Category: floor (men)

Specific to Artistic gymnastics. More posts are included in the TUMBLING category.

John Crosby R.I.P.

John Deary reports that we’ve lost one of the greats.

The American Olympian was coached by Abie Grossfeld at Southern Connecticut State University.

Click PLAY or watch his old school Floor Exercise on YouTube.

Jake Jarman – double back with 3.5 twists

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

via Gymternet Clan

World FX Champions Mai and Kenzo

The two World Floor Champions dated a bit in High School.

https://www.tumblr.com/twoflips-threetwists/166200194317/davaistoi-mai-and-kenzo-with-their-coaches-and

https://www.tumblr.com/irishdaniel/166212634143/illyria-and-her-pet-i-dont-know-if-kenzo-and

Worlds Floor – Kenzo, Artem, Yul

1. Shirai Kenzo JPN 15.633 Exe. : 8.433 | Diff. : 7.200
2. Dolgopyat Artem ISR 14.533 Exe. : 8.033 | Diff. : 6.500
3. Moldauer Yul USA 14.500 Exe. : 8.700 | Diff. : 5.800
full results

YUL had the lowest D-score, highest E- score. Happy to see the 2018 #Longines award winner with a Worlds medal.

Good final. Impressive difficulty. I liked Artem’s Zapata mount.

Tomas Gonzalez added to Men’s Floor Final

Wow. I’m surprised. #MTL2017GYM problems.

Following an appeal by the Gymnastics Federation of Chile due to a problem with the structure of the competition floor that occurred during Men’s qualifications, the FIG Jury of Appeal has made the exceptional decision to allow Tomas Gonzalez (CHI) to participate in the Floor final.

During the second day of Men’s qualifications on Tuesday, October 3, a joining rail of the Floor’s structure moved out of place, causing instability on a small part of the floor.

Therefore, nine gymnasts instead of eight will participate in the Men’s Floor final on Saturday, October 7. Tomas Gonzalez will be the first to perform.

via IG

return of the Triple Back on Floor

Nagornyy has the best ever competed, I’d say.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

The Return Of The Triple Back Somersault In Men’s Gymnastics

equipment failure at #MTL2017GYM

In the very last rotation of 24, Netherland’s Bart DEURLOO complained to officials that there was a broken spot on Floor.

They took his concern seriously.

After a long delay, Bart was allowed to repeat his exercise. Then everyone from the last Floor rotation was allowed to repeat.

Ireland’s Andrew SMITH scored 13.333 Exe. : 7.733 | Diff. : 5.700 | Pen. : -0.100 the first time.

His second routine was better, I thought. Second score 13.933 Exe. : 8.233 | Diff. : 5.700.

Netherland’s Bram VERHOFSTAD scored 13.866 Exe. : 8.266 | Diff. : 5.900 | Pen. : -0.300

Bram looked excited for the re-do. Good landings brought him 14.433 Exe. : 8.333 | Diff. : 6.100 and a spot in the FX Final. #controversy … This bumps Tomás González to 1st reserve.

Casimir SCHMIDT (NED) was 14.233  Exe. : 8.133 | Diff. : 6.100 | Pen. : ACCEPTED

Casimir, too, was psyched from Bram’s success. Nailing landings. His score went down to 13.533. Exe. : 7.633 | Diff. : 5.900. I didn’t see his first set.

Bart DEURLOO (NED) was 12.766 Exe. : 7.166 | Diff. : 5.600

Bart … who started all this … in the end opted NOT to compete after all due to an ankle injury. But he did get his teammate VERHOFSTAD into the FX Final.

Quite the meet for Bart. On the previous apparatus he qualified for the H Bar final. This after suffering a probably concussion during podium training.

https://twitter.com/thegymterdotnet/status/915261208193830912

I’ll be following up on this issue.

Yul Moldauer – Floor

Yul is a rookie at Worlds competition. But despite lower difficulty than the top AA guys I still think he’s got a shot at podium.

He’s so clean. A HIT meet could put him up with the top group.

Click PLAY or watch his FX on YouTube.