Category: Gymnastics

Women’s Team Highlights VIDEO

Italy qualified 8th yet finished on the podium for the first time in hundreds of years.
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1. United States 172.330
2. Russia 166.529
3. Italy 164.796
4. China 164.230
5. France 163.628
6. Great Britain 161.495
7. Canada 160.563
8. Netherlands 159.427

American Olympians can now thank sponsors

Following the IOC’s relaxation of the restrictions placed on Olympic participants during the Olympic Games period pursuant to Bylaw 40.3 of the Olympic Charter (colloquially known as “Rule 40”) earlier this year, the US Olympic and Paralympic Committee (“USOPC”) finally released its guidance on how Olympic athletes’ personal sponsors that are not IOC or Team USA sponsors may run marketing campaigns incorporating athletes during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games blackout period (which is July 14, 2020 through August 11, 2020) – and now permits personal sponsor advertising during the blackout period under certain circumstances and only for two particular types of marketing.

Advertising Law Updates – Olympic Athlete Marketing: Easing Up On Rule 40, But With Strings Attached

For American gymnasts it seems to mean that …

Athletes are now able to thank personal sponsors and receive congratulatory messages from personal sponsors during the Games.

Personal sponsors, meanwhile, can engage in generic advertising during the Games. … (not mentioning the Olympics nor showing Olympic Rings)

Inside the Games

A step forward.

top D & E scores from Team Final

Needless to say, E-scores are more important to me than D-scores.

Lukas Dauser – Qualification P Bars

The German crowd loved this routine.

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https://twitter.com/Pamchenkova/status/1180904544454238208

Rhys – Qualifications Pommels

I’d call the kid from Ireland the favourite in the apparatus final.

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France introduction performance

The Dutch typically win all the medals for team entrance.

But in the Team Final I’m calling FRANCE #1. A new twist.

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USA, Russia, Italy

1. United States 172.330
2. Russia 166.529
3. Italy 164.796
4. China 164.230
5. France 163.628
6. Great Britain 161.495
7. Canada 160.563
8. Netherlands 159.427

Pundits that called the new look Italian team ready to medal at Worlds were right. Recall ITA qualified in 8th.

Giorgia Villa, at her first Worlds, already looks like a veteran. No panic, not even when this happened.

Every team had falls. Nick Ruddock counted 19 total. Italy only had one. Performances qualifying were much better than what we saw here.

Though there is no AA award at this meet …

Biles – 59.766
Melnikova – 56.532
Villa – 55.832
DJDS – 55.498 (with a fall)
Black – 55.032

USA

passion in Men’s Gymnastics

These guys train years. Suffer much. All for the chance to try for Olympic qualification.

Here’s team Italy cheering Carlo Macchini’s H Bar routine in the qualification round.

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fan favourite Sofus Heggemsnes (NOR)

Joyful on the competition floor.

No falls over 6 apparatus. And he was very happy with team performance, too.

I felt Norway was one of the teams best prepared to HIT.

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Melnikova, Hurd, Chen Yile – part 3

The third episode in the documentary series is LIVE.

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