tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
1. Simone Biles 25.90
2. Aly Raisman 25.20
3. Gabby Douglas 24.70
4. Seda Tutkhalian 24.20
4. Shang Chunsong 24.20
4. Claudia Fragapane 24.20
7. Asuka Teramoto 24.10
7. Angelina Melnikova 24.10
9. Rebeca Andrade 24.00
9. Wang Yan 24.00
9. Ellie Black 24.00
See the entire list on FloGymnastics.
I’d be happy if FIG WTC banned the Handspring double front vault for WAG (for now). And that Handspring triple front for MAG (for now).
Both are far too dangerous.
Alternatively the vault must be better evaluated to the point where there is ZERO chance of making a vault final for a very dangerous performance. Will FIG’s proposed changes fix the problem?
Beyond Rio: Skills’ Difficulty Values Changed, Will the Produnova Craze End?
I’m not so sure. 😦
via papaliukin – 2017-2020 COP Drafts
Balance Beam Situation posted the most detailed review I’ve yet seen of the new Women’s Code.
It’s also funny. That might help keep you reading to the end. 🙂
2017-2020 CODE OF POINTS: A DEEP DIVE
I expect significant changes still to be made.
“This was my fourth Olympics as a judge. For us, it was the best-judged Olympic games that I can recall. Out of hundreds of competitors, we only had two inquiries from coaches who disagreed with a score. One was a case of a Chinese coach who wanted to know why the degree of difficulty was lower than expected for an athlete on the rings. We explained why and there was no problem. The other case was a competitor from Cuba whose degree of difficulty was graded too high and had to be adjusted.”
Thanks Cordelia.
• The Dick II – Beam
• The Gebeshian – Bars
• The Nguyen – P Bars
• Shirai II – Vault
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The 2016 Rio Olympic Games Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Jury of Appeal, has upheld a protest lodged by GymSports NZ on behalf of it’s athlete, Courtney McGregor. The protest concerned McGregor’s score on the vault apparatus, specifically her second vault.
After Courtney completed her second vault, the score for this vault, and then her average of the two vault scores was shown. Approximately 20 minutes later, the second vault score was amended which consequently brought the average score down.
“We protested on two key points of the competition rules.” said Tony Compier – GymSports NZ CEO. “Firstly, that neither the coach nor the athlete were afforded the opportunity to challenge the down-grading of the score before it was changed. Secondly, the competition rules state that once a score is ‘published’, i.e. shown in the arena, it cannot be changed at a later date.”
The result of the successful appeal is that McGregor is elevated from 16th to 13th position. …
Some of the deductions are summarized in this video tutorial.
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24 years after her own Olympics, the Canadian and UCLA superstar reflects on Rio. Code changes. The decrease in “artistry”.
A very interesting discussion.
The Skating Lesson – “I’m having a hard time watching only NBC coverage”: A Conversation with Stella Umeh
Though it’s less aesthetically pleasing, I don’t think we should deduct for this kind of position.
Many gymnasts cannot keep heels and toes together due to their anatomy.
https://twitter.com/babychochee/status/762366516306120704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
(via Couch Gymnast)
Yet another Olympic Gold medal for Simone Biles. Well deserved.
1. Simone Biles 🇺🇸 15,966
2. Maria Paseka 🇷🇺 15,253
3. Giulia Steingruber 🇨🇭 15,216
4. Karmakar 15.066
5. Wang 14.999
6. Hong 14.9
7. Chusovitina 14.833
8. Olsen 14.816
full results
Clearly FIG rules reward difficulty too much relative to execution. There’s too much incentive to chuck double fronts and Yurchenko triple twist despite a very low chance of landing safely. I’m embarrassed for FIG WTC. The E-score judges are ranking, not judging. Ranking in a very small range.
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