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.
Category: beam
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. 🙂
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How wide is the Beam? Again?
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In fact the Beam is 10 centimetres wide (3.93701 inches) as fixed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) Apparatus Norms brochure.
Tutya Yilmaz – Beam
This is why I love the Olympics.
A fantastic routine from a gymnast from Turkey. A Muslim nation that’s suffered huge turmoil in the weeks leading up to Rio. Congratulations Tutya. That’s one of our highlight routines of the Games.
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(via Triple Twist)
Ragan Smith loves Beam
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Olympic Beam finalists
Unofficial. Maximum 2 / nation. (official list)
Biles: 15.633
Hernandez: 15.366
Saraiva: 15.133
Wevers: 15.066
Ponor: 14.900
Fan: 14.866
Boyer: 14.600
Onyshko: 14.533
Fall in Love With Flavia Saraiva, Brazil’s Breakout Star Gymnast
Ponor’s 14,900 Beam
In the Final she’ll defend her Olympic Beam Gold medal she won 12 YEARS AGO. 🙂
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