to Be ‘Seen and Not Heard’