- USA 246.000
- Colombia 243.999
- Brazil 243.301
- Cuba 243.167
- Canada 241.768
- Argentina 233.200
- Mexico 232.267
- Venezuela 231.600
Cuba had a bad day in the team final.
Category: Gymnastics
CA Orchard interview – part 2
A continuation of Nick’s interview with Coach Carol-Angela Orchard. Beam and more Beam.
CA gives very detailed information on how she tracks routines day-to-day. Explains her key word philosophy.
USA wins Pan Am Championships
1 USA 170.166
2 Brazil 161.134
3 Mexico 157.933
4 Argentina 152.100
5 Cuba 151.135
6 Canada 151.067
7 Chile 148.135
8 Puerto Rico 147.600
With the injury to Haley de Jong at the meet and Ana Padurariu competing only 2 apparatus, Canada was happy to qualify to the Pan Am Games 2019 in the top 8.
These top 8 go to the team final.
1 Grace McCallum United States 56.366
2 Trinity Thomas United States 54.433
3 Flavia Saraiva Brazil 53.334
4 Alexa Moreno Mexico 52.800
5 Marcia Vidiaux Cuba 52.767
6 Lorrane Oliveira Brazil 52.468
7 Jade Barbosa Brazil 52.200
8 Jade Chrobok Canada 51.600
Vault
1 Jade Carey United States 14.550
2 Marcia Vidiaux Cuba 14.234
3 Grace McCallum United States 13.883
Bars
1 Grace McCallum United States 5.8 8.733 14.533
2 Trinity Thomas United States 5.7 8.733 14.433
3 Nicolle Castro Mexico 5.9 8.100 14.000
Beam
1 Kara Eaker United States 6.2 8.100 14.300
2 Flavia Saraiva Brazil 5.4 8.633 14.033
3 Grace McCallum United States 5.5 8.500 14.000
Floor
1 Jade Carey United States 6.3 8.300 -0.1 14.400
2 Flavia Saraiva Brazil 5.4 8.467 13.867
3 Kara Eaker United States 5.3 8.467 13.767
Men’s Pan Am team Championships results
From qualifications. Results have been slow coming out of Lima, Peru.
1 Cuba 245.335
2 USA 245.231
3 Brazil 244.301
4 Canada 242.868
5 Colombia 240.231
6 Mexico 237.066
7 Venezuela 235.266
8 Argentina 234.799
full results
These 8 qualify for the team final and for Pan Am Games 2019.
Click PLAY or watch Manrique’s P Bars on YouTube.
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U.S. Junior Olympic & Xcel rule changes
The rule books for the Junior Olympic gymnastics program and for the Xcel gymnastics program were updated for the new quadrennium (2018-2022). Most of the rules and values of skills stayed the same but there are some changes. I have outlined some of the biggest changes below that will affect gymnasts and coaches.
GymnasticsHQ’s Skill Progression Charts have been redesigned and updated to reflect the changes in the rules. …
2018 GYMNASTICS RULE CHANGES
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Manrique wins Pan Am Championships
1. Manrique Larduet CUB 84,800
2. René Cournoyer CAN 82,567
3. Cameron Bock USA 81,999
4. Genki Suzuki USA 81,033
5. Francisco Barretto BRA 80,634
6. Jossimar Calvo COL 80,300
The men’s and women’s team finals (top 8) go Sunday.
Pan Am Championships is Gymnastics only. Pan Am Games (2019) is the multi-sport event held every 4 years.
It was good to see former NCAA Champ Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons named Head Coach for the U.S. Men’s team.
New Canadian National Team Director Eddie van Hoof is there.
physical prep for flexion / extension
Coaches spend too much time shouting at kids about ‘shape‘ on tap swing, not enough time doing physical prep.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
related – In Canada we use the term ‘curvilineal flexion / extension‘ to simplify those actions which move the entire body in and out of these shapes.
Hannah England, Kristian Thomas Athlete Ambassadors
2012 Olympians Hannah England and Kristian Thomas have been appointed as British Gymnastics’ Athlete Ambassadors.
Middle distance runner Hannah and gymnast Kristian will act as representatives for our gymnasts and chairs of the Athlete Leadership Group. The new roles will provide a mechanism for our athletes to communicate their views and opinions to British Gymnastics and support the Performance Director and Performance Team in developing a positive and supportive culture within the World Class Programme. …
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