Category: Gymnastics

Oksana’s Rudi

Best for 17 years or more?

Sadly she put a hand down on vault 2 and is unlikely to qualify for the apparatus final.

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the Petz on Bars

Very cool. And well done.

Great routine, too. But Emelie did have a fall.

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1180084703803654144

Gymnastics and negative social media

some FANS are FANatics.

Fans experience euphoria during moments when play is going well for their team, and stress when play is going against their team. This tension between the two emotions generates an unusual sense of pleasure or heightened sensations. …

The more fans a sport has, the greater the number of haters, people who mostly participate in negative ways.

The sport of Figure Skating, I believe, has more haters than Gymnastics. Hiking far fewer. 

We have a lot of young athletes, so it’s even more important to protect. 

Best strategy is to BLOCK trolls when you first encounter them. Don’t engage — that’s what they want. Live in a social media bubble of people you like and respect. Ask your athletes to do the same.

When I think of FANatics I recall the 1996 film where Robert De Niro (the fan) is obsessed with baseball player Wesley Snipes.

Fandom to the extreme.

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Yamilet attempts Handspring double front

Unfortunately she suffer an injury on her second vault and — ultimately — did not complete the AA competition.

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R.I.P. Kristi Krafft

Former Gymnastics great and coach has passed away.

She was suffering from multiple health issues.

Her son Josh will share funeral service information.

Danusia Francis – Beam

Decided to compete the skill named for Spanish-Canadian Silvia Colussi Pelaez. And tries to connect it to a full twist dismount.

Note that FIG does not allow any extra landing mats for sideways dismounts. The short mat makes it risky for Nush to try to connect. That discourages originality.

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https://twitter.com/theallaround/status/1180058603123875841

Danusia had an excellent AA competition and stands a good chance to qualify as an individual.

Click PLAY or see how Nush felt after the meet on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/olympicchannel/status/1180078184269848576

Georgia Rose Brown – Bars

GRB is so swingy.

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World Championships BEGIN

Tokyo Olympic qualifications start with the ladies this time. The next two days will decide which 12 teams qualify. USA, RUS and CHN have already booked their tickets from Worlds last year.

I’ll be commenting LIVE via Twitter @GymCoaching.

More LIVE coverage:

What an honour to watch all these great gymnasts at one of their career peak competitions — Olympic qualification.

    • Australia and Ukraine were unlucky to draw the first flight of 10. I don’t have confidence that scores won’t escalate over the two days.
    • Australia really looks back on the right track. They competed less difficulty than they train, looking to improve E-score. On vault for example, their landings were  fantastic. Fans down under had no streaming video nor TV coverage. That’s bad for the sport.
    • Belgium killed it. A terrific team performance, especially Bars. Led by the great all-arounder Nina Derwael, looks to me like they will qualify a full team to the Olympics.
    • Jade Vansteenkiste competed the best triple twist I’ve seen in a long time
    • Danusia Francis, now competing for Jamaica, likely punched an AA invite to Tokyo. It’s been a long road. I’m thrilled for her.
    • Aneta Holasova CZE is another I really enjoyed watching today. Great Floor.
    • Oksana Chusovitina fell on her second vault. And Beam. She’s at risk of not qualifying for Tokyo. That would be a disaster for both Gymnastics and the Oympics. She’s one of our best stories.
    • Milka Gehani from Sri Lanka had everyone raving. Best ever from Sri Lanka.
    • the team that surprised me most and best today was Egypt.  Gymnastics is booming in that nation. One double twisting Yurchenko. Great stuff on all 4 apparatus.
    • Big crowd. Especially for the Germany session. And they did not leave unhappy.
    • Both North and South Koreas were excellent. Some of the best form and technique in the competition. It was great to see them on the floor at the same time.
    • Stars of the day were Germany and France. Both fantastic, but France finished ahead and is gunning to challenge China and Russia for the podium. They could do it.
    • Mélanie scored 56.482 and is definitely a favourite for podium AA. Love her unique Bars construction.
    • Congratulations to Team Canada. Despite some injury problems, they pulled off another very good prelims performance. Good chance to qualify to the team final.
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