Author: Rick Mc

I never thought I’d have ANYTHING good to say about Barbie.

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At least they’re trying.

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It was loud and crazy in Glasgow #Glasgow2015. Local fans certainly left happy as Great Britain takes their first team medal at Worlds.

USA 181.338
CHN 176.164
GBR 172.380
RUS 171.964
JPN 169.887
CAN 167.697
ITA 167.597
NED 162.730
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Most people first heard of Brinn Bevan in Hard Way To Success – Episode 8.

Now 18yrs-old, he’s all grown up. The most improved of all the GBR seniors, in my opinion.

Brinn looked great in podium training. Then suffered a hard fall on H Bar in the prelimary competition. Not his best day.

I’ve got a lot of faith in this guy, however. He’s going to have a long, successful career. A superstar.

Let her rip.

Teams have already qualified to the the Olympics. This night is for bragging rights.

The Downies both fell on Bars in prelims. They’ll both be competing their very difficult routines tonight. No playing safe. 🙂

And Maggie’s competing the AA tonight. 🙂

FIG posted the list of nations who earned spots at the Olympic Test Event in Rio next Spring. See it here.

Contingent on invited nations attending, Australia got the last spot thanks to 38yr-old Naoya Tsukahara. Who looked very good.

Ireland earned both a WAG and MAG spot. Congratulations.

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The Region 5 All Star team USA takes a trip each year. This time to World Championships. 🙂

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Highly qualified athletes who are refugees will be allowed to compete in the Olympic Games for the first time in 2016, the president of the International Olympic Committee announced Monday.

IOC chief Thomas Bach made the announcement to the U.N. General Assembly, which adopted a resolution urging all countries to stop fighting and observe a truce during the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. …

NBC

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The 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly today approved a resolution for observance of the Olympic Truce for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro next summer. The resolution was supported by 180 out of 193 UN member states. …

The resolution calls for the Olympic Truce to be respected from seven days before the start of the Olympic Games until seven days after the Paralympic Games.

During his address to the General Assembly, the President also appealed for help from the member nations to identify top-level athletes who are currently refugees. …

Olympic.org

The IOC could ban Saudi Arabia, for example, in protest of women’s rights in that nation. Building a wall. OR … they could try to reward what Saudi Arabia did at the London Olympics – sending 2 female athletes for the first time – along with 17 male athletes.

I was on the bus today at Worlds with girls from Turkey and Morocco. Things for women in sport are improving in many Islamic nations.

update – IOC bans Kuwait over government interference in Olympic movement (2nd time. Could be lifted in time for Rio.)

For the general public.

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Balance Beam Situation’s hilarious recap of day 2 women’s prelims. 🙂

related – his day 1 review – “I Think We Broke the Romania”