Category: Olympics

Youth Olympic Games Champ Takeru Kitazono

He’s the BIG story in the men’s competition.

1. Takeru Kitazono JPN 82.298
2. Sergei Naidin RUS 80.498
3. Diogo Soares BRA 80.265
4. Brandon Briones USA 80.131
5. Adam Tobin GBR 79.573
6. Nazar Chepurnyi UKR 79.331

Full results.

Juniors count 2 less skills than seniors.

Takeru Kitazono JPN competes in the Artistic Gymnastics Men’s Parallel Bars Qualification in the America Pavilion, Youth Olympic Park. The Youth Olympic Games, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday 9th October 2018. Photo: Jed Leicester for OIS/IOC. Handout image supplied by OIS/IOC

Giorgia Villa leads YOG Bars & AA

After 3 of 4 apparatus.

YOG International Gymnastics “teams”

Grace Chui found the document which details which Youth Olympic Games athletes have been placed into what combined teams.

A bit of fun. A LOT of confusion, in my opinion.

Hopefully it will help bring a little more attention to the non-Olympic disciplines.

Here’s team Oksana CHUSOVITINA for example:

Acrobatic
AKHOTNIKAVA Viktoryia BLR
FAMENKOU Ilya BLR

Artistic – Men
BRIONES Brandon USA
TOBIN Adam GBR
AFIFY Mohamed EGY

Artistic – Women
ULMASOVA Indira UZB
PEREZ Karla GUA
PAULSSON Tonya SWE

Rhythmic
IAKOVLEVA Lidiia AUS
YAMADA Aino JPN
ROTAERMEL Lilly GER

Trampoline – Men
ESCALLIER Santiago ARG

Trampoline – Women
SAKELLARIDOU Antonia GRE

See all the “teams”.

YOG Men’s Vault prelims

1. Brandon Briones USA 14.033
2. Felix Dolci CAN 13.950
3. Gabriel Burtanete ROU 13.733
4. Sam Dick NZL 13.716
5. Diogo Soares BRA 13.683
6. Jacob Karlsen NOR 13.679
7. Fernando Espindola ARG 13.566
8. Nazar Chepurnyi UKR 13.550

Full results.

YOG Rings finalists

1. Takeru Kitazono JPN 13.700
2. Brandon Briones USA 13.533
3. Yin Dehang CHN 13.500
4. Felix Dolci CAN 13.466
5. Adam Tobin GBR 13.300
6. Olegs Ivanovs LAT 13.100
7. Diogo Soares BRA 12.966
8. Lay Giannini ITA 12.900

Felix

Giorgia Villa leads YOG vault

Finalists:

1. Giorgia Villa ITA 14.083
2. Anastasiia Bachynska UKR 13.816
3. Emma Spence CAN 13.791
4. Amelie Morgan GBR 13.449
5. Csenge Bacskay HUN 13.416
6. Lisa Zimmermann GER 13.299
7. Kate Sayer AUS 13.200
8. Emma Slevin IRL 13.200

https://twitter.com/TeamIreland/status/1049363090930847745

Emma was Ireland’s Opening Ceremony Flag Bearer. And I can remember when her club in Galway — Renmore — was still set-up, take-down. They’ve come a long way! 🙂

meet Takeru Kitazono

Japan’s competitor at Youth Olympic Games. He leads the Pommel qualifications.

1. Takeru Kitazono JPN 14.133
2. Yin Dehang CHN 13.866
3. Sergei Naidin RUS 13.666
4. Daniel Schwed GER 13.233
5. Hajlari Bohloulzade IRI 13.166
6. Adam Tobin GBR 13.000
7. Diogo Soares BRA 12.733
8. Ayan Moldagaliyev KAZ 12.725

He’s very ambitious.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

related – MAG Former Youth Olympic Stars- Where are They Now?

YOG women’s competition

Ksenia Klimenko, Giorgia Villa, Anastasia Bachynska, Amelie Morgan, Tang Xijing, Lee Yun-seo, Emma Spence …

The competition is held over several days starting with WAG FX, MAG PH and FX.

Why would they do that? 🙄

Competitors have been drawn into 12 teams of 13 athletes each, comprising of one acrobatic pair, three men’s artistic and three women’s artistic gymnasts, three rhythmic specialists and one female and one male trampoline gymnast. …

GYMNASTICS PREVIEW

Top Juniors to Face Off at Youth Olympic Games

Shawn Johnson – Freakonomics interview

Shawn has been featured on a number of recent Freakonomics podcasts on the ‘Hidden Side of Sports‘. But best is to listen to her full interview. There’s some good content on her relationship with Chow.