Looks like Russia and Japan will send no female gymnasts. Happily, USA will send two. 🙂
North Korea declined opening spots for one gymnast each from COL and IND.
Here’s the official PDF.
Category: Gymnastics
Dwight Normile on the Code of Points
2016 marks the 10th year under the current Code of Points, which tried to repair an ineffective judging system from 2004 by creating — and adding — two separate scores: “Difficulty” and “Execution.” …
It is debatable whether this rather one-dimensional Code, which continues to get tweaked as problems arise, has actually improved the sport or its evaluation. …
Dwight much preferred the perfect 10 Codes of Points, as do I.
Rewriting Russian Gymnastics weighs in. And agrees. IG – The State of the Sport
FIG Technical Committees have not done a good job of tweaking the open ended Codes, in my opinion. They are today at least as problematic as the 2004 perfect 10 Codes.
If you are interested in this topic, you’ll need to buy Dvora Meyers’ upcoming book July 5, 2016.
Nile Wilson training for American Cup
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Prince Albert Gymnastics SURVIVOR
For the second weekend in a row I was up in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Despite being in one of the least populated areas in North America, this town of less than 40,000 people has a terrific Gymnastics Facility.
Prince Albert Aerials did an excellent job hosting an Artistic (WAG/MAG), Trampoline & Tumbling competition. Theme: Survivor. (Like the Reality T.V. show.)
Using the American J.O. rules for the first time really speeded up the judging. 🙂
shapes & core strength
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See many MORE videos like that. 🙂
Moreno & Lago to Olympic Test Meet
… 21-year-old Alexa Moreno and 20-year-old Ana Lago proved to be the two strongest gymnasts in the country and were thus chosen for the two available spots at the Olympic Test Event in Rio this April. Moreno placed first in the competition with a 53.2 while Lago was close behind with a 52.825. …
The fantastic Elsa García was not selected. At age-26, she’s considering her future.
Hopefully Elsa will stay on for the next quadrennial. I’m certain the Mexican team could use her leadership.
Marios Georgiou montage
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Marios Georgiou competes for Cyprus.
Tamayo Gymnastics Camp, Mexico
Auburn goes 197.200
“It’s the fourth highest total score in school history, but I think we are still struggling to get things going at times,” head coach Jeff Graba said. “I was happy with how we finished and I thought we finished with a lot of energy. The only drawback tonight was that we were starting slow. If we can get past that, we will be a good team at the end.” …
Stanford, Japan, Canada
1. Stanford 444.6
2. Japan 444.25
3. Canada 434.7
Second to None #gostanford
related – Scott Morgan top Canadian at International Collegiate Challenge gymnastics competition
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