European Beam Champion Cata Ponor

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Watch the Awards Ceremony. This is her 5th Europeans title.

full results

Oklahoma wins again

A thriller.

1. Oklahoma 431.950
2. OSU 423.700
3. Illinois 422.100
4. Stanford 421.500
5. Minnesota 414.200
6. Nebraska 412.900

Saturday night at Christl Arena in West Point, N.Y., the University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team etched its legacy in the history books, notching a team score of 431.950 to claim its third consecutive NCAA national championship. …

The title is Oklahoma’s 11th overall …

Oklahoma’s championship caps a third straight perfect season. The Sooners have won every meet they have competed in since finishing second at the 2014 NCAA Championships. …

SOONER R3IGN: OU WINS THIRD STRAIGHT TITLE

Belu is back coaching

Seems the legendary Romanian coach was inspired to make a comeback. He’s enlisted Sandra Izbașa and other former greats to return, as well. 🙂

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Europeans Rings Final

1. Eleftherios Petrounias GRE 15.433
2. Courtney Tulloch GBR 15.066
3. Igor Radivilov UKR 15.033

Rings results

This was the best of the day 1 Finals. Very competitive. All the guys were awesome. Rings has never been better in the history of the sport.

Tulloch had the highest D-score 6.4.

Personally I love Butterfly skills as included by Davtyan and Tulloch.

Time’s 100 Most Influential People – Simone

Simone Biles named to Time’s 100 Most Influential People list

40 year old H Bar grips

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Women’s European Championships AA results

Lauren Hopkins posted the Qualifications Results in an easy to read format:

1 Ellie Downie Great Britain 56.198
2 Zsofia Kovacs Hungary 54.882
3 Tabea Alt Germany 54.866
4 Elena Eremina Russia 54.698
5 Eythora Thorsdottir Netherlands 54.598
6 Kim Bui Germany 53.632
7 Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos France 53.333
8 Martina Maggio Italy 53.315
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Ellie Downie leads the way in Cluj

KJ couldn’t believe Oklahoma’s Super 6

Watch the post-meet interview on FloGymnastics.

“They were just rolling,” Kindler said. “We had just amazing performance after amazing performance. It felt crazy. I almost felt I wasn’t here. …”

The most important routine was Chayse Capps on Bars. Their first HIT of the Super 6.

 

Oklahoma, LSU, Florida

1. Oklahoma- 198.3875
2. LSU- 197.7375
3. Florida- 197.7000
4. UCLA- 197.2625
5. Utah- 196.5875
6. Alabama- 196.0000

I would have been happier with a tie between the Tigers and the Gators. It could have gone either way.

The first rotation of six was a disaster. After that there were many, many highlights.

Overall this was the best NCAA season I can recall. Looking forward to 2018. 🙂

Oklahoma – DYNASTY

Can they match the Kupets Georgia dynasty? I think so.

An incredible historic team performance for the Sooners. The highest score — 198.3875 — in NCAA Super 6 history.