The biggest surprise of the USA Men’s Olympic team selection.
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Category: Olympics
Dennis Goossens – Olympian
Belgium decided on their Olympic representative based on criteria score on each apparatus.
Dennis was the winner with 15.800 on Rings (VIDEO).
Sam Oldham goes 89.950
Can you leave a guy at home who can score that kind of AA?
Congratulations Sam.
day 1 CDN Olympic trials
We had the LIVE stream playing at Phoenix Gymnastics today. But I was too busy to watch. 😦
You can watch a replay online.
This was more of a TEST meet to check readiness for Rio. These scores are only a small part of the selection process. Day 2 is Wednesday.
Ellie Black 57.400 (fall on Beam)
Brittany Rogers 56.467
Megan Roberts 54.717
Shallon Olsen 54.467
Madison Copiak 54.100
Rose-Kaying Woo 53.600
Isabela Onyshko
– 1st on Beam 15.100
– 2nd on Floor 14.150
– 2nd on Bars 14.750
Bela scored a zero on Vault missing the landing on her DTY. No injury. She hit Bars immediately after.
“We have various priorities to consider when we decide on which athletes to choose,” stated Dave Brubaker, national team director for women’s artistic gymnastics at Gymnastics Canada.
“One priority is the ability to win a medal, another priority is the ability to make a final. Then there’s the priority to be strong on two, preferably three events. So for those fourth and fifth spots, we’re really looking for event specialists who can help contribute to that overall team total.
When we look at our results from the World Championships in Glasgow, we were really strong on vault and bars, so I think where we can bolster the team is on floor and beam, so those are the athletes we might be looking for.”
The non-traveling alternate should be a strong all-arounder as you can’t predict which of the 5 on the team she might have to replace. (I assume the non-traveling alternate will travel to Brazil and be training at a club nearby. Four years ago the Canadian alternate in London was Jessica Savona.)
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love Orozco
I was one of those who doubted John. Happily, I was wrong. 🙂
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Simone 4 time U.S. Champion
Leslie King:
Biles, the first woman to win four-straight U.S. titles since Joan Moore Gnat in 1971-74, tallied an all-around score of 125.000 to seal the title. Two-time Olympic gold-medalist Aly Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan’s American Gymnastics, was second at 121.100, followed by MG Elite’s Laurie Hernandez of Morganville, N.J., in third with 120.500. Two-time 2012 Olympic gold-medalist Gabby Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va./Buckeye Gymnastics, was fourth (117.800), and Madison Kocian of Dallas/WOGA, took fifth (116.450). …
The members of the senior women’s national team advance to compete in the women’s Olympic Trials in San Jose, Calif. July 8 and 10:
Alyssa Baumann
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
when you don’t make the Olympic team
Danell Leyva was the Bronze medalist all around at the London Olympics. This time he’s one of the reserves for Team USA:
Leyva, Modi, Whittenburg
What does coach Yin have to say about that?
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That’s a classy guy.
Here’s another classy guy.
Mikulak, Brooks, Dalton, Naddour, Orozco
No Whittenburg?
I’m surprised.
USA is leaving several potential Olympic medalists at home in order to improve their team score.
A team medal is a long shot. Bringing individual apparatus medalists would have been another strategy.
Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center), earned a berth to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, after posting the highest four-day all-around total, a 362.750, at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials …
The complete men’s U.S. Olympic Team, pending United States Olympic Committee approval, is comprised of: Chris Brooks of Houston, Texas/Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Center); Jake Dalton of Sparks, Nev./Team Hilton (University of Oklahoma); Mikulak; Alex Naddour of Queen Creek, Ariz./Team Hilton (USA Youth Fitness); and John Orozco of Bronx, N.Y./Team Hilton (U.S. Olympic Training Centre) …
But I am thrilled for John Orozco. You’ve got to love a guy who’s so open about his life.
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It's official: @SamuelMikulak, @jake_dalton, @Alex_Naddour, @cbrooks_wpr and @JohnOrozco are headed to Rio! https://t.co/rVWF2quEzK—
USA Gymnastics (@USAGym) June 26, 2016
Scheder wins German Nationals
1 Sophie Scheder 57.450
2 Elisabeth Seitz 57.000
3 Pauline Schäfer 56.950
4 Kim Bui 56.850
5 Tabea Alt 56.550
6 Leah Griesser 55.200
full results
Germany will have a very strong Olympic team.
2016 German Championships Results thegymter.net/2016/06/25/201… https://t.co/aJYrEYAB9D—
The Gymternet (@thegymterdotnet) June 25, 2016
Canadian Olympic Selection Camp
Has begun. First competition goes Monday.
via Lyn Green – Friends of Canadian Gymnastics
Gymnastics Coaching.com 