Category: Olympics

Ellie Black & Alice D’Amato win Jesolo

Looks like there is no tie breaker at this prestigious Invitational.

After this graphic went LIVE, a tie-breaker gave the AA to Alice. Ellie was silver.

Doha World Cup – Final 2

Doha World Cup – Final 1

Wow. Kaylia 15.366. She never misses.

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Ahmad Abu Al Soud is the first gymnast from Jordan to qualify for the Olympics.

Simone on Alex Cooper’s podcast

Simone did not hold back in an interview with Alex Cooper.

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Hashimoto Daiki – 4th All Japan title

Hashimoto Daiki breezed to a fourth consecutive All-Japan Gymnastics All-Around Championship on Sunday (14 April) – with both arms cramping up on the last two events. …

… romping to the men’s title with a 176.164 over the two days – four points ahead of Oka Shinnosuke (172.264) and five ahead of Kaya Kazuma (171.596). …

ALL-JAPAN ALL-AROUND CHAMPIONSHIPS 2024: CRAMPED ARMS AND ALL, HASHIMOTO DAIKI TAKES FOURTH STRAIGHT TITLE

Tang Chia-Hung in Paris

Definitely a gold medal contender on H Bar.

Recovered from the injury that cost him most of his 2023 season …

The gymnast known as the “King of Cats” blew past the competition to win the Horizontal Bar title at last weekend’s World Challenge Cup in Osijek (CRO), scoring 15.350 for a new routine that included five different release skills: three Tkatchev elements, a Cassina, and an unusual Walstrom (Yamawaki with full turn).

His 15.350 (which carries a 6.5 difficulty tariff) was higher than the 15.233 Hashimoto Daiki (JPN) received when winning the World title on the apparatus last autumn …

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Powerade | Simone Biles – “The Vault” 

This is fantastic.

Simone is going to be SO MOTIVATED in Paris.

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Liu Yang and Arthur Zaneitti

Lance compares body types and skill choices of two Olympic champions.

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Hashimoto Daiki leads 2024 All-Japan

Hashimoto has already secured his Olympic spot on the Japanese team by winning the all-around competition at the 2023 World Gymnastics Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. However, for the rest of the field, this competition is a critical step towards making the Olympic team. 

The depth of the Japanese team is shown by how many athletes are capable of score over the coveted 80 mark; today, 45 Japanese gymnasts scored over 80. Compared to the most recent U.S. national championships where 14 athletes scored over 80 or the most recent British national championship where only three athletes managed that feat, it’s easy to see why the Japanese are so strong in international competition. 

Neutral Deductions

2019 junior world all-around champion, Oka Shinnosuke, qualified 2nd.