Category: beam

Grishina’s skills

At the time we thought Anastasia Grishina would be the next Komova.

12th AA at the London Olympics 2012.

But she retired before the 2016 Olympics at age-20.

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Mélanie – 4 apparatus in Team

The happiest team in Antwerp was France, finishing 3rd.

It reminded me of Canada finishing 3rd in 2022 Liverpool.

Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos was a rock.

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PanAm Apparatus Finals – day 2

Beam

Every once-in-a-rarely you see a good Beam Final. This was one.

🥇 Rebeca Andrade, Brazil, 14.166
🥈 Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 14.033
🥉 Ava Stewart, Canada, 13.900

Ava had the highest start score. She’s going to be amazing for Minnesota.

CBC Olympics on X: ""Fantastic stuff from Ava Stewart!" The Canadian delivered an impressive performance on beam @gymcan1 Continue watching the Pan Am Games LIVE with host @anastasure, @RunJumpStefReid and reporter @robpizzo

Floor

🥇 Kaliya Lincoln, United States, 14.233
🥈 Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 13.733
🥈 Kayla DiCello, United States, 13.733

So high. This is how to sprint into a tumbling pass.

Vault

🥇 Audrys Nin Reyes, Dominican Republic, 14.466
🥈 Arthur Mariano, Brazil, 14.466
🥉 Félix Dolci, Canada, 14.383

P Bars

🥇 Curran Phillips, United States, 15.400
🥈 Colt Walker, United States, 14.366
🥉 Isaac Nuñez, Mexico, 13.833

Incredible.

H Bar

🥇 Arthur Mariano, Brazil, 14.333 … (2019 World Champ)
🥈 Bernardo Miranda, Brazil, 14.133
🥉 René Cournoyer, Canada, 14.066

Brazil had a fantastic PanAms, as did Canada.

And what a way to finish!

Full results.

related:

Worlds Apparatus Finals 2

Spencer points out that Brazil WAG had 4 Worlds medals in history so far — and 6 total in Antwerp 2023.

Two men with Liukin release in the top 3.

Read Spencer’s LIVE blog.

clutch BEAM for Mélanie

Until this routine, I still didn’t believe France had a chance at Team Bronze.

Mélanie hit the routine of her LIFE to bring that medal to the Olympic hosts.

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Get good sleep. Have FUN out there.

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In praise of Gymnastics Unitards

They simply make more sense than the traditional one piece bathing suit.

Read Nancy Armour’s take ➙ How a unitard could help keep women in gymnastics past puberty

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Breanna Scott – Beam

This routine really impressed.

Urara Ashikawa – Beam

Urara Ashikawa, the 2021 World Champion on Beam is back in the 2023 Final.

Beaming Pauline Schaefer-Betz

Excellent.