October U.S. Team Camp

In the physical ability test, Gabby Perea (Geneva, Ill./Legacy Elite), Maile O’Keefe (Las Vegas/Salcianu Elite), and Emily Schild (Huntersville, N.C./Everest) took the first three spots.

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camp

Nina Derwael wins Joaquim Blume

1 Nina Derwael Belgium 56.150
2 Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos France 54.400
3 Seda Tutkhalyan Russia 54.250

full results

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International successes for Team Belgium!

Ana Padurariu dominates Olympic Hopes

Gold on … everything. 🙂

Vault
1 Ana Padurariu Canada 14.350
2 Victoria Jurca Canada 14.175
3 Sara Peter Hungary 14.075

Bars
1 Ana Padurariu Canada 14.000
2 Jade Vella Wright Australia 13.450
3 Nora Feher Hungary 13.350

Beam
1 Ana Padurariu Canada 14.200
2 Jade Chrobok Canada 13.750
3 Taeja James Great Britain 13.350

Floor
1 Ana Padurariu Canada 5.7 8.400 14.100
2 Lucie Jirikova Czech Republic 5.3 8.250 13.550
3 Amelie Morgan Great Britain 5.3 8.150 13.450

full WAG results

related:

•  Eleven medals for Canadian gymnasts on final day of Olympic Hopes Cup

British Gymnewstics coverage

Movember

Scott Morgan is into it. That other guy, not so much.

 

Movember (a portmanteau of the Australian-English diminutive word for moustache, “mo” and “November”) is an annual event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of various cancers, such as prostate cancer. …

Simone one of top 100 in Ebony Power

Simone Biles is tiny in stature, but she’s pure power in motion. Last summer, the whole world stopped and took notice as the 19-year-old tumbled, leaped and vaulted her way into the record books, becoming the most decorated gymnast in American history. …

Ebony – The EBONY Power 100

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