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Joel Plata was hurt worst when their vehicle rolled multiple times. He was thrown through the windshield, ending up 15m+ distant. Broken femur and many more minor injuries.
Joel considers the result a miracle. He’s happy to be alive.
Here’s his statement in Spanish and English.
Due to injuries to Team USA, only 4 gymnasts ended up competing, so all scores counted. And they still won by a large margin. #respect
Hosts Germany take the team title.
🥇 Allemagne 148,850 🥈 Canada 148,300 🥉 Belgique 146,850
Spencer:
*I included Fisk, Greenville, and Simpson for the sake of completion even though, yes, any score would have been a record in their first season.
Of the 84 teams in college gymnastics, so far 20 of them have set records for overall team score, 24 have set NQS records, 23 have set vault records, 12 have set bars records, 28 have set beam records, and 16 have set floor records. …
Balance Beam Situation – REGULAR SEASON RECORD SETTERS
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Oklahoma – 198.575
Cal – 198.275
Michigan State – 198.225
Denver – 198.150
Oregon State – 198.075
Kentucky – 197.875
Missouri – 197.850
Arkansas – 197.475
Western Michigan – 197.100
Ball State – 196.900
Rutgers – 196.875
San Jose State – 196.625
SEMO – 196.175
LIU – 196.100
Fisk – 192.400
UW-Stout – 191.550
Rhode Island – 188.950
Gustavus Adolphus – 187.775
Greenville – 186.675
Simpson – 185.175
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Awesome. But there’s some risk of that being called Dragulescu with staggered hands.
Rhythm? 😀
USA wins the team competition in both JR and SR.
1. United States 258.800
2. Japan 253.950
3. Turkey 247.350
4. Italy 245.750
5. Switzerland 243.900
6. France 243.250
7. Great Britain 240.550
8. Canada 240.000
9. Brazil 239.600
10. Germany II 239.250
11. Israel 234.400
12. Germany I 231.550
Though this is an invitational, many of the best gymnasts in the world were there.
Only CHN, JPN, and GBR have qualified for the Paris Olympics. Nine more teams will be selected at Worlds 2023.
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“The Queen” will retire after this season.
In this interview she thinks back to her coach Laura who had faith in her switching from Cheer to Gymnastics. And much more.
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