Szombathely World Cup Final – day 1

Blythe has Quick Hits.

Vault
GOLD: Boglarka Devai HUN 13.95
SILVER: Anastasia Motak UKR 13.775
BRONZE: Angelina Radivilova UKR 13.625

Bars
GOLD: Diana Varinska UKR 13.4
SILVER: Lara Marie Hinsberger GER 12.8
BRONZE: Lisa Zimmerman GER 12.7

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter. Great release combo.

Floor
GOLD: Rok Klavora SLO 14.0
SILVER: Ilyas Azizov KAZ 14.0
BRONZE: Petro Pakhnyuk UKR 13.9

Milad Karimi missed.

Pommel
GOLD: Nariman Kurbanov KAZ 14.6
SILVER: Robert Seligman CRO 14.35
BRONZE: Matvei Petrov ALB 14.05

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Rings
GOLD: Vincenz Hoeck AUT 14.15
SILVER: Igor Radivilov UKR 13.8
BRONZE: Yevgen Yudenkov UKR 13.75


Chinese Men’s Nationals Finals – day 1

Floor Finals VIDEO
Deng Shudi 14.666
Wang Haoran 14.466
Zhou Caisong 14.366

The two-time world P Bar champion Zou Jingyuan won Pommels with 9.000 for execution.

Pommel Finals VIDEO
Zou Jingyuan 15.100
Xiao Ruoteng 15.100
Wang Junwen 14.700

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2014 rings world champion Liu won by over four-tenths despite going up first.

Rings Finals VIDEO
Liu Yang 15.400
Lan Xingyu 14.933
You Hao 14.800

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The Chinese nationals conclude on Monday with the last set of apparatus finals.

Liu Yang and Fan Yilin dazzle in Chinese national apparatus finals

Excellent synchro Floor Flairs

These are the best I can recall seeing by any female acrobat.  #respect

@anastasia.zyubina is an Aerobic gymnast from Russia.

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stabilizing a Pommel Mushroom

Coach Dermot McGrath had a good idea. He stuffed 4 full water bottles inside a Pommel Mushroom.

They fit tightly. That both weighted and stabilized.

Pommel bucket on wheels

There are a number of ways to roll the feet around rather than have feet suspended.

You need a hard floor surface, of course.

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great Flairs

Korben Fellows GBR

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Kurt Thomas documentary

Kurt died unexpectedly of a stroke at age-64.  What a shame.

If you don’t know his story, watch this entertaining new documentary.  He was a cocky kid from a poor background.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (24min)