Category: Gymnastics

FIG needs 36 AA finalists

Lauren Hopkins calculates that 26 nations would have been represented in Rio IF they had 36 finalists rather than 24.

26 nations! That’s exactly what the Olympics is all about.

36 Finalists, 3-Per-Country

Countries Represented: 19

Belgium (2), Brazil (3), Canada (2), China (2), France (2), Germany (2), Great Britain (2), Guatemala (1), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Japan (3), Mexico (1), Netherlands (3), Russia (3), Spain (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), USA (3), Venezuela (1)

Non-Team Countries Represented: 7
Guatemala (1), Hungary (1), Mexico (1), Spain (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), Venezuela (1)

In fact, Lauren argues for 36 finalists, maximum 3 / nation rather than the current 2 / nation.

I’m happy with 2 / nation but completely agree that it’s OBVIOUS that major competitions should have 36 all-around finalists. It’s stupid to have two apparatus empty during the Men’s AA.

Tokyo 2020

Chloe Harvey – Counter Kim, Triple Back

Chloe trains at Gymnastics Revolution, Florida.

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Elise Ray reflects on her career

The good and the bad.

UW gymnastics coach Elise Ray in good place after overcoming Olympic disappointment

Elise Ray

Elise is one of my favourite Bar workers all time. And I think of her frequently – every time we talk “Ray” on Bars during workout. 🙂

Rings – Butterfly through Invert to handstand

Cool.

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That’s Stanford gymnast Josiah Eng.

Steve Butcher on Rio

“This was my fourth Olympics as a judge. For us, it was the best-judged Olympic games that I can recall. Out of hundreds of competitors, we only had two inquiries from coaches who disagreed with a score. One was a case of a Chinese coach who wanted to know why the degree of difficulty was lower than expected for an athlete on the rings. We explained why and there was no problem. The other case was a competitor from Cuba whose degree of difficulty was graded too high and had to be adjusted.”

Top gymnastics judge reflects on Rio 2016

Steve

Thanks Cordelia.

training the Dick II

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via Fans of Canadian Gymnastics