Author: Rick Mc

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

Women’s Champion MEDALISTS VIDEO

1. Simone Biles, USA 58.999
2. Tang Xijing, CHN 56.899
3. Angelina Melnikova, RUS 56.399

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

NEW Boguinskaia interview

Now that Simone won in the same arena, let’s look back at the 1989 Stuttgart World Champion.

Dvora Meyers:

Thirty years ago, the Soviet squad, one of the greatest women’s gymnastics teams ever assembled, won the team gold medal at the 1989 world championships in Stuttgart.

… Soviet gymnasts showcased difficulty that was years ahead its time and they performed with style to spare. Their floor rotation was one for the ages—Olga Strazheva performed to Igor Stravinsky’s “The Rite of Spring,” Olesya Dudnik to Gershwin’s “Second Rhapsody,” and Natalia Laschenova’s to Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King.”

The star of the team was Svetlana Boguinskaia, who won both the all-around and floor titles …

For Svetlana Boguinskaia, the best part of winning was the microwave.

Click PLAY or watch her ‘fairly sensational’ Floor on YouTube.

Ellie Black interview after the AA Final

Proud of her team. Happy with the decision to go for her harder vault last apparatus. That final landing hurt so she’s having the injury evaluated.

Proud to finish 4th AA in the World. And — it’s the 3rd anniversary of doing the Worlds AA Final with Brooklyn (14th hitting 4/4)

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Katelyn Ohashi – College athlete remuneration

Katelyn has been one of the most prominent athletes speaking in support of the new California rules to come into effect 2023.

Florida is considering similar legislation. But it might go into effect in 2020.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

 

Simone 5 time World Champion

1. Simone Biles, USA 58.999
2. Tang Xijing, CHN 56.899
3. Angelina Melnikova, RUS 56.399

4. Ellie Black, CAN 56.232
5. Nina Derwael, BEL 56.033
6. Elisabeth Seitz, GER 55.999
7. Flavia Saraiva, BRA 55.732
8. Sunisa Lee, USA 55.632

Ellie was on crutches for Awards. She decided to go for her harder Vault — Rudi — in an attempt to challenge for the podium. And was successful. But that final landing hurt so she decided not to put weight on her ankle.

Full results.

heard of the Yonekura Vault?

It was landed well by James Bacueti from Australia in the qualification round.

Click PLAY or watch Yonekura’s original on YouTube.

Women’s AA Final PREVIEW VIDEO

2019 Worlds Stuttgart

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Jake Jarman can twist

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

And STICK.

meanwhile, back in Colorado Springs

While the teams were qualifying for Tokyo, gymnasts in those nations are back home with the goal to make it to the Olympics themselves.

Click PLAY or watch Donnell on Instagram.

summing up Men’s Team Final

1. Russia – 261.726
2. China – 260.729
3. Japan – 258.159

4. United States – 254.578
5. Great Britain – 251.611
6. Chinese Taipei – 248.243
7. Switzerland – 247.038
8. Ukraine – 246.593

  • GREAT to see Russia pull off the narrow victory. China has won so many, including Nanning where I felt Japan clearly had the better performance
  • Much stronger competition than the WAG Team Final. Faster judging, too.
  • Alternating nations seemed to work better for the men than women. I particularly liked comparing RUS v CHN
  • USA went 18/18 with no falls. #respect. That left them well behind the top 3 nations all of whom did count a fall. That’s all a team coach can ask.
  • I thought a clean USA team would defeat the new look Japanese men. Not so. With less Worlds experience, JPN competed more difficulty and hit almost as well. Just one fall on FX.
  • there was no way ZOU Jingyuan was going to miss P Bars twice in a row. He was awesome for 16.383 (7.00 + 9.383)

  • Taiwan is legit, finishing second over Switzerland and Ukraine. Oleg only competed Pommels, however, so a team medal was not the goal for UKR.
  • I was happy to hear Fujitsu was handing out the team awards. Then unhappy to find out it was for difficulty, not best overall performance. Dangerous.

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