Whittenburg & Mikulak Top 2 at Day 1 of U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Championships
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related – Whittenburg Holds Slight Lead After Competitive First Day In Hartford
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There’s an excellent piece in the NY Times:
Young Gymnast Needs to Navigate Deep U.S. Pool to Reach Rio
via @GymCastic
Men’s P&G Championships
The 2016 Men’s P&G Gymnastics Championships begin on Friday in Hartford, Connecticut, and will feature a field of 11 men who have combined for 39 U.S. titles and 12 world championships medals.
The competition will determine both the men’s senior national champions and national team, as well as the athletes who will advance to the U.S. Olympic Team Trials on June 23-25 in St. Louis. From there, five men will be chosen to represent Team USA at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games.
U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Championships preview
guest post by Shelli Koszdin:
If I had to bet, I would put money on Donnell Whittenburg and John Orozco to make it to Rio. …
My longshot picks to make it to Rio are Akash Modi, Yul Moldauer, or Sean Melton. …
One Gymnastics Fan’s Preview of the 2016 U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Championships
Click through for an excellent preview. See why Shelli doesn’t necessarily consider Sam Mikulak a lock. (Sam is a lock, I’d say. As are Donnell and John.)
USAG – 2012 Olympians, World medalists highlight 2016 P&G Men’s Championships field
Ryan Patterson to Rio
South Africa: Patterson Will Make History As He Takes to the Floor for Team SA in Rio
South Africa did not approve their female gymnast feeling her performance level was not high enough. 😦
Isabela Onyshko leads #GymCdnChamps
1. Isabela Onyshko MB 57.300
2. Ellie Black NS 57.150
3. Brittany Rogers AB 55.625
4. Megan Roberts ON 55.250
5. Madison Copiak AB 55.075
6. Victoria-Kayen Woo QC 53.825
full results
Isabela‘s Beam was one of her best ever. One of the best in the world. But she fell on 1/1. 😦
Ellie was not 100% coming into the meet. Looked super happy to have competed all 4. Fall on Bars. Easier 2nd vault than usual (to qualify to the Vault final).
Brittany competed FX! Looked great AA … but missed her Beam dismount.
Money-in-the-bank Maddy hit 4/4. Still improving. What College coach was smart enough to recruit that girl? 🙂
I love Megan Roberts. Always have. She’d be on the Olympic team if I had to name it right now.
Other standout routines include Maegan Chant 13.625 FX. I thought Shallon Olsen was underscored with a 13.675 FX. Shallon will easily win vault, as usual. No Amanar as yet, however. Sabrina Gill‘s 14.100 Bars.
Rose-Laying Woo is a definite contender for Rio. But her training has been limited this season due to back pain.
Canada has never had so much depth. National Team Director Dave Brubaker: “It’s a nice problem to have.”
day in the life of Olympian Courtney McGregor
Christchurch gymnast Courtney McGregor will join the New Zealand Olympic team for Rio, alongside fellow gymnast Misha Koudinov and trampolinist Dylan Schmidt.
They are New Zealand’s first Olympic gymnasts since Sydney 2000 and the largest contingent since three gymnasts went to the Tokyo Games in 1964. …
She’ll be competing for Boise after Rio.
Kristian Thomas on Zika
Olympic bronze medallist gymnast Kristian Thomas told BBC Sport: “We were over there in February for a training camp and we followed all the advice from the doctors, the BOA (British Olympic Association) and British Gymnastics and we were all fine.
“I think we’ve just got to make sure we’re on top of this and following the guidelines, make sure we’re protecting ourselves and each other …”
I was in Rio for 17 days in April and saw only 3 mosquitos. There will be fewer during the Olympics.
The risk of Zika infection is far lower than the risk of getting into a motor vehicle accident on the way to the Olympic venue.
Japanese Olympic sportswear
Russia, GBR, Switzerland
1 RUS 271.378
2 GBR 268.427
3 SUI 263.278
Congratulations Russia. The team strategy of high start scores worked this time.
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