Category: bars

Aliya will defend her Olympic Bars title

Click PLAY or watch her qualifying routine on YouTube.

I was happy to see her hit after another strange Beam routine with fall.

The Gebeshian – Bars

Element description: A hecht mount with a 360 degree turn with repulsion off the low bar to the high bar.

Element value: D

Note: Gebeshian is Armenia’s first ever female gymnast to compete at an Olympic Games.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

That’s one of 11 possible new elements that have been submitted to FIG.

via Gymternet Clan

Larissa Miller – Bars

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Sadly the fan favourite fell on Floor dismount.

Simone, Gabby, Aly to compete the AA

As expected, Simone and Gabby will compete the AA for USA. It looks like Aly Raisman will as well over Laurie Hernandez.

That means Laurie will not compete Bars in prelims.

Most likely line-ups in prelims:

Floor: Gabby, Laurie, Simone, Aly

Vault: Laurie, Gabby, Aly, Simone

Bars: Aly, Simone, Gabby, Madison

Beam: Gabby, Aly, Laurie, Simone

Click PLAY or watch Gabby’s Bars from podium on Facebook.

Lexy Ramler – Seitz in combination

This is impressive. Seitz is the toe-on Shaposh with a 1/1 to mixed grip.

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predicting the Rio Bars Final

This should be the most tightly contested final.

Becky Downie, Great Britain
Daria Spiridonova, Russia
Fan Yilin, China
Madison Kocian, USA
Elisabeth Seitz, Germany
Aliya Mustafina, Russia
Tan Jiaxin, China
Sophie Scheder, Germany

Rio Event Final Predictions: Bars

Click PLAY or watch Becky Downie on YouTube. High risk, high reward.

related – The Four-Year Fan Guide: Bars

Brenna Dowell connecting Tkachevs

Updated post.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BIa9bA4BILy/
 

I can’t recall seeing this since the GREAT Elise Ray. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Gymbot noted that Kelly Simm competed Tkachevs in series in 2015. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Brenna is expected to be headed back to Oklahoma.

(via Korbut Flip)

why Gabby will do the AA in Rio

Lauren Hopkins:

… Gabby was fifth at nationals last year and yet did the all-around – ahem, and won the world silver all-around medal – because she was a lock for a bars spot just like she is this year.

With Madison likely going up only on bars, it means the other four will all do vault, beam, and floor in qualifications, so Gabby getting a bars spot in addition to those three events automatically makes her an all-arounder. It’s literally that simple. …

You Asked, The Gymternet Answered

In a recent interview Kyle Shewfelt projected Simone, Gabby and Laurie in the AA. Aly to compete only 3 apparatus. That’s the most likely final decision … assuming all 4 are healthy and ready for prelims.