Category: Gymnastics

no Rio for Yang Hak-seon

Our 2012 Olympic Vault Champion was unable to recover in time from a torn Achilles in March.

The Korean Gymnastics Association gave him every chance to recover, even scheduling three additional trials this month to increase his chances, but on Friday the KGA said Rio was too soon and that he needed more time to get back to full health. …

Reuters

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Jordyn Wieber – Four Years Later

A documentary by Deanna Hong. Sponsored by Tumbl Trak.

Four years ago, Jordyn Wieber brought home a gold medal from the London Olympics as a member of the US Women’s Gymnastics team, famously known as the Fierce Five. Since London, Wieber has moved across the country, found a new gymnastics family, and dived into a new role in the gym. Find out what Jordyn has been up to these past four years and what more is to come.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (9 min)

US Olympic Trials podium training

USAG is posting video clips on YouTube.

Beam – aerial cartwheel 3 layouts

Maile O’Keefe

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

She’s been doing it for some time. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (2015)

via Irish Daniel

should Romania have sent Larisa?

Balance Beam Situation thinks so:

WHY ROMANIA GOT IT WRONG

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The announcement that Ponor was selected instead was so poorly done that I’m not sure the Federation was particularly organized on the decision.

related – Amanda Turner – For Iordache, and Romania, A Painful Olympic Outcome

Click through for a detailed history of the situation.

Everyone agrees that Larisa should have had automatic qualification to the Olympics for her AA medal at 2015 Worlds. If that had happened Romania could have sent both gymnasts. 😦