Category: Olympics

Belgium Olympic qualification

For the single Men’s position in Rio:

* The priority will go to event specialists. They will have to reach a certain score to make it to the Olympics: 15.310 on floor, 15.382 on pommel horse, 15.588 on rings, 15.088 on vault (2-vaults average), 15.544 on parallel bars and 15.033 on horizontal bar.

* If an all-arounder scores 87.281 this Saturday, he will automatically earn his spot for the Games.

* If none of the two criteria above are met, the best all-around gymnast in Rotterdam will represent Belgium in Rio.

For the women’s team:

If a gymnast scores more than 56 points in the all-around in Rotterdam, she will automatically earn her spot in the team. The final selection will be made on June 29th and will be announced to the press on that day, along with the name of the male representative. …

Details on Belgian Gymnastics Blog.

Belgium

Rebeca Andrade – double double

Brazil is the team that could move up most in Rio.

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(via papaliukin)

watch the Rio WAG Team Final

Now. 🙂

GymnasticFan put together a predicted finish. Brazil in 5th.

It’s just for fun. To encourage discussion.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

2016 French Championships

Vault
Coline Devillard 13.95
Morgane Osyssek (junior) 13.9
Océane Pausé 13.525

Bars
Loan His 15.050
Lorette Charpy (junior) 14.800
Louise Vanhille et Anne Kuhm 14.000

Beam
Marine Boyer 15.000
Alisson Lapp (junior) 14.150
Lorette Charpy (junior) 14.050

Floor
Juliette Bossu 13.800
Louise Vanhille 13.750
Oréane Lechenault 13.550

full Apparatus Finals results

France Apparatus Finals

Here are the AA results:

SR
1 Marine Boyer 56.500
2 Juliette Bossu 55.850
3 Anne Kuhm 55.550
4 Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos 55.350
5 Louise Vanhille 55.300
6 Oreane Lechenault 55.250

JR
1 Lorette Charpy 56.200
2 Janna Mouffok 54.550
3 Alisson Lapp 53.250
4 Morgane Osyssek 53.050
5 Cloé Blanca Perret 52.300
6 Assia Khnifass 52.050

Kyle Shewfelt’s 2008 comeback

Kyle had every reason to retire after 2004, the Olympic Floor Champion.

But he felt driven to train for one more. Beijing would be his 3rd Olympics.

In 2006 FIG changed the Code of Points to reward difficulty over execution, Kyle’s forte. In 2007 Kyle suffered a horror-show injury landing Tamayo with straight legs at Worlds. Yet he still wouldn’t give up.

This week @Olympics posted his comeback story.

Louis Smith should be reprimanded

Louis has made many mistakes over the years. Seems to enjoy controversy.

Though this one is more juvenile than anything else, I messaged British Gymnastics recommending he be reprimanded. His reaction to the public furor was undisciplined at best. He’s a bad ambassador for the sport. This behaviour is exactly what we want to discourage. 😦

Carly Patterson said she didn’t mind, if that’s a factor.

As a one apparatus contender on one of the best teams in the world, Louis should be doing everything right to stay on the A squad. There are a dozen guys waiting to step into his place.

related – British Gymnast Louis Smith Gets A Perfect 10 In Sexism