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Romania will send either Cata or Larisa Iordache. Both wonderful. Either would have a good chance for finals.
Larisa is the better gymnast. And I assumed Larisa would end up being the Olympian.
But Larisa is not competing. (Hand injury.) Cata is. And very successfully.
Click PLAY or watch her Floor on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch her Beam on YouTube.
I recently heard a great Ponor story. While training in Puerto Rico, she climbed on to the Beam. Did not fall or jump down for 55 minutes. 🙂
Vault
1. STEINGRUBER Giulia SUI 14.983
2. DOWNIE Elissa GBR 14.933
3. AFANASEVA Kseniia RUS 14.699
full results
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.
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.
6.20 difficulty | 14.700 final score
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Impressive considering Ellie had not put in all the routines she’d wanted in advance of Nationals due to a minor ankle injury.
She led Beam in Qualifications. 14.733 = Difficulty : 6.000 ; Execution : 8.733
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Though Beam Gainer dismounts are devalued next Code, I believe we’ll see more in future.
Personally I like them. As as coach I like that you don’t have to spend much time warming them up at the meet.
And I love this new variation. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.
(via @theallaround)
Justine Kelly on FloGymnastics put together a series of posts on changes in the 2017-2020 Code of Points:
• 2017-2020 Code of Points – Part 1
• 2017-2020 Code of Points – Vault & Bars
• 2017-2020 Code – Beam & Floor
Beam should have more variety next cycle as many skills have been raised in difficulty.
Don’t count on all those changes surviving, however. A new President is coming in. I’ll be surprised if this is the final draft.
Daniele won 3 gold medals. I think the veteran is ready for Rio. 🙂
Beam
1 HYPÓLITO, Daniele BRA 14,350
2 CASTRO, Simona CHI 13,050
3 ANDRADE, Rebeca BRA 13,000
Click PLAY or watch Daniele’s Beam on YouTube.
Floor
1 HYPÓLITO, Daniele BRA 13,950
2 BUI, Kim Ngam GER 13,550
3 PEDRO, Carolyne BRA 13,300
3 CASTRO, Simona CHI 13,300
Click PLAY or watch Daniele’s Floor on YouTube.
Brazil could certainly be top 5 in team with a hit meet at the Olympics. Those excited home fans will help.
Vault
1 MARIANO, Arthur BRA 14,800
2 SASAKI, Sérgio BRA 14,675
3 OKA, Jumpei JPN 13,775
P Bars
1 CALVO MORENO, Jossim COL 15,550
2 SANDOVAL AFANADOR, COL 15,100
3 BARRETO JUNIOR, Fran BRA 15,000
H Bar
1 SASAKI, Sérgio BRA 15,250
2 IMABAYASHI, Kaito JPN 14,850
3 CORDOBA, Nicolas ARG 14,800
Bretschneider had 7.3 difficulty but missed regrasp on Yamawaki, his easiest release.
Click PLAY or watch Sérgio on YouTube.
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