All time. Nadia & Daniella tied for #1.
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Dutch Beam in Rio
Anchored by the eventual Champion Sanne Wevers, Netherlands had the 2nd highest team score on this apparatus.
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Dutch coach Patrick Kiens presented at Ontario Congress just after the Olympics. (Netherlands beat Canada in prelims as a team by 0.2)
He feels the much acclaimed Dutch choreography on Beam is reminiscent of the Soviets from the 1988-92 cycle. More continuous movements, more interesting and artistic elements. An era when Beam choreography was more important.
If your gymnasts can do high level elements like Illusion and multiple turns, it’s smart coaching to use those in preference to risky tumbling sequences that require more pounding.
the hilarious history of Aliya’s acro series
Balance Beam Situation – THE LEGEND OF ALIYA AND THE ACRO SERIES
My favourite is Walkover directly into waitress-in-a-windstorm.
Wevers, HambΓΌchen getting Finals apparatus
Janssen Fritsen is giving Olympic Beam Champion Sanne Wevers the finals Beam.
Germany’s Fabian HambΓΌchen is getting the Horizontal Bar from his gold medal final, as well. π
via Gymternet Clan
Laurie Hernandez – Beam
From the American cheering section.
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At this point I’d call Laurie the one of the favourites for World Champion 2017.
Olympians should stay off social media
During the Olympic Games.
They should have people filtering communications from the media and general public. I heard of many who were distracted. Including Cata Ponor.
Bea Gheorghisor posted an exhaustive review of the social media issues.
Fact is that Cata’s comeback for Rio was fantastic. It’s clear she was the best choice for Romanian Olympian.
UPDATE – On Gymternet Clan I read that Cata Ponor has deleted her official Instagram and Twitter accounts. Should you see any accounts that are posing as her … they are fake accounts.
related – interview with Larisa Iordache
Beam: Wevers, Hernandez, Biles
1. WEVERS Sanne NED 15.466
2. HERFANDEN Lauren USA 15.333
3. BILES Simone USA 14.733
full results
Unlike her rivals, Wevers relied on complicated turns rather than flips to compile the highest difficulty score of any routine in the final and her touch of elegance helped withstand the challenge from Lauren Hernandez, the other American contender. The 16-year-old earned silver, her second medal after gold with the U.S. team last week.
After a dozen flawless routines and three gold medals, Biles finally made a mistake, grabbing the beam to stay on after an underrotated front somersault. …
Ashton Locklear training video
Sui Lu interview
Sui Lu, our London Olympics silver medalist on Beam reflects on that 2012 final. And her life since. π
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