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Nick Zacardi:
NBC will air its most hours of Olympic trials coverage ever — 76 in total, including more than 60 in primetime — continuing next week in advance of the Rio Games in August.
It tops the 67.5 hours of coverage in 2012 ahead of the London Olympics. …
June 23 (St Louis MO)
Gymnastics Men’s Trials NBCSN 8:30 p.m.
June 25
Gymnastics Men’s Trials NBC 9 p.m.
July 8 (San Jose CA)
Gymnastics Women’s Trials NBC 9 p.m.
July 10
Gymnastics Women’s Trials NBC 8:30 p.m.
March 28 to April 3 in Valladolid, Spain.
Who will be victorious in Valladolid?
Cirque’s Charlie Burrows will be there.
25th European Championships Trampoline – Valladolid 2016 on Facebook.
World Sport visits South Essex Gymnastics Club and Head Coach Scott Hann, who trains a team of elite gymnasts with 36 Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth medals between them. The team includes Max Whitlock, Brinn Bevan and Reiss Beckford.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
(via gymnastikfabriken)
FloGymnastics:
As the 2016 Olympics approach, we will be ranking the top U.S. elite gymnasts who are eligible for Rio. Rankings are based on prior performances, consistency in competitions, international experience, upgrade potential, and current competitions. …
1. Simone Biles
2. Gabby Douglas
3. Aly Raisman
4. Maggie Nichols
5. Madison Kocian
6. Ragan Smith
7. Laurie Hernandez
8. MyKayla Skinner
Click through for the full list.
Click PLAY or watch Ragan’s energetic FX on YouTube.
It’s still too early to bet the mortgage. But these two new Seniors are definitely in the mix. Either or both could be on the final team.
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? 🙂
Click through to Spotlight Gymnastics to learn more.
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
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.
Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.
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 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 …
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