Anna Gasser is an Austrian snowboarder and big air 2018 Olympic Champion.
A former gymnast, she knows just what it takes to do what Simone has done.
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Category: Olympics
Bridget Sloan interview
She talks about choosing Florida … over Utah and Georgia. Bridget Sloan won 3 Championships with the Gators. Everyone expected her to go to Georgia.
She speaks about her coach Marvin Sharp for the first time.
When she first heard about his suicide in 2015 — while a College Gymnastics superstar — she was confused and angry. Bridget broke her phone in frustration.
Her Mom thought she should come home to Indiana. Bridget refused.
Her parents felt betrayed too.
In fact, she felt guilty that she’d had such a good career with Marvin Sharp. Good memories over the 20 years. Bridget was not a victim of her coach. She looked up to Marvin as a second father.
At the time Bridget decided to stay quiet. She did speak to Sam Peszek about it at the time. Sam had also trained with Marvin Sharp after the Olympics.
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Simone’s Undefeated ESPN cover story
At this point in time Simone thinks she’ll retire after the Tokyo Olympics.
Read the interview in Undefeated:
Most dominant athlete of 2018: Simone Biles
This was the year that the greatest gymnast of all time showed that not a damn thing will ever stand in her way
CREDIT: Danielle Levitt for ESPN
Hair by Janay Lewis
Makeup by Devin Harvey
Wardrobe Styling by Jennifer Bigham
Prop Styling by Leigh Gill
Madame T scarf by Pleats Please by Issey Miyake Asymmetrical star stud earrings by Sheryl Lowe
Faux Fur Jacket by Topshop
the young Jon Horton
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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.
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.
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.
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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 |
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