Category: Gymnastics

Japanese Nationals qualification

Preliminary completion.

1 Mai Murakami 57.200
2 Aiko Sugihara 56.500
3 Asuka Teramoto 56.050
full results

Lauren posted commentary.

Recall that Mai was the surprise star of the Japanese team at Worlds 2015.

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1. Ryohei Kato 90.150
2. Yusuke Tanaka 89.800
3. Shogo Nonomura 89.100
link to results

Kato

At the press conference, Kato said his goal was to win gold at the Rio Olympics. He also said he could use an overseas vacation.

Kenzo Shirai scored 16.200 on floor and 15.300 on vault.

Yusuke Tanaka scored 16.000 on pbars and 15.550 on high bar.

Kohei Kameyama scored 15.700 on pommels.

Kohei did not compete but gets automatically entered into Sunday’s AA Final.

Aussies training for Pac Rim

A few training clips.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

related – Rio Olympics, 2016: No more room for error for Australia’s gymnasts

Cottbus World Cup day 2

Preliminary results.

Beam
1 Wevers, Sanne NED 6,0 8,750 14,750
2 Scheder, Sophie GER 5,5 8,650 14,150
3 Jurkowska-Kowalska, Katarzyna POL 5,8 8,200 14,000

Floor
1 Top, Lisa NED 5,6 8,250 13,850
2 Jurkowska-Kowalska, Katarzyna POL 5,4 8,250 13,650
3 Alicke, Antonia GER 5,4 8,050 13,450

Vault
1 Verniaiev, Oleg UKR 15,250
2 Qu, Ruiyang CHN 15,000
3 Gischard, Benjamin SUI 14,775

P Bars
1 Nguyen, Marcel GER 6,6 8,950 15,550
2 Dauser, Lukas GER 6,7 8,850 15,550
3T Verniaiev, Oleg UKR 7,0 8,250 15,250
3T Zhu, Xiaodong CHN 7,0 8,250 15,250

H Bar
1 Braegger, Pablo SUI 7,0 8,150 15,150
2 Baumann, Christian SUI 6,4 8,450 14,850
3 Toba, Andreas GER 6,8 8,000 14,800

Full results linked from the bottom of this page.

gymmapstics is there. Read her day 2 commentary.

Shawn Johnson to Nebraska

Seems she’ll join the football team in 2017. The shortest player to ever play the position of wide receiver in college football. 🙂

Huskers land key recruit, Shawn Johnson

Shawn Johnson Football

(via Nick Zaccardi)

Jesolo Senior competition

Click through to read Ele’s detailed report on the Seniors from all nations.

Click PLAY or watch Aly Raisman’s Finals Floor GOLD on Facebook. Big tumbling.

Josh Dixon interview

Out magazine – Gymnast Josh Dixon on Why It’s Important to Be an Out Athlete

A good read. He’s healthy and training for Olympic trials.

Josh Dixon