Category: Olympics

celebrating at the Olympics

My gut reaction โ€”ย as a former cranky old judge โ€” to Ray Zapata celebrating after hitting Floor and qualifying for the Final was … too much for the Olympics.

I would prefer gymnasts do that after stepping down from the podium.

He had saluted the judges. No deduction.

Many disagreed. Many want to see more honest emotion from gymnasts at the end of their routine, even if still on the podium.

Here’s the argument for letting athletes show their emotions.

China dominates qualifications

Multiple world and Olympic team champions the Peopleโ€™s Republic of China did not show any weak spots today. …

Not only did they top the team qualification over traditional rivals Japan, they placed first in five of the eight events. 2021 world champion Zhang Boheng was the top All-Around and Horizontal Bar qualifier, while Zou Jingyuan finished in first place on two apparatus – Still Rings and Parallel Bars.

โ€œOur team performed excellently,โ€ Zhang said. โ€œEveryone did very well and showed great team spirit. We all know this is just the qualification stage and I am taking it one day at a time.โ€ …

ZOUย Jingyuan – Rings

ZOUย Jingyuan is the greatest P Bar man all time.

BUT we’ll have to put him in the rankings of best RINGS all time, as well.

If China beats Japan, it will be due to their fantastic Rings line-up.

Men’s Olympic AA qualifiers

  1. Zhang Boheng CHN 88.597
  2. Oka Shinnosuke JPN 86.865
  3. Hashimoto Daiki JPN 85.064
  4. Xiao Ruoteng CHN 84.898
  5. Jake Jarman GBR 84.897
  6. Joe Fraser GBR 84.666
  1. Oleg Verniaiev UKR 84.631
  2. Yumin Abbadini ITA 83.933
  3. Carlos Yulo PHI 83.631
  4. Fred Richard USA 83.498
  5. Illia Kovtun UKR 83.163
  6. Matteo Giubellini SUI 83.066
  1. Paul Juda USA 82.865
  2. Krisztofer Meszaros HUN 82.798
  3. Jesse Moore AUS 82.698
  4. Mario Macchiati ITA 82.231
  5. Casimir Schmidt NED 82.098
  6. Milad Karimi KAZ 82.065
  1. Diogo Soares BRA 81.999
  2. Florian Langenegger SUI 81.898
  3. Fรฉlix Dolci CAN 81.498
  4. Frank Rijken NED 81.233
  5. Nils Dunkel GER 81.232
  6. Renรฉ Cournoyer CAN 80.798

Official results.

Men’s Olympic TEAM qualification

Top 8 go to the Team Final.

  1. China 263.028
  2. Japan 260.594
  3. Great Britain 256.561
  4. Ukraine 253.893
  5. United States 253.229
  6. Italy 249.764
  7. Switzerland 249.662
  8. Canada 247.794
  9. Tรผrkiye 247.559
  10. Netherlands 247.295
  11. Germany 245.395
  12. Spain 241.294

Canada’s main goal was to finish top 8. And make some history in the Final.

Full results.

Menโ€™s Olympic qualification โ€“ 2nd subdivision

One subdivision left to compete.

LIVE resultsย here.

1. China 263.028
2. Japan 260.594
3. Great Britain 256.561
4. Ukraine 253.893
5. United States 253.229
6. Canada 247.794
7. Netherlands 247.295
8. Germany 245.395

All-Around Standings

1. Zhang Boheng CHN 88.597
2. Oka Shinnosuke JPN 86.865
3. Hashimoto Daiki JPN 85.064
4. Xiao Ruoteng CHN 84.898
5. Jake Jarman GBR 84.897
6. Joe Fraser GBR 84.666
7. Oleg Verniaiev UKR 84.631
8. Carlos Yulo PHI 83.631

Some gold medal contenders missed on their best apparatus.

Other favourites HIT.

Men’s Olympic qualification – 1st subdivision

LIVE results here.

Paul Juda had an amazing day โ€”ย answering the question of whether or not he was the right pick for the team.

Max will get through to defend the Pommel title.

At age-33, Eleftherios Petrounias has still got it.

Lukas looked to be injured out of Paris โ€”ย but recovered in time.

Paris Olympics by the numbers

  • 13 past Olympic champions will compete
  • Simone needs 5 Olympic medals to TIE Larisa Latynina’s record
  • 16 years, 54 daysย – Hezly Rivera (USA), the youngest artistic gymnast
  • 18 yearsย – Angel Barajas (COL), the youngest competitor in the menโ€™s competition

Read more …

Ukraine mourns athletes lost to war

Though I feel badly for Russian gymnasts, I’m 100% in support of banning Putin’s athletes. For as long as the invasion continues.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.