Category: Olympics

Simone goes 59.500

The #CoreClassic is not an Olympic trial.

But it’s certainly an important tune-up. And a Nationals qualifier for some.

You have to think Simone and Shi are locks for Paris, barring injury.

Jordan will be happy with this ranking.

Many of the contenders had problems they plan to correct. It’s still very competitive to make the U.S. Olympic team.

59.500: Simone Biles
57.650: Shilese Jones
55.450: Jordan Chiles
54.400: Jade Carey
54.350: Skye Blakely
53.900: Tiana Sumanasekera
53.450: Leanne Wong
53.000: Dulcy Caylor
52.950: Marissa Neal
52.700: Kaliya Lincoln
52.700: Evey Lowe

Trinity Thomas looked good — but decided not to do the AA. Suni never planned to do all 4 apparatus here.

All eyes were on Gabby Douglas. However she fell twice on Bars, the 1st apparatus and decided to withdraw.

Konnor McClain was looking great in training. But withdrew after a possible Achilles injury in the Floor warm-up.

Japan’s 2024 Olympic team

Like most coaches, I believe Japan names the team too early.

Gymnasts competing well in May will not necessarily be 100% end of July.

Abdulla Azimov to Paris Olympics

Finishing highest of the non-qualified, it looks like Abdulla Azimov won the AA ticket to the 2024 Olympics from Asian Championships.

Congratulations.

I believe Uzbekistan now has 3 MAG Olympians qualified — the other two being Rasuljon Abdulrakhimov though P Bars and Khabibullo Ergashev through Worlds AA.

Gold Over America Tour tickets

Simone documentary before Olympics

Starting in July, Netflix and the IOC will air three new documentary series, including one on U.S. gymnast Simone Biles. The other two series will cover men’s basketball and sprinters.

“Simone Biles: Rising” will feature four 45-minute episodes following her journey after Tokyo. …

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wrong scores at Rhythmic World Cup Athens

LAUSANNE (SUI), FIG Office, 14 May 2024

Irregularities in scoring system at 2024 RG World Cup in Palaio Faliro, Athens (GRE)

An internal review of the results book submitted for the above-mentioned competition highlighted an error in the scoring system which led to the scores given by the A1 and E1 judges being inversed for the Individual Clubs and Ribbon qualification events.

As a result, the qualification ranking for these events was incorrect, which in turn meant that the finalists were not correct. Consequently, the World Cup ranking published after the event was also incorrect. All results for this event were therefore removed from the FIG website.

After a careful review, the FIG has now published the correct results for this event and updated the World Cup ranking accordingly to reflect the correct results.

Please note that the scoring provider for this event, “Best Solutions International, Computer Systems & Software” (BUL), has been notified that the FIG will not accept it as a scoring and results partner for any FIG approved/sanctioned events until further notice. We therefore kindly ask you to respect this decision and strongly recommend you not to use the services of “Best Solutions International” for any of your national or other competitions.

via email from FIG

Aussie Champ Jesse Moore

  1. Jesse Moore 83.099
  2. Clay Stephens 81.066
  3. Heath Thorpe 80.781

Ruby Pass and Jesse Moore win Australian senior all-around titles

Ruby Pass – Aussie Champ 2024

Sadly, the defending champion, Georgia Godwin, is out for the season with Achilles injury.