Category: Olympics

STILL trying to understand Olympic qualification

MAGnastics tried a hypothetical scenario using results of Men’s Worlds 2018 to decide most of the Olympians:

  • Team Qualification (12)
  • Individual AA Qualification
  • Individual Apparatus Qualification

Using 2018 rankings Olympians include: Adam Steele, Ireland, Tin Srbic, Croatia, Ri Se Gwang, North Korea, Eleftherios Petrounias, Greece, Lee Chih Kai, Taipei, Artem Dolgopyat, Israel, etc. 

Click through to see how it turned out:

Demonstrating Olympic Qualification Using 2018 Worlds as an Example

World Cup qualifiers are not included.

Petrounias

Ana Sofía Gómez is back

The 2016 Olympian wants to try again for 2020. Step one is regaining her conditioning.

She trains at the same gym as Jorge Vega.

Sofia Gomez, Guatamala

IOC gender equity improving

Still a long way to go, especially with Muslim member nations.

But it’s headed in the right direction.

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Olympic qualification World Cups

It’s working. They are more interesting. More appealing.

Click PLAY or watch another wrap-up video on Facebook.

Valeri was there with Brazil.

related – Individual qualification for 2020 Olympics begins in Cottbus

Dutch Gymnastics documentary – episode 2

The unexpected Bronze medal in team at Europeans despite Eythora’s injury.

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2018 Men’s Cottbus World Cup

Floor 

1 Artem Dolgpyat Israel 6.6 8.200 14.800
2 Casimir Schmidt Netherlands 5.9 8.600 14.500
3 Carlos Yulo Philippines 6.2 8.300 14.500

Pommels 

1 Lee Chih Kai Taipei 6.5 9.008 15.508
2 Weng Hao China 6.5 8.766 15.266
3 Saeedreza Keikha Iran 6.5 8.633 15.133

Rings 

1 Liu Yang China 6.4 8.800 15.200
2 Samir Ait Said France 6.3 8.600 14.900
3 You Hao China 6.4 8.433 14.833

Vault 

1 Igor Radivilov Ukraine 5.6 9.283 14.883 14.941
5.6 9.400 15.000
2 Huang Mingqi China 5.6 9.466 15.066 14.833
5.2 9.400 14.600
3 Loris Frasca France 5.6 9.166 14.766 14.733
5.6 9.100 14.700

P Bars

1 Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 6.4 8.600 15.000
2 Dmitry Lankin Russia 6.4 8.366 14.766
3 Ferhat Arican Turkey 6.5 8.166 14.666

H Bar

1 Epke Zonderland Netherlands 6.7 8.166 14.866
2 Tin Srbic Croatia 5.9 8.833 14.733
3 Hidetaka Miyachi Japan 6.3 8.233 14.533

full results

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have you seen speed climbing?

Sport Climbing will make its Olympic debut at Tokyo 2020 and will feature three disciplines: speed climbing, bouldering and lead climbing. …

Reza Alipour is the world’s fastest human … vertically.

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Thema Williams compensated $200,000

… the judge ordered the TTGF (Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics Federation) to compensate Williams for its decision to withdraw her from representing this country in the 2016 Rio Olympics, and instead replace her with Canadian-born alternate Marisa Dick. …

TT Gymnastics Federation ordered to compensate Thema Williams

I’m surprised to see this ruling.

In many sports any athlete can be replaced by Federations for many reasons. Can a judge rule on whether or not an athlete should be withdrawn?

That said, I was in Rio for the Olympic Test Meet podium training. Thema did not look injured to me at the time.

TTGF might appeal, of course. I doubt they have $200k in the bank.

related – Justice for Thema: Gymnast wins lawsuit against TTGF