Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

Urara Ashikawa – Beam

Lauren:

Ashikawa is the first gymnast to get a second world cup beam win in the 2018-2020 series! One more win and the series is hers.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Utah 198.075 at UCLA 198.025

Though the judging was absurd, both teams had great performances.

Right now I’d predict UCLA, Utah, Florida and Oklahoma to be fighting it out at Nationals.

https://twitter.com/UtahGymnastics/status/1231741769101873152

Click PLAY or watch some Utah highlights on Facebook.

Michigan’s Olivia Karas was impressed.

In addition, we’ve been waiting for this.

Simone on USAG, prejudice and life after gymnastics

She’d love to do some work in support of foster kids.

WATCH it on BBC.

how gymnasts condition on TRAVEL days

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/olympicchannel/status/1230965958010982400

U.S. Men’s National Team named

USAG named those who will contend for the 2020 Olympic team.

I was wrong on that. As Dave points out:

The US National Team will be reformed at the National Championships this summer, and that will be the group that moves on to Olympic Trials.

Winter Cup AA champions were based on night 1 results only this year.

1. Sam Mikulak
2. Shane Wiskus
3. Brody Malone

Senior Apparatus winners:
FX: Gage Dyer
PH: Alec Yoder
SR: Alex Diab
VT: Yul Moldauer
PB: Sam Mikulak
HB: Colin Van Wicklen

Click PLAY or watch Sam on YouTube.

 

Melbourne World Cup FINALS day 2

Beam
G Urara Ashikawa JPN 13.3
S Ondine Achampong GBR 13.166
B Anastasia Bachynska UKR 12.933

Coach Denis Vachon said Ashikawa did 7-8 perfect routines in warm-up.

Floor
G Jade Carey USA 14.366
S Vanessa Ferrari ITA 13.7
B Lara Mori ITA 12.9

Click PLAY or watch Jade’s Floor on Twitter.

Click PLAY or watch Vanessa on Twitter. Now age-29, she looks in fantastic shape.

Vault
G Shin Jeahwan KOR 14.866
S Jorge Vega Lopez GUA 14.783
B Andrey Medvedev ISR 14.55

P Bars
G Vladislav Poliashov RUS 15.2
S Yusuke Tanaka JPN 15.166
B Dinh Phuong Thanh 14.933

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H Bar
G Epke Zonderland NED 14.9
S Milad Karimi KAZ 14.5
B Mitchell Morgans AUS 14.233

Miyachi, Epke’s main competitor for the Olympic spot, fell.

Reports are that Miyachi congratulated Epke on winning the spot. And will not contend in Baku or Doha.

Click PLAY or watch Epke on Twitter.

Read Blythe’s LIVE blog.

Read Lauren’s LIVE blog.

Andrade – 3/2 twisting double back

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/Pamchenkova/status/1223013337757290496

Maggie Nichols is injured

Bad news.

Tyler Palmateer is an OU sports writer.

In her place, look who won the AA.