Brazil’s Men’s Olympic team

Arthur Zanetti
Arthur Nory
Diego Hypólito
Francisco Barreto
Sérgio Sasaki

Reserves are Caio Souza and Lucas Bitencourt.

(via papaliukin)

no Rio for Yang Hak-seon

Our 2012 Olympic Vault Champion was unable to recover in time from a torn Achilles in March.

The Korean Gymnastics Association gave him every chance to recover, even scheduling three additional trials this month to increase his chances, but on Friday the KGA said Rio was too soon and that he needed more time to get back to full health. …

Reuters

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air kisses from U.S. Olympic trials

The best Gymnastics team in the world by a large margin. 🙂

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US Olympic Trials podium training

USAG is posting video clips on YouTube.

should Romania have sent Larisa?

Balance Beam Situation thinks so:

WHY ROMANIA GOT IT WRONG

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The announcement that Ponor was selected instead was so poorly done that I’m not sure the Federation was particularly organized on the decision.

related – Amanda Turner – For Iordache, and Romania, A Painful Olympic Outcome

Click through for a detailed history of the situation.

Everyone agrees that Larisa should have had automatic qualification to the Olympics for her AA medal at 2015 Worlds. If that had happened Romania could have sent both gymnasts. 😦

how to find out you’ve made the Olympics

Unlike the disorganized Romanian Gymnastics Federation, here’s how Field Hockey Canada announced the team had been nominated for Rio. Helicopter ride over the 2010 Winter Olympic venue. 🙂

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