Category: Gymnastics

European Games June 2019 Minsk

2019 European Games (also known as the second European Games) will be held in Minsk, Belarus from 21 June to 30 June 2019. The games will feature 208 events in 15 sports (23 disciplines). The organizers expect around 4,000 athletes from 50 countries. …

Gymnastics at the games will be held in five categories: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampolining, acrobatics, and aerobics. All competitions will take place at the Minsk-Arena with a capacity of 8,000 seats. …

The 2018 Artistic Gymnastics European Championships in Glasgow (GBR) served as the first qualifying competition for next year’s European Games.

The teams finishing in the top 6 of the team qualification are guaranteed two non-nominative entries for their national federation.

In the men’s competition the top 6 countries were
Russia, Great Britain, Germany, Switzerland, Turkey and France.

And in the women’s competition:
France, Russia, Belgium, Great Britain, Netherlands and Hungary.

At the 2019 European Championships in Artistic Gymnastics, to be held from 10 to 14 April 2019 in Szczecin (POL), nominative places will be decided. The second edition of the European Games will be held from 21 to 30 June 2019 in Minsk (BLR)

I got most of this information from Luba. Thanks!

U.S. National Teams 2018-19

Simone Biles, Spring, Texas/World Champions Centre
Jade Carey, Phoenix, Ariz./Arizona Sunrays
Kara Eaker, Grain Valley, Missouri/ Great American Gymnastics Express
Morgan Hurd, Middletown, Del./First State Gymnastics
Shilese Jones, Westerville, Ohio/Future Gymnastics Academy
Grace McCallum, Isanti, Minn./Twin City Twisters
Riley McCusker, Brielle, N.J./MG Elite
Trinity Thomas, York, Pennsylvania/Prestige

Jr National team:
Skye Blakely, Frisco, Texas/WOGA
Kayla DiCello, Boyds, Md./Hill’s Gymnastics
Olivia Greaves, Staten Island, New York/MG Elite
Sunisa Lee, St. Paul, Minn./Midwest Gymnastics Center
Konnor McClain, Cross Lanes, W.Va./Revolution
Leanne Wong, Overland Park, Kansas/Great American Gymnastics Express

Women’s gymnastics annual awards for 2018:

Coach of the Year: Slava Glazounov, First State Gymnastics
Sportswoman of the Year: Riley McCusker
Athlete of the Year: Morgan Hurd, First State Gymnastics
Star Service Award: Kathy Ostberg

USAG

Jordan Chiles – Wonder Woman

That leo.

U.S. Men’s Worlds selection

Sam Mikulak
Yul Moldauer
Allan Bower
Donothan Bailey
Alec Yoder
Akash Modi
Colin Van Wicklen
Marvin Kimble

Five will eventually be named to the team for Doha. The other 3 will be reserves.

related – Mikulak, Briones, Benas, Ah Chow & Drake are 2018 U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Champions

Simone wins 5th Nationals

She not only became the first woman to win five titles (2013-16, 2018) in USA Gymnastics’ history, but she won that fifth title with a 6.55-point margin of victory just eight months after returning to training.

Biles accumulated a 119.850 total in the all-around. She also won all four event title …

Biles wins fifth senior women’s all-around title at 2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships