The new qualification system in place, top 3 Rhythmic teams at Worlds 2018 automatically qualify for the Olympics.
🥇 Russia 🇷🇺 46.300
🥈 Italy 🇮🇹 44.825
🥉 Bulgaria 🇧🇬 42.050
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2022 Youth Olympic Games to Senegal
“It is time for Africa. Africa is the home of many successful and prominent Olympic athletes,” IOC President Thomas Bach said. “Africa is a continent of youth.”
Senegal’s nomination is expected to be formally approved by the IOC during its meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina in October.
The West African nation will host the fourth edition of the Summer Youth Games in its capital Dakar, the new city of Diamniadio and the coastal resort of Saly. …
Sam interviews Shawn Johnson
This is the last official episode for season 1 of Sam Pezsek’s audiocast series.
It’s funny. They talk about their coaches. Recall times they tried to fool Marta. 🙂
Happily Sam plans 4 more bonus episodes interviewing her other Olympic teammates.
Olympic qualification process explained
Balance Beam Situation.
2020 OLYMPIC QUALIFICATION EXPLAINED…BUT LIKE ACTUALLY
There’s a good discussion on this too on GymCastic 318: 2018 US Wonder Woman Nationals
CHEERS to the 2008 American Olympics
… 2008 Olympians and alternates were recognized in Boston during the senior women’s final session: women – Shawn Johnson East, Nastia Liukin, Chellsie Memmel, Samantha Peszek, Bridget Sloan and alternates Jana Bieger and Ivana Hong; and men – Alexander Artemev, Raj Bhavsar, Joey Hagerty, Jonathan Horton, Justin Spring, Kevin Tan and David Durante, alternate.
Corrie Lothrop and Alicia Sacramone Quinn were unable to attend the August 19 recognition.
2018 marks the 10th anniversary of the 2008 team’s 10-medal performance at the Olympic Games, which at that time was the USA’s most medals since the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles and at a non-boycotted Olympic Games. …
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Justin Spring reflects on Olympic Bronze 2008
… it all magically came together when it mattered most at the Olympics Trials and at the Olympic Games.
Our team walked away with a bronze medal.
Our 2008 Olympic men’s gymnastics team ended up using two of its alternate athletes before we even competed at the Games; one of which, Sasha, moved in to the Olympic Village the night before our first day, which was the team preliminaries. …
JUSTIN SPRING An Olympic Journal
Elena Shushunova has died
Terrible news.
One of the greatest gymnasts all time died in St. Petersburg of complications from pneumonia.
Elena Shushunova; 23 April 1969 – 16 August 2018) was a Russian (former Soviet) gymnast, World, European, and Olympic Champion.
Shushunova is one of five women (Larisa Latynina, Vera Caslavska, Ludmilla Tourischeva and Lilia Podkopayeva are the other four) who has won the grand slam of All-Around titles: Olympics, World Championships, European/Continental Championships. …
I remember Elena best from Worlds 1985 Montreal. Even more powerful than Mary Lou Retton.
She was co-champion with Oksana Omelianchik. USSR withdrew both Irina Baraksanova and Olga Mostepanova from the AA final, pretending injury, replacing them with Oksana and Elena.
Rest in peace.
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WHO will have the next 3-up, 3-count disaster?
UPDATE – Piibunina points out my error in the post below:
Olympic qualification of teams at the 2019 World Championships takes place during the qualification (CI), not during the team final (CIV). CI is still 5-4-3, so there is no danger of 3 up 3 count disaster.
Original post:
Like Italy did within seconds of the start of the Team Final at Europeans. Their first vaulter slipped. This score counted towards team.
Something similar could happen to any team in this format. Or — even worse — they could have an injury during the competition.
This is one reason teams want to rank in the top 3 at Worlds 2018. That’s automatic team qualification to Olympics 2020. They don’t have to risk 3-up, 3-count disaster at Worlds 2019.
Olympic Gymnastics has changed
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