Category: rings

Yuri van Gelder expelled

Dutch gymnast Yuri van Gelder has been expelled from the Olympic Games by the Dutch Olympic Committee and will be sent home immediately for violating team rules, including consuming alcohol. …

In 2009, van Gelder was suspended from competition for one year by the KNGU after testing positive for cocaine during a competition. He underwent a three-month drug treatment in Scotland. However, in October 2010, he was withdrawn from the world championships in Rotterdam after admitting subsequent cocaine use.

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van Gelder

He will be replaced in the Rings final by French gymnast Danny Pinheiro Rodrigues.

Samir Aït Saïd will be back

French gymnast Samir Aït Saïd has thanked his supporters and vowed to come back following the horrific injury he sustained on vault Saturday during the qualification at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

“I’ll come back stronger at the Tokyo Olympics to win Olympic gold,” he said Saturday evening from the hospital in Rio, where he is due to undergo surgery. “I also want to thank my teammates and all the staff and fans for their support.”

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Dennis Goossens – Olympian

Belgium decided on their Olympic representative based on criteria score on each apparatus.

Dennis was the winner with 15.800 on Rings (VIDEO).

Dennis Goossens

Men’s All Japan highlight routines

labflapper has a video playlist including some of the top routines from the 2016 All Japan Apparatus Championships: Uchimura [Finals] HB, Ryohei Kato [Qualifying] PB, Yusuke Tanaka [Q]PH,SR,HB [F]PH,PB,HB, Kenzo Shirai [Q]HB,PB [F]FL,VT, Koji Yamamuro [Q] VT,SR [F]VT SR, Naoto Hayasaka [Q]FL,HB [F]FL.

Click PLAY or watch Yamamuro’s Rings on YouTube.

(via Beautiful Moments in MAG)