Belgium has a shot at qualifying a full team to the Rio Olympics. (For London they missed by just one spot.)
How many of their gymnasts can you identify? 🙂
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Category: Olympics
Rio Test Event – scoring potential of teams
Here’s some analysis.
… a team of Larisa Iordace, Ana Maria Ocolisan, Diana Bulimar, Catalina Ponor, Silvia Zarzu, and Laura Jurca would be the clear favorites at the Test Event. Their weighted score comes in first by a 2.7 point berth, and then is Brazil about 2 points ahead of Germany. …
related – Romanian Gymnast – The road to Rio: comebacks, medals and the first names for the test event
Roxi Popa injured
trampolinist Rea Lenders (NED)
The next Hard Way To Success documentary will feature Rea Lenders’ attempt to make the Olympic Games.
Bo Bet will compete at the Test Event to try to qualify Netherlands for an Olympic qualification spot. Netherlands would then make the selection as to which trampolinist they would send.
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Doha World Cup final – day 1
Vault
1 Giulia Steingruber Switzerland 14.712
2 Teja Belak Slovenia 14.337
3 Tjasa Kysselef Slovenia 14.087
Bars
1 Jonna Adlerteg Sweden 6.6 8.325 14.925
2 Rebeca Andrade Brazil 5.9 8.350 14.250
3 Ana Filipa Martins Portugal 5.6 8.025 13.625
full WAG results
Floor
1 HYPOLITO Diego BRA 6.800 8.475 (0.1) 15.175
2 KLAVORA Rok SLO 6.200 8.800 15.000
3 OLDHAM Sam GBR 6.200 8.725 14.925
Pommels
1 MERDINYAN Harutyun ARM 6.700 8.975 15.675
2 SELIGMAN Robert CRO 6.400 8.900 15.300
3T STEPKO Oleg AZE 6.400 8.600 15.000
3T BERTONCELJ Saso SLO 6.200 8.800 15.000
Qatar’s Aldyani Ahmed qualified for the final with 14.600.
Rings was the best final. All of these guys are world class.
1 PETROUNIAS Eleftherios GRE 6.800 9.075 15.875
2 DAVTYAN Vahagn ARM 6.700 9.100 15.800
3 TOVMASYAN Artur ARM 6.600 9.175 15.775
4 LARDUET Manrique CUB 6.700 8.900 15.600
5 COLAK Ibrahim TUR 6.700 8.725 15.425
6 MEDINA FLORES Henrique BRA 6.900 8.425 15.325
7 LIAO Junlin CHN 6.700 8.525 15.225
8 KUDRATULLAYEV Azizbek KAZ 6.400 8.575 14.975
Larisa Latynina – greatest Olympic gymnast all time
Larisa Latynina was ranked the 9th greatest Olympian in any sport by bwin.
… Her total of 18 Olympic medals was a record for 48 years until surpassed by American swimmerMichael Phelps …
Rosie MacLennan will defend in Rio
Reigning women’s Olympic trampoline champion Rosie MacLennan of Toronto booked her ticket to the 2016 Summer Games in Rio with her victory on Sunday at the Canada Cup in Kamloops, B.C.
MacLennan placed first in the women’s senior event with a two-day total score of 152.500 points, followed by three-time Olympic medal-winner Karen Cockburn of Toronto, (148.185 ) and Samantha Sendel of Aurora, Ont., (147.420). …
While MacLennan can now shift her focus to ramping up her routines for the Rio Games, nine-time Canadian men’s champion Jason Burnett’s hopes competing at his third straight Olympic Games got a big boost after winning the men’s Canada Cup title with a dominant performance.
Burnett, who competes next month at a last-chance Olympic qualification meet to win a spot for Canada in men’s trampoline, cruised to the gold medal with 161.020 points …
Canadian Men’s team named
Tony Smith of Calgary named his seven-man team, including one reserve, for the Olympic qualifier.
Joining Ikeda, Morgan, Payne and Zakutney on the Rio-bound team are Anderson Loran of Saskatoon, Rene Cournoyer of Repentigy, Que., and Hugh Smith of Halifax.
“This is a very different team going to Rio than I was expecting,” said Smith. “It’s been a real ordeal with all the injuries we’ve had, but these guys have stepped up and have improved as a team in many ways.”
“We tend to look on the bright side, but still it’s going to be a difficult challenge to get that Olympic berth.”
Among others, injuries have knocked out five-time world championship veteran Kevin Lytwyn of Stoney Creek, Ont., and most recently Mathieu Csukassy of Montreal who tore a patella tendon on Friday in the team competition.
Zakutney, the 2015 Elite Canada junior all-around champion, was slated to compete at the Pacific Rim Championships in April, but now finds himself gearing up for the Olympic qualifier in what will be the biggest competition of his career.
“I’m very excited,” said Zakutney. “I wasn’t focusing on the Olympic qualification event at all since I had already been picked for the Pacific Rim event, but now I feel more motivated than ever. I just want to get back to the training gym and work even harder.”
The Olympic qualification meet for artistic gymnastics will take place April 16-18.?
Rene had a fluke fall from Rings when a grip broke – keeping him out of UCIC – but is expected to be ready for Rio.
Gabby Douglas wins Jesolo
1. Gabby Douglas, USA, 59.65
2. Ragan Smith, USA, 59.05
3. Laurie Hernandez, USA, 58.55
4. Flavia Saraiva, Brazil, 58.4
5. Mykayla Skinner, USA, 57.9
6. Aly Raisman, USA, 57.85
7. Emily Schild, USA, 57.45
8. Carlotta Ferlito, Italy, 56.3
9. Jade Barbosa, Brazil, 56.0
10. Marine Brevet, France, 55.35
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Gabby is looking good for Rio. Just sayin’.
2016 Trampoline Canada Cup
Kamloops BC will once again play host to the country’s best athletes as Canada’s Olympic selection for trampoline begins. The Tournament Capital Centre has hosted this event for the past two years alongside a Trampoline Provincial Cup and WAG invitational. International guests Brazil, China and USA have sent athletes as well. …
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