Category: Gymnastics

interview with Maggie, Brenna and KJ

I really enjoyed this episode of The Routine Podcast where the mother / daughter team traveled to Oklahoma to cover the competition with UCLA.

Oklahoma had over 10,000 fans!

That’s double their record crowd.

I was interested to hear their favourite Floor routine was not Katelyn. Not Brenna. But Anastasia Webb who’s been leading off for Oklahoma. The girl can dance. And sells it.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Gymnix Sr Cup WAG results

1. Kara Eaker, USA, 55.298
2. Alyona Shchennikova, USA, 55.198
3. Sloane Blakely, USA, 54.032
4. Fien Enghels, BEL, 52.898
5. Azuki Kokufugata, JPN, 52.4
6. Aleah Finnegan, USA, 52.031
7. Emma Nedov, AUS, 52.099
8. Haley de Jong, CAN, 52.066

As only 2 / nation can receive awards, Sloane did not get the Bronze medal. It should have been Fien Enghels … but — for some reason — Azuki Kokufugata got the medal.

https://twitter.com/gymnastrelate/status/1104198624660152320

1. USA (Finnegan, Shchennikova, Eaker, Blakely), 165.261
2. Canada 2 (Spence, de Jong, Onyshko, Denommee), 155.196
3. Australia (Chipizubov, Nedov, Sayer, Brown), 154.963

Nagornyy Russian Champion 2019

1 Nikita Nagornyy 173.296
2 Vladislav Polyashov 166.730
3 Nikita Ignatyev 165.230
4 Dmitry Lankin 163.529
5 Ivan Stretovich 161.230
6 Alexey Rostov 161.198
full results

Click PLAY or watch Nikita’s Dragulescu on YouTube.

World Champion Artur Dalaloyan withdrew after a terrible performance day 1.

Sam Mikulak – P Bars

Sam had a good American Cup and counting the ACTUAL scores he tied Yul Moldauer for 1st in the AA. Weird and wrong FIG truncating of scores to 3 decimal places put him in 2nd place.

I don’t feel that badly for Sam, however. Many in the MAG community pointed out he should never have been awarded 7.966 E-score on P Bars. Sam had a full fall on to the equipment. … Who were the judges?

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Score: 14.066 (6.1, 7.966)

Larissa Iordache interview

Best case scenario, she’d be back for 2019 Worlds.

CHRISTIAN IVANOV:

After rupturing her Achilles’ tendon at the 2017 Montreal World Championships, Olympic and World medalist Larisa Iordache, 22, went through several surgeries. IG caught up with the Romanian icon for an interview. …

IG: What is the status of the tendon now? Are you able to walk, run and do light tumbling, and are you pain free?

LI: My condition is very good and the tendon is fine. I do not have pain, and I feel confident. …

IG: You have had a good share of injuries and setbacks in your career? How do you manage to stay positive and motivated?

LI: I have always done nothing but gymnastics, and clearly during the time when I stood around and did nothing, like a normal person, it was not enough for me. My passion for gymnastics keeps me motivated every day. …

Larisa Iordache Is Back In The Game

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