Click PLAY or watch an FIG preview on YouTube. It’s targeted at the general public.
Category: Olympics
Catalina Ponor to Rio?
Seems Cata will be selected over Larisa Iordache. There’s some confusion on that.
You’d think Romanian President Adrian Stoica would have had enough controversy by now. That he’d be orchestrating the Olympic announcements.
And she’ll be the flag bearer for Opening Ceremonies.
Heart this photo on her Instagram.
Olympic Trials, San Jose
Friday July 8th – 6-8 p.m. PT
Sunday July 10th – 5:30-8 p.m. PT
The top AA combined over the two nights will earn automatic qualification to Rio. The rest must wait on the selection committee. Details.
Simone Biles
Christina Desiderio
Gabby Douglas
Brenna Dowell
Rachel Gowey
Laurie Hernandez
Amelia Hundley
Madison Kocian
Ashton Locklear
Maggie Nichols
Aly Raisman
Emily Schild
MyKayla Skinner
Ragan Smith
FloGymnastics posted a preview VIDEO.
welcome to San Jose
top Gymnastics scores 2016
The All Around just updated their stats for the year.
1 Simone Biles (USA) 62.900
2 Aly Raisman (USA) 60.650
3 Lauren Hernandez (USA) 60.450
Vault
1 Simone Biles (USA) 15.800
2 Maria Paseka (RUS) 15.700
3 Un Jong Hong (PRK) 15.633
Bars
1 Ashton Locklear (USA) 15.850
2 Fan Yilin (CHN) 15.734 w 0.1 bonus
3 Madison Kocian (USA) 15.700
Click PLAY or watch Fan Yilin on YouTube.
I don’t believe either Ashton or Madison would beat that routine with the same judges.
Beam
1 Simone Biles (USA) 15.700
2 Sanne Wevers (NED) 15.650
3 Madison Kocian (USA) 15.550
Floor
1 Simone Biles (USA) 16.100 (6.9)
2 Aly Raisman (USA) 15.700
3 Maggie Nichols (USA) 15.200
See the full ranking.
Several have noted that Russian and some American scores are higher than they should expect in Rio.
Team Brazil – Olympic preview
Russian Cup Men’s Apparatus Finals
Floor
1. Denis Ablyazin Penza / Moscow 15.600
2. Nikita Ignatyev Leninsk-Kuznetsky / Novosibirsk 14.900
3. Nikolai Kuksenkov Vladimir 14.767
Pommels
1. Vladislav Polyashov Cheboksary 15.000
2. Ivan Stretovich Novosibirsk / Zvenigorod 14.767
3. Sergei Danilenko Chelyabinsk 14.167
3. Nikita Ignatyev Leninsk-Kuznetsky / Novosibirsk 14.167
Rings
1. Denis Ablyazin Penza / Moscow 14.700
1. Nikita Ignatyev Leninsk-Kuznetsky / Novosibirsk 14.700
3. Nikolai Kuksenkov Vladimir 14.633
Vault
1. Denis Ablyazin Penza / Moscow 15.467 15.233 15.350
2. Mikhail Kudashov Chelyabinsk 14.700 14.300 14.500
3. Dmitry Lankin Moscow / Rostov-on-Don 13.767 14.933 14.350
3. Viktor Britan Chelyabinsk 14.433 14.267 14.350
P Bars
1. Ivan Stretovich Novosibirsk / Zvenigorod 14.933
2. Artur Dalaloyan Moscow 14.800
3. Dmitry Lankin Moscow / Rostov-on-Don 14.567
H Bar
1. Ivan Stretovich Novosibirsk / Zvenigorod 14.600
2. Alexei Rostov Vladimir 14.400
3. Vladislav Polyashov Cheboksary 14.167
full results
Ablyazin:
”Overall today everything went as planned. I have some kind of virus, but that’s all right, I’m recovering. I showed my Olympic program (on floor exercise) and won’t change anything.” …
USA – recent D Scores
1. Simone Biles 25.90
2. Aly Raisman 25.20
3. MyKayla Skinner 25.00
4. Ragan Smith 24.60
5. Laurie Hernandez 24.50
6. Maggie Nichols 24.20
See the full list on FloGymnastics.
Click PLAY or watch MyKayla’s Vault on YouTube.
Made in America 2012
I haven’t been linking to the MADE IN AMERICA episodes for one reason.
In general I try not to promote things geo-blocked. (Of course I do have a VPN and can watch from anywhere in the world, if I choose.)
The Facebook promo is not blocked, however. Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.
Rachel Gowey and coach Chow
The Des Moines Register has an excellent feature. Photos and video.
A career of toil has Rachel Gowey on cusp of Olympic dream
Gymnastics Coaching.com 