The American men are training in Japan in preparation for the Olympics.
Here’s one banner greeting them.
Category: Olympics
3 Japanese men named to Worlds
Based on combined scores from Nationals and the NHK Cup.
Kakeru Tanigawa
Wataru Tanigawa
Kazuma Kaya
The remaining spots will be named later. Chosen to complement these three.
As Japan has already qualified as a team to Tokyo, they could use Worlds 2019 to test some new faces. But Blythe points out that Kohei Uchimura and / or Kenzo Shirai could still be added.
IG magazine Hall of Fame 2019
Shawn Johnson
Maria Filatova
Ivan Ivankov
Li Xiaopeng
In addition to the Class of 2019 Inductees, the 2019 IGHOF International Order of Merit will be presented to Hardy Fink (Canada), the Director of Education & Academy Programs for the International Gymnastics Federation, for his 4 decades of leadership and service.
Fujitsu “judging support system” at Worlds 2019
The system uses 3D laser scanner sensors to capture the gymnasts’ movements in real time, providing two million shots per second on areas such as arm or leg bend angles, angles of elevation and height of particular moves.
This is then compared to a database of existing recognised moves and routines to hopefully provide a more accurate picture of an athlete’s routine for the judges. …
The technology is now planned to be deployed at the forthcoming Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, held from October 4th-13th in Stuttgart, Germany, with further tests planned as Fujtisu aims to get it included at Tokyo 2020.
GymCastic reported that FIG plans to test the technology on 2 WAG apparatus, 3 MAG apparatus in Stuttgart.
Thanks @usgymie
Qualification system for Worlds 2022
Some details are yet to be announced.
The biggest change so far is a return to team size of 5 gymnasts.
… The new format will come into force at the 2022 and 2023 Worlds, which will limit the number of participants to 208 in the Men’s competition and 201 in the Women’s.
This will allow a reduction in the overall duration of the World Championships to 11 days, compared to 15 at the 2018 event, with two training days and two competition days less.
The qualifying system is composed as follows:
No doubt this new system will have problems, as well. GymCastic has already identified some.
Read more on USAG – New formats for World Championships and new system for Olympic qualification
NOTE – This post originally talked about qualification for Olympics 2024. We don’t yet know what changes are planned for Paris.
new Elena Produnova interview
gymnovosti:
Elena Produnova is currently coaching in Nalchik, at the South of Russia and hopes to one day raise gymnasts that will make the national team. …
Q: You said that you had fantastic coaches…
A: Yes, I was very lucky. After Elena Pechenzhiyeva who coached me from the age of five, Ruslan Lavrov and Veronika Yakubova became my coaches. They raised me and passed me on to the national team and they did absolutely everything for me …
Q: Can you answer how you did it? (Handspring Double Front)
A: This vault was invented by Ruslan Spiridonovich. I started learning it with him, and it continued for a long time, in the form of a game. No one thought, or at least I couldn’t even suppose that I would go back to this vault and would do it in competition. Such a thought didn’t even occur to me. But then Leonid Arkayev remembered about it in the right time and implemented what was once trained. …
CATCHING UP WITH ELENA PRODUNOVA
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Minsk, Belarus will host European Games
Artistic Gymnastics – June 26-29, 2019.
Minsk is the capital of Belarus which declared independence from the USSR in 1991.
The leader since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko, is considered something of a dictator. Hopefully hosting all of Europe will help the nation improve human rights.
Click PLAY or see Minsk on YouTube.
Related – Rio 2016 trampoline gold medallist Uladzislau Hancharou is from Belarus.
(via Lisa Deen)
Svetlana Khorkina mini-documentary
Love her or hate her, triple Olympian Khorkina is one of the greatest gymnasts all time.
By the way, she says you HAVE to love her. No choice. 😀
Svetlana does not lack self-confidence.
Olympic Channel posted a 10 minute documentary. Subtitles.
It features her coach Boris Pilkin.
Click PLAY or watch a teaser on Facebook.
proposal – teams of 5 for Paris Olympics
BEST case scenario, the TOTAL number of Artistic gymnasts at the Olympics will be increased.
Otherwise number of individuals would need to be reduced
The Council has also approved the qualification system for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline Gymnastics.
The main changes concern the number of gymnasts composing a team in Men’s and Women’s Artistic, which returns to a maximum of five. The qualification system is subject to the approval of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). …
the Caster Semenya debate
The majority of experts I’m hearing feel Caster should be allowed to compete against women.
Caster Semenya has claimed gold in the Diamond League‘s 800m women’s final, in what was her last race before the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) imposes controversial new rules limiting testosterone in female athletes.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) this week dismissed an appeal by the South African to set aside the IAAF’s regulations, which will require athletes with differences in sex development to take medication to reduce their testosterone levels.
The new rules, which have sparked a fierce backlash, will come into effect on Wednesday.
… After the race, Semenya was asked by the Daily Mail’s Riath Al-Samarrai whether she plans to take medication to comply with the IAAF’s regulations and she said, “Hell no.”
BBC’s Ade Adedoyin was told by Semenya that she has no plans to retire and plans to compete at the IAAF World Championships in September.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
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