Paris World Cup finalists

Apparatus Finals at the most competitive WAG World Cup of all-time go Sunday, September 25th.

Top qualifiers:

Vault
Jade Carey (USA) – 14.350
Jordan Chiles (USA) – 13.950
Coline Devillard (FRA) – 13.825

Bars
Rebeca Andrade (BRA) – 14.600
Lisa Vaelen (BEL) – 13.900
Ellie Black (CAN) – 13.900

Beam
Shilese Jones (USA) – 13.450
Jade Carey (USA) – 13.400
Melanie de Jesus dos Santos (FRA) – 13.250

Floor
Flavia Saraiva (BRA) – 13.800
Jordan Chiles (USA) – 13.500
Jennifer Gadirova (GBR) – 13.100

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Floor
Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) – 14.950
Tan Chia-Hung (TWN) – 14.250
Yuri Guimaraes (BRA) – 14.250

Pommels
Rhys McClenaghan (IRL) – 15.000
Tsumura Ryota (JPN) – 14.900
Shia Yu-Jan (TWN) – 14.850

Rings
Adem Asil (TUR) – 14.900
Vinzed Hock (AUT) – 14.700
Donnell Whittenburg (USA) – 14.300

Vault
Caio Souza (BRA) – 14.525
Yuri Guimaraes (BRA) – 14.400
Artem Dolgopyat (ISR) – 14.375

P Bars
Brody Malone (USA) – 14.500
Cameron-Lie Bernard (FRA) – 14.500
Mathias Philippe (FRA) – 14.450

H Bar
Marios Georgiou (CYP) – 14.450
Brody Malone (USA) – 14.400
Arthur Mariano (BRA) – 14.300

See lists of ALL apparatus finalists.

Lauren’s recap:

Qualifications at the Paris Challenge Cup wrapped up today with the U.S. women taking the top spots on vault and beam, while the Brazilians led on bars and floor, extending a new rivalry that kicked off when the Brazilian women upset the Americans in the team final at Pan As over the summer.

Brazil and the United States also had a lot of success in the MAG competition, with Brazil leading in the top two spots on vault, while the U.S. took the lead on p-bars, though it was mostly smaller-program specialists who led the rest of the competition, including Israel on floor, Ireland on pommels, Turkey on rings, and Cyprus on high bar. …

Brazilian, U.S. Women Lead Qualifications at Paris World Cup

CHN competes tumbling trampoline

For me the most useful piece of equipment in any Gym is the tumbling trampoline.

High reps. Less stress. Fewer overuse injuries. Good form and technique.

Very helpful for everyone.

The Men’s Artistic Gymnastics blog linked to videos of young Chinese Artistic gymnasts competing on tumbling trampoline.

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It was Tumbl Trak founder Doug Davis who first popularized tumbling trampolines.

In fact, Doug saw a homemade version being used by a coach from Quebec. And asked if he could start making them himself. #history

Sprint – elbows close to 90°

Tumbl Trak has yet another NEW product that I should have thought of … decades ago.

Here’s a great way to introduce the concept of keeping arms bent when sprinting.

Details – Running Arms™

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Cartwheel progressions

This is one basic NOT to rush.

It’s asymmetric, therefore more complex.

A poor cartwheel could result in a poor Round-off.

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Alexander Kolyvanov 1986 FX, PH, R

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Chellsie Memmel’s top Tumbl Trak products

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advanced Floor sequences

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