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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Category: floor (women)
MΓ©lanie – 4 apparatus in Team
The happiest team in Antwerp was France, finishing 3rd.
It reminded me of Canada finishing 3rd in 2022 Liverpool.
MΓ©lanie de Jesus dos Santos was a rock.
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Barbara Achondo Andino – Floor
A lovely routine. Barbara was a fan favourite at PanAms Santiago, representing Chile.
The pause before her final tumbling pass was … long.
But give Barbara a break. She’s 40 years old. Had retired at age-17. Returned to the sport in 2011.
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PanAm Apparatus Finals – day 2
Beam
Every once-in-a-rarely you see a good Beam Final. This was one.
π₯ Rebeca Andrade, Brazil, 14.166
π₯ Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 14.033
π₯ Ava Stewart, Canada, 13.900
Ava had the highest start score. She’s going to be amazing for Minnesota.
Floor
π₯ Kaliya Lincoln, United States, 14.233
π₯ Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 13.733
π₯ Kayla DiCello, United States, 13.733
So high. This is how to sprint into a tumbling pass.
Vault
π₯ Audrys Nin Reyes, Dominican Republic, 14.466
π₯ Arthur Mariano, Brazil, 14.466
π₯ FΓ©lix Dolci, Canada, 14.383
P Bars
π₯ Curran Phillips, United States, 15.400
π₯ Colt Walker, United States, 14.366
π₯ Isaac NuΓ±ez, Mexico, 13.833
Incredible.
H Bar
π₯ Arthur Mariano, Brazil, 14.333 … (2019 World Champ)
π₯ Bernardo Miranda, Brazil, 14.133
π₯ RenΓ© Cournoyer, Canada, 14.066
Brazil had a fantastic PanAms, as did Canada.
And what a way to finish!
related:
Simone v Jonah Glickman
Who danced it better?
I give the edge to Simone in tumbling. π
Worlds Apparatus Finals 2
Spencer points out that Brazil WAG had 4 Worlds medals in history so far βΒ and 6 total in Antwerp 2023.
Two men with Liukin release in the top 3.
Read Spencer’s LIVE blog.
Hillary Heron’s Biles 1 on Floor
The excellent gymnast from Panama talks about how she started training the Biles.
Inspiring.
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Hillary Heron from Panama
The first flight of women’s Gymnastics qualifications was wonderful. Italy. Netherlands.
But the biggest excitement was generated by a gymnast I didn’t know.
Her Rudi Vault was even better. Stuck.
Zuo Tong wins Asian Games
17-year-old Zuo holds off Japan’s Okamura Mana by 0.667 points to make it four-from-four for the hosts in the artistic gymnastics competition in Hangzhou. …
Olympics.com
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Chellsie Memmel likes Air Floors
Personally, my favourite are the shortest, thinnest, and cheapest as those transfer most directly to the performance in competition.
Here’s what Chellsie thinks …
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