One of the favourites for the AA withdrew from the competition after Vault. He was injured in podium training but tried anyway.
Hopes to be back for the P Bar final.
Category: Olympics
Oksana training Produnova in Rio
Men’s AA Final results
1. Uchimura JPN 92.365
2. Vernyayev UKR 92.266
3. Whitlock GBR 90.641
full results
It was a thriller. Men’s Gymnastics is almost always more exciting than WAG.
The big battle was Kohei vs Oleg. Both hit 6/6 very well. It could have gone either way.
Many are debating the 6th apparatus – Horizontal Bar.
I thought the judges got it right.
FIG rules are stupid on that apparatus. Uchimura has a huge routine with difficult overbar releases performed with amplitude and excellent leg form. His angles on regrasps are much better than most. Daniel points out that he caught with bent elbows. A fair point.
But in reality Max and Oleg’s routines are Mickey Mouse in comparison. If the three were training together in the Gym all would agree that Kohei is far, far better on pipe. FIG MTC truly has to fix the rules on that apparatus. The cheap difficulty skills must be devalued.
But I would like to go back and watch all three on all 6 apparatus. Seems to me Max was evaluated most generously of the three. His E-score on Rings?
Please leave a comment if you disagree.
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Congratulations Max on your historic performance in one of the toughest Olympic Finals all time. 🙂
King Kohei wins again
“Uchimura is the greatest gymnast all time. Male or female.”
https://twitter.com/uncletimmensgym/status/763491001058992128
NOBODY can beat Simone
Alexandrov will leave Brazil
Always refreshingly honest and open, Alexander’s interview is a must read for Gymnastics fans.
Brazil should do everything they can to convince him to stay.
Rewriting Russian Gymnastics:
Q: Is it true that right after the Games you will stop working with the Brazilian team and return to the US?
A: Where else would I go? Staying in Brazil wouldn’t make sense, right now there’s a complicated political situation here, a financial crisis, impossible to predict who’ll be the next president and how the situation will change.
Q: And when you return to the US, will you continue coaching?
A: First, I’ll have some rest, then I’ll think about it hard. I’ll look into all the offers, which, I hope, will arrive, and think about all the pros and cons.
Q: What if you are offered a job in Russia again?
A: Are you kidding? Who do you think would offer me a job there?
Alexander Alexandrov – ‘staying in Brazil wouldn’t make sense right now’
4for4.info team final prediction
After the preliminary competition, 4for4 updated their predictions.
Actual:
1- USA 184.897
2- RUS 176.688
3- CHN 176.003
4- JPN 174.371
5- GBR 174.362
6- GER 173.672
7- NED 172.447
8- BRA 172.087
Aliya Mustafina, ‘I have reached my main Olympic target’
… I decided to come to the Olympics just to help the team. …
‘I am very tired now and just want to lie down and rest. Of course, I am very happy. We fought to the very end, and we won the silver medal, this is the best that we could do. …
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