Category: Gymnastics

Brandon Briones wins Elite Team Cup

brandon-brionesBrandon Briones, who doesn’t graduate High School until 2019, had another great result today. Recall he finished 10th AA at Winter Cup 2017.

Senior Men’s AA
1. Brandon Briones, Gilbert, Ariz., 82.900
2. Shane Wiskus, Spring Park, Minn., 80.950
3. Trevor Howard, State College, Pa., 79.650
4. Vitaliy Guimaraes, Arvada, Colo., 79.250
5. Max Andryushchenko, Arlington Heights, Ill., 78.700
6. Griffin Kehler, Frisco, Texas, 78.000

1. Region 3
2. Region 5
3. Region 1

Read the USAG write-up on the event (full results).

Yul Moldauer, Ragan Smith win American Cup

1. Ragan Smith, USA 56.099
2. Asuka Teramoto, Japan 54.231
3. Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos, France 53.899

1. Moldauer, USA 85.931
2. Verniaiev, Ukraine 85.699
3. Modi, USA 84.398

MyKayla Skinner’s Beam save

The great ones have a way of making balance errors look artistic. 🙂

Floor went a little better.

American Cup today

Click PLAY or watch a USAG teaser on Twitter.

Lauren Hopkins’ LIVE blog.

Artur Dalaloyan – Vault, Floor

Very good.

Click PLAY or watch his TTY on Tumblr.

https://papa-liukin.tumblr.com/post/157950222170/probably-arturs-best-piece-of-gymnastics-tty

He’s a twister. Check this tumbling pass.

https://papa-liukin.tumblr.com/post/157950521695/that-time-artur-did-11-31-and-stuck-it-cold

Nagornyy – H Bar

Horizontal Bar has historically been weak for Russia. Surprising since their coaches are so technical.

But Nikita Nagornyy has his (maximum) 5 releases set for this Code.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via papa-liukin)