Category: Olympics

Shang Chunsong is ill

Could not do much at podium training yesterday.

… Shang caught a cold a few days ago and was having a fever,” said Mao.

Huang Yubin, the head coach of the Chinese team, confirmed that Shang had been ill for three days and she was too weak to complete routines on the apparatus.

But Huang said they had no plans right now to replace Shang with a substitute.

“She still has three more days to recover,” said Huang.

Shang, who finished fourth in the women’s individual all-round event at last year’s World Championships, is considered China’s No. 1 medal contender for the all-around event in Rio. …

Sports Campus

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Oleg Verniaiev interview

The man with the best chance, I’d say, to defeat Uchimura in the AA.

Post Olympics he’ll do 8 competitions in the German professional league. He loves to compete.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (13min)

(via papaliukin)

Simone, Gabby, Aly to compete the AA

As expected, Simone and Gabby will compete the AA for USA. It looks like Aly Raisman will as well over Laurie Hernandez.

That means Laurie will not compete Bars in prelims.

Most likely line-ups in prelims:

Floor: Gabby, Laurie, Simone, Aly

Vault: Laurie, Gabby, Aly, Simone

Bars: Aly, Simone, Gabby, Madison

Beam: Gabby, Aly, Laurie, Simone

Click PLAY or watch Gabby’s Bars from podium on Facebook.

Youth Olympic Games changes

The Working Group recommendations presented to the Session put forward five strategic goals:

Increase participation and level of competition …

Bring the YOG to cities that cannot organise the Olympic Games …

Expand the reach and impact of the YOG …

Leverage digital platforms to extend the YOG experience …

Enhance the YOG’s role as incubator for innovation …

These recommendations were unanimously accepted by the Session. The implementation of the recommendations will be achieved in consultation with all relevant stakeholders by Q4 2017.

Olympic.org

The next Summer YOG to take place will be the 2018 Summer Youth Olympic Games of Buenos Aires. The next Winter YOG to take place will be the 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games of Lausanne.

Gymnastics will be hosted in a venue yet to be built – Predio Ferial Olímpico.

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Nile Wilson – Olympian

Heart this photo on twitter.

271 RUS athletes cleared to compete

This is more than two-thirds of their original entry list of 389 athletes, despite the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) recommending a blanket ban after a doping scandal.

BBC

Here’s the list of Gymnastics sports athletes approved.

Olympic.org posted the official statement.

Russia Olympics

Hong Un Jong – Yurchenko 3/1

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Ivan Stretovich replaces Nikita Ignatyev

Here’s an interesting issue from Rio. Via Uncle Tim.

Did Russia Break the IOC’s Rules for Ivan Stretovich? Probably, But Does It Matter?

Such replacement will only occur when there are urgent medical conditions preventing participation of an athlete, or otherwise on a case-by-case basis for exceptional circumstances.

Nikita is not injured. Read his take on being replaced.

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5 new MAG elements submitted

For example, the Nguyen.

If done successfully at any time during the Games, these elements will be officially named for the gymnast who performs them. …

A free hip circle mount from the side of the bars with three quarter turn to handstand position.

Element value: E

The Nguyen use this

Scroll down this page to see the other four.