Category: beam

Miracle on Beam ~ Japan 2022

In the last quadrennial, I’d say the biggest shocker was Taiwan qualifying a full team to the Tokyo Olympics in Men’s Gymnastics.

In Liverpool, without question the biggest surprise was a team from Japan of relative unknowns.

In the qualifications, Japan had the highest team Beam score: 3rd (Shoko Miyata), 5th (Hazuki Watanabe), and 7th (Ayaka Sakaguchi).

And they didn’t compete the reigning World Champion on Beam, Urara Ashikawa.

In the team final, heading to the final apparatus, it looked like Japan would finish 3rd — automatic qualification to Paris.

The wheels finally fell off on Bars. Canada took the bronze team medal. Winning it on Beam.

Canada’s first team medal at Worlds was the 2nd biggest surprise in Liverpool.

Read more about Japan’s miracle meet on The Medal Count:

The Japanese Program is Absolute Madness

Forward Walkover progressions

A long and comprehensive video. Of course many are appropriate, as well, for Backward Walkover and combining the two.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

SAKAGUCHI Ayaka (JPN) – Beam

Continuous movement.  You could actually call this choreography. 

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finishing the routine AFTER a fall

Respect for Skye Blakely.

Anyone can fall on Beam. Simone. Anyone. It happens.

Gymnasts have to train to stay calm. Get up. And hit the rest of the routine well. Especially in a 3-up, 3-count competition format.

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