Category: Olympics

British men’s Olympic selection

Sam Oldham was highest AA in the last competition. Here are the most recent results – the London Open. The last opportunity for the guys to make their case for Rio.

1. Max Whitlock 91.200
2. Nile Wilson 89.800

3. Sam Oldham 88.300
4. Brinn Bevan 88.200
5. Dan Purvis 86.350

I saw those scores on Papa Liukin.

There’s all kinds of online coverage of the 2016 British Trampoline Championships. But not much on the London Open men’s competition. 😦

Good luck to the team selectors for Rio. Max and Nile are locks, I’d say. But there are dozens of possible combinations for the rest of the team. I can’t see taking Louis with all those excellent AA contenders. Brinn Bevan is back in the mix!

Ponor, Iordache both compete Nationals

Larisa did compete the AA despite a recent concussion hoping to stay in the running for Olympic selection.

Click PLAY or watch some of her Bars on YouTube.

Coach looks very concerned.

Catalina Ponor competed, as well. Despite her recent illness.

Click PLAY or watch her FX on YouTube.

via Gymternet Clan

GYMNAST – Vasiliki Millousi

Bringing fashion and gymnastics together.

Who better than triple Olympian Vasiliki? 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via Gymnastics Queensland)

Shallon Olsen – Vault

Shallon has high difficulty on Floor and Vault.
Click PLAY or watch her DTY on YouTube.

And she’s very consistent. Has been her entire career.

 
(via Couch Gymnast)

Melnikova, Tutkhalyan, Mustafina

Angelina Melnikova confirmed her position as Russia’s leading AA gymnast today at the Russia Cup in Penza, taking gold over the two days of competition, ahead of her close colleague Seda Tutkhalyan, and Olympic champion from 2012, Aliya Mustafina. Mustafina surprised by once again falling from her best piece, uneven bars.

‘Russia Cup is primarily a step in my preparations for Rio’, said Mustafina. ‘As a competition, it isn’t that important – I needed to try out my AA as I have not competed or trained it for a long time, including trying out my vault. I met all of my goals, every apparatus went well today, apart from bars. My failure there is because we have only just begun working on a new set of bars that will be used in the Olympic Games. There hasn’t been enough time for me to get used to the way they feel …

Rewriting Russian Gymnastics

Melnikova, Tutkhalyan, Mustafina

Couch Gymnast – Russian Cup: All Around Final