Author: Rick Mc

NHK Cup 2015
1. Kohei Uchimura – 92,900
2. Yusuke Tanaka – 91,050
3. Ryohei Kato – 89,850

The top 3 have been approved for Glasgow.

Click PLAY or watch Kohei’s H Bar on YouTube. Drills the landing. 🙂

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Both had recently hosted the World Championships. …

Those were the only bids. Stuttgart got it.

The German city, which last hosted the event in 2007 and is staging this year’s Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in September, was picked ahead of its only challenger, Rotterdam in The Netherlands.

The FIG said both cities had similar candidate profiles. …

The competition in Stuttgart, which will be held from October 4 to 13 at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, will be particularly significant for the team’s participating as the top nine finishers will qualify for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. …

Inside the Games – Stuttgart to host 2019 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships

The top 3 teams from 2018 Worlds will have already qualified for the 2020 Olympics. At this meet the other 9 will qualify.

Now that the initial shock of having team size drop from 5 to 4 is wearing off, people are starting to look at the pros and cons of the new Olympic qualifying system.

Gigi Farid – Why The New FIG Rule Is So Bad Even If You Like It

Overall I think the new system will result in a better Olympics. And it should strengthen the Continental and World Cup competitions.

The IOC likes Gymnastics now. We’ll see if the new system better fulfils the Olympic Charter. Or not.

No doubt there will be unexpected and unintended consequences that are difficult to foresee.

Troy Wright.

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Jumping into immediate Weiler. I love it.

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https://twitter.com/kenzzz_rae/status/599946605198872576

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Cool.

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https://instagram.com/p/2t-6T9szE-/
 

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Kohei competed the 6.2 vault for the second time at the NHK Cup. Much better this time.

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Still, that’s his most deductible gymnastics skill on any apparatus. GREAT for anyone else. A little disappointing from Mr. Perfect. 🙂

via Nico on GymFever2012

López (Kas + double twist) is in the Code at 6.0.

An extra half twist takes this to 6.4, I assume. Keisuke Ogura competed it at the NHK cup. The first time ever LANDED, I believe. 🙂

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Oops. Nico recalled that Yang Hak Seon landed it in competition at the Korea Cup. Keisuke’s is the second in history.

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Thanks Cabriole.

International Gymnastics magazine Hall of Fame Class of 2015:

• Elena Zamolodchikova (Russia): 2-time gold medalist at the 2000 Olympics

• Valery Belenky (Azerbaijan): 1992 Olympic gold medalist and 4-time World gold medalist

• 2-time Olympian and Olympic coach Abie Grossfeld – Frank Bare Award for his important contributions to gymnastics in the U.S.

• Philippe Silacci of Switzerland, former FIG Chief Media Operations Officer – AAI International Order of Merit

• Johanna Quaas of Germany – Nadia Comaneci Sportsmanship Award

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See the honorees on Facebook.

All are well known aside from Philippe Silacci. He’s a class guy. The man who brought FIG from the dark ages to now being one of the very best gymnastics media providers.

Rachael Lukacs of North Stars wins Junior C with 38.375.

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Rachael is going to Georgia.

The Junior Olympic National Championships is the culmination event for the competitive season. The competition features eight age divisions (Junior A, Junior B, Junior C, Junior D, Senior A, Senior B, Senior C and Senior D), which are determined by birth date. …

USA Gymnastics has eight regions, and the top seven gymnasts from each region’s Regional Championships advanced to nationals. The top four all-around athletes in each age division also qualify to the 2015 Junior Olympic National Team and are invited to attend a National Training Camp at the USA Gymnastics National Team Training Center at the Karolyi Ranch, a U.S. Olympic Training Site, in Huntsville, Texas. …

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Alexia Burch of Gym Nevada wins Junior D with 38.300.

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