Marisa Dick – the tattoo

Marisa had the judging symbols for her eponymous skill inked.

 
via Fans of Canadian Gymnastics

skills imperfectly rated in the Code of Points

There are plenty to discuss in the WAG Code.

Here are five. Click through to YouTube to read the comments.

VERY difficult Men’s Gymnastics skills

Triple front skills should ALL be banned. Too dangerous.

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Floor
3 – Triple Front – https://www.instagram.com/artem_1997_06/ & https://www.instagram.com/nikushkarus/
2 – Triple Arabian – Unkown & https://www.instagram.com/kenzoshirai/ & https://www.instagram.com/domcunn/
1 – Triple twisting double layout – Kenzo Shirai

Pommel Horse
3 – Sohn syle Busnari – https://www.instagram.com/taka_jpnxen/
2 – Flair Over Handles – SAEEDREZA KEIKHA
1 – E Flop in flair – https://www.instagram.com/t_kktn/

Still Rings
3 – Triple Pike Back – https://www.instagram.com/andreymedve…
2 – Back Planche press to top planche – Arthur Zanetti
1 – Azarian to inverted Swallow – Courtney Tulloch

Vault
3 – Handspring Front 3/1 Twist – Yang Hak Seon
2 – Dragalescu Piked – Ri Se Gwang
1 – Handspring Triple Front – Igor Radivilov

Parallel Bars
3 – Basket 5/4 – Zhou Shixiong
2 – Belle With 1/1 turn – Quintero
1 – Double Straddle Front – Ruslan pantelymov

High Bar
3 – 2/1 twisting layout kovac – Andreas Breatchneider
2 – 2/1 Stretched Jager – Jeff Crocket
1 – Full twisting triple back – Jonathon Horton.

8 new skills in the Men’s Code

Eight new elements named, added to the Men’s Gymnastics Code of Points

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the “Naddour” on Pommels

Cool. A single pommel Russian on one hand. Connected to Russian.

I’d consider this a unique new skill family. Sounds like FIG MTC disagrees. 😦

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Ashleigh Gnat 10.0 Vault

Looks fantastic in full speed. But check the slow-mo.

Still, I’ve got no complaint with that score.

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Darren Wong 9.45 E-score Floor

The 2020 Men’s Code of Points on Floor is resulting in routines just as ugly as the 2016 Code. Gymnasts rushing through only attempting to maximize D-score.

One guy with control and style is Canadian Junior Darren Wong from Phoenix, Vancouver. Coached by Sasha Pozdniakov who loves good basics.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. 13.950 1st

Katelyn Ohashi 10.0 Beam

For the second weekend in a row.

Click PLAY or watch part of the routine on YouTube.

Maggie Nichols 10s on all 4 apparatus

The major accomplishment of week 9 was Maggie Nichols completing the career gym slam with a 10 on bars, giving her at least one on every event. She’s the 9th gymnast to do this, following Sloan, Kupets, Kelly, Maloney, Lichey, Stepp, Kenoyer, and Marlowe, and is the second after Lichey to have accomplished it solely in her freshman year. …

Balance Beam Situation – WEEK 9 RANKINGS, NOTES, RQS UPDATE

Oklahoma freshman gymnast Maggie Nichols completed the “GymSlam” Saturday night by getting a “Perfect 10” on the uneven bars in the Sooners’ meet against Michigan. …

It was Nichols’ fifth 10.0 this season, which ties her with Haley Scaman for the most perfect scores in an Oklahoma career. …

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