Category: Olympics

Olympic Studies Centre, Switzerland

The IOC Olympic Studies Centre collections “include the IOC archives, the official publications of the IOC and the Organising Committee of the Olympic Games as well as books, articles and journals. Our resources cover all the key themes related to the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement and their place within society”.

It’s next door to the very popular Olympic museum in Lausanne.

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what keeps Rosie going?

You’ve won Olympic Gold.

Twice.

I love what I do — so why would I retire? – CBC Sports

When asked for advice, I always use the words of a pro climber, “chase the dream, love the journey.”

Dipa Karmakar has a book

Announcement.

Dipa Karmakar: The Small Wonder (India’s First Ever Female Gymnast to Compete in the Olympics)

Hardcover only, so far.

Amazon India

Nina & Beth

Many compare 2018 World Champion Nina Derwael with the great Beth Tweddle who won Bars at 2006 and 2010 Worlds.

Both competed the most connected releases of the day. Both were astonishingly consistent.

Beth did many different routines.

Click PLAY or watch her 2012 Olympics set on YouTube. Fantastic. If only she’d stuck the dismount.

Nina is still improving. Having won Worlds I’m guessing she’ll be training upgrades in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics. She’ll certainly be able to qualify in the AA even if Belgium does not get there as a team.

Women’s Team Final highlights

JUST THE GOOD STUFF: WOMEN’S TEAM FINAL

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Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/DohaGym2018/status/1057364527761711104

All hail USA.

why isn’t everyone Ellie Black?

You might assume team Canada would be heartbroken. So close to team Olympic qualification.

1. USA – 171.629 🥇
2. RUS – 162.863 🥈
3. CHN – 162.396 🥉

4. CAN – 161.644
5. FRA – 161.294
6. JPN – 160.262
7. BRA – 159.830
8. GER – 159.428

Here’s what the team leader had to say.

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Fact is that any of the 5 teams could have finished ahead of China this day with a perfect meet. I felt Brazil had the best chance.

USA RUS CHN to Olympics

Dream team USA feat. Simone Biles dominated as expected. Is this their best and most balanced team ever?

After that it was close. All 7 teams might be hand wringing — IF only we had done this or that. But all 7 had at least one fall.

3-up, 3-count is challenging psychologically.


full results

Personal shoutout to Team Canada for their historic 4th place finish.

In reality, it’s a near impossible accomplishment to be ranked one of the top 8 teams in the world. Congratulations to all these amazing athletes, their coaches, their support teams and Federations.

Please celebrate tonight.

The other 9 teams will qualify to the Olympics at 2019 Worlds. That happens in the qualifying competition, not the team final.

Aspire Park, Qatar

Most gymnasts here have explored the world’s largest indoor sports complex. Our venue.

They’ve walked past the impressive Torch Doha hotel over to the air conditioned luxury mall.

But the rest of  Aspire Park is huge and beautiful too. An oasis of greenery and water.

I ran the entire thing last night. It took some time.

Families come at night when it’s cooler. Cycling is restricted to one big loop, the rest of the trails dedicated to walking and running.

Why did a small nation build such an amazing sports complex? They bid for the 2016, 2020 and 2024 Olympics. And will keep bidding into the future.

men’s team final recap

Many felt this was the most exciting team final in years.

I was impressed by how many guys HIT, actually. Just a couple of days ago we were convinced this Pommel Horse was faulty.

It was generally a good competition despite the pressure of 3-up, 3-count.

Click PLAY or get a glimpse on YouTube.

related:

KUKSENKOV: ALMOST ALL THE GUYS WERE CRYING

China Edges Out Russia for World Team Title; U.S. Men Take 4th

Russians suffered just one fall during the competition, while the victorious Chinese had three.

You can certainly argue that RUS should have, could have been slightly ahead of CHN. It was that close. But none of the 8 teams had a perfect meet.

Valentina Rodionenko didn’t blame judges for stealing the gold medal as she so often does.

E Judges did — as usual — box the scores. They go low on those with the best execution, high on those with the worst execution. This keeps them in range but tends to give advantage to those with higher difficulty. It’s most obvious on Vault.