Author: Rick Mc

Christopher Korotky interviewing Kyla:

“I’m kind of held together by tape right now,” Ross joked after podium training.

“The last few days at the ranch (the U.S. National Team Training Center), I think I kind of overstretched it doing a few leaps. …”

Inside Gymnastics – ROSS READY, DESPITE SETBACK

Kyla Ross is a soldier. Marta, and everyone else watching, believe she’ll be doing the AA come prelims.

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I expect to see 2 Chinese and 2 Russian gymnasts in the Bars Final.

A few snippets from podium training.

Team Japan will win Floor as a team … while competing only one double somersault. (Uchimura is competing double double.)

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I expect FIG MTC to change the Code next cycle. This is overuse of one kind of skill taken to the extreme.

It’s not good for the knees, either.

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Gold medals Vault, FX and Team are near guaranteed. All-around too, actually.

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Possible silver medal at Worlds 2014. But she has some built in deductions.

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She got back up and stuck the next double tuck.

Nadia Boyce is here from Australia, reporting for Couch Gymnast. She’s posted some wonderful photos of Russia at podium training. The most wonderful, as you might expect, are of Nabieva. 🙂

Russia – 1st Photo Gallery from Worlds

The 2008 Olympic Champion was the last man to beat Uchimuara in the AA.

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@_Alishik thinks it’s a version of the Eye of Horus.

The Eye of Horus is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power and good health. … It is also known as ”The Eye of Ra”. …

The eye symbol represents the marking around the eye of the falcon …

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#WCHNanning2014 WAG podium – 1st session CAN, BEL, EGY, RUS

Russia looked pretty good overall. Destined for 3rd place as a team, I reckon, behind USA and CHN.

Aliya made some small mistakes, as she normally does in training. No doubt she’ll hit everything when it counts. The leg up triple turn on FX is perhaps her greatest risk of a stumble.

Canada has a young but enthusiastic team gaining great experience here. Without Victoria Moors, however, they won’t have much of a chance to qualify to the Team Final.

Ellie Black is one impressive athlete. She was under-rotating her Rudi on Vault. But I expect, like Aliya, she’ll hit when it counts.

I’ve seen Egypt twice now and have not seen a Handspring double front. Perhaps I missed it. Perhaps Fadwa only chucks it for competition.