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Crazy difficult routine in the works. Triple back mount.
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2015 CHN Jr Nationals
5.8+0.1 + 9.0 = 14.9 – 2nd in qualification
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The Olympic Hopes Cup is set to take place in Liberec, CZE from Nov 2-6 and here are the WAG athletes and coaches that will be attending:
Ana Padurariu and Jade Chrobok (Gemini), Haley de Jong (Flicka), Victoria Jurca (Gym-Fly) and Sophie Marois (Viagym). Coaches: Elena Davydova, Dorina Stan, Jacinthe Emard, and Frank Kistler.
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via Fans of Canadian Gymnastics
NBC anchor Tim Daggett in London:
“We have our own little scoring reference,” Daggett explained several times throughout the Olympic competition, “1.2 deductions or less, [the score is] green; it’s a go score. It’s great. Then there’s cautionary… And then there’s red, and that is obviously bad.”
Elizabeth Stranahan – Pushing perfection: Exploring activity systems through elite gymnastics scoring (PDF)
In that thesis Stranahan weighs the pros and cons of NBC trying to simplify the new (2006) Olympic Gymnastics scoring.
Personally, I like it.
When I next saw Tim I made a point of telling him that the colour code truly does help the general public. The very worst thing about the Code change was losing the marketing value of “Nadia’s perfect 10.0.
Marios Georgiou put Cyprus on the map at the Rio Olympics. He’s an excellent gymnast.
And Cyprus has more good gymnasts coming up. Read more – Federation Friday: Cyprus.
