Congratulations Netherlands who qualified 8th.
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Cirque – watching the Olympics
Canada, France, Japan yet to come
Simone and Aly to the AA Final
The favourites to finish #1 and #2.
Recall it was Gabby who finished ahead of Aly last year at Worlds Glasgow.
Aly was better than Gabby today in prelims. There’s no controversy.
No controversy aside from the boo birds who will again be calling to eliminate the maximum two / nation rule for finals. In London it was Gabby qualifying to the AA final over Jordyn Wieber. Today Gabby knows how Jordyn felt in 2012.
USA Olympic finalists
The toughest competition in Rio is between the American team members to see who would finish top 2.
Vault: Simone (1st)
Bars: Madison (1st), Gabby (3rd)
Beam: Simone (1st), Laurie (2nd)
Floor: Simone (1st), Aly (2nd)
Four of five subdivisions are complete. But there’s no doubt that those will hold up.
It was as dominant a team performance as I can ever recall. Like some of the Soviet Union preliminary meets back in the 1980s.
Rebeca Andrade – Amanar
congratulations USA Gymnastics
Five Olympians will compete in Rio.
They are the best team because of the huge support system. Thousands of clubs. A great competitive structure. The NCAA program.
Everyone involved in USA Gymnastics should take pride in their collective accomplishment today. 🙂
Of all the terrific videos I’ve seen leading up to Rio, this Under Armour edit is still my favourite. It hints at the amount of work needed.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Rebeca Andrade – Bars
After 3/5 qualifying subdivisions Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade leads the AA with a 58.732.
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Ponor’s 14,900 Beam
In the Final she’ll defend her Olympic Beam Gold medal she won 12 YEARS AGO. 🙂
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