USA #3.
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Category: history
Olympic records set in Rio
Canada in Rio
Even though they missed the team final, the Canadian women still had reason to celebrate. In fact, the 171.761 that got them to ninth place in Rio surpassed any other Canadian team score under this code of points, including the score they posted when they placed fifth at the Games four years ago. The depth among the teams fighting for this year’s final was so great, it didn’t matter that this was Canada’s strongest Olympic team ever. But the fact remains that it was their best squad, and even if the ranking wasn’t their highest, they still showed a tremendous improvement from any year in the past.
The team also had some great individual success …
best Olympic Gymnastics results
One sample:
Ukraine
4th team (2004)
1st all-around (Lilia Podkopayeva, 1996)
6th vault (Alona Kvasha, 2004)
4th bars (Viktoria Karpenko, 2000)
2nd beam (Lilia Podkopayeva, 1996)
1st floor (Lilia Podkopayeva, 1996)
First appearance: 1996
Most recent: 2016
Total appearances: 6 (1996-2016)
Every Country’s Best Olympic Finishes in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics
Elise Ray reflects on her career
The good and the bad.
UW gymnastics coach Elise Ray in good place after overcoming Olympic disappointment
Elise is one of my favourite Bar workers all time. And I think of her frequently – every time we talk “Ray” on Bars during workout. 🙂
Aliya Mustafina montages
Věra Čáslavská dead at 74
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The sad news was announced on Wednesday that the most successful ever Czech Olympic athlete, Věra Čáslavská, died at the age of 74. She had been battling cancer of the pancreas. The gymnast will be remembered not just for her medals but for her protest against the Soviet bloc invasion of Czechoslovakia at the 1968 Mexico Olympics. …
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most successful Beam gymnasts
Simone Biles – Legendary
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Shuji Tsurumi 1964 P Bars
The last time the Olympics were held in Tokyo.
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At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Shuji Tsurumi received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and silver medals in individual all-around, pommel horse, and parallel bars.
(via Gymnastics Lab)
