Category: bars

Brittany Rogers – Bars

Brittany turned age-23 today.

I was at her Gym for two days this week. No rest after Nationals for Olympic team contenders. 🙂

In person – at 5′ 6″ – Brittany is even more impressive than on YouTube. Her Bars are particularly shocking. She rips through half routines like Beth Tweddle. Her toe 1/1 is toe hop 1/1 catching (sometimes) before handstand.

Check the height on this Shap half. Almost horizontal. That’s as high as anyone in the world.

Brit Shap half

The list of 12+ gymnasts who will be invited to the Canadian Olympic trial camp has still not been finalized. Brittany is certainly top 3 on Bars and Vault.

related – I felt Brit’s YDT last year at Worlds was as good as any competed.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPkNVBHjHFk&feature=youtu.be

Morgan Hurd – 2016 Secret Classic

Wow. What potential. Morgan is fantastic.

Click PLAY or watch her Vault on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Bars on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Floor on YouTube.

BEAM did not go so well. (VIDEO)

Ashton Locklear – 9.450 E-score Bars

Some are complaining that score is too high. Close to perfect is 9.1 E-score, according to the good ladies of FIG.

But I’m alright with this evaluation. This routine is extremely clean.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

European Championships Apparatus Finals

Vault
1. STEINGRUBER Giulia SUI 14.983
2. DOWNIE Elissa GBR 14.933
3. AFANASEVA Kseniia RUS 14.699
full results

Giulia

Bars
1. DOWNIE Rebecca GBR 15.500
2. SPIRIDONOVA Daria RUS 15.466
3. MUSTAFINA Aliya RUS 15.100
full results

If you want to beat the Russians, you need a MONSTER routine. Like this.

Click PLAY or watch Becky on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/gGIw0SD95UE

Beam (excellent final)
1. MUSTAFINA Aliya RUS 15.100
2. BOYER Marine FRA 14.600
3. PONOR Catalina ROU 14.266
full results

Click PLAY or watch Marine’s routine on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x3KksAe5sOo

Floor
1. STEINGRUBER Giulia SUI 15.200
2. DOWNIE Elissa GBR 14.566
3. PONOR Catalina ROU 14.466
full results

Click PLAY or watch Guilia on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/lTBdZc9UtI4

Elise Ray – 2000 Bars

Still – perhaps – the most incredible Bars release series ever. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Larrissa Miller 14.65 Bars

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Great routine. But a good example of why the Russian tap over the low bar for dismount is a bad idea for most gymnasts.

By comparison, Diana Varinska VIDEO can do it with good form.

(via papaliukin)

Corteo – Tournik bar training

Cirque du Soleil Corteo’s final performance was in Quito, Ecuador December 13, 2015.

Here’s some training video of one of the outrageous acts. Much more difficult than they make it look.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/jGfjSy9-y4c

Sao Paulo Challenge Cup Finals 1

Vault
1 Daniele Hypolito Brazil 14.125
2 Michelle Timm Germany 13.850
3 Annika Urvikko Finland 13.700

Bars
1 Jessica Lopez Venezuela 6.4 8.250 14.650
2 Rebeca Andrade Brazil 6.0 8.500 14.500
2 Kim Bui Germany 6.3 8.200 14.500
full WAG results

Click PLAY or watch JLo on YouTube. (age 30 – Rio will be her 3rd Olympics)

https://youtu.be/WjjS9j03CqY?t=15s

Floor
1 GONZALEZ, Tomas CHI 15,650
2 HYPOLITO, Diego BRA 15,400
3 OKA, Jumpei JPN 15,000

Click PLAY or watch the stylish Tomas on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/QPUhGO6czjQ

Pommels
1 IMABAYASHI, Kaito JPN 15,150
2 SASAKI, Sérgio BRA 14,950
3 MAENO, Fuya JPN 14,800

Rings
1 CALVO MORENO, Jossim COL 15,550
2 SANDOVAL AFANADOR, COL 15,100
3 BARRETO JUNIOR, Fran BRA 15,000

full MAG & WAG results