Category: Olympics

IOC #StrongerTogether Webby Award

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. #StrongerTogether campaign film featuring Usain Bolt, Naomi Osaka, Tony Hawk, Nyjah Huston, Yusra Mardini, Andre Degrasse and many more.

Hashimoto Daiki – 6 apparatus

Our defending Olympic champion Hashimoto Daiki won the All Japan competition:

174.161 (85.864, 87.797)

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Taylor Swift talks Suni and Jade

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Suni – Olympic Champion to NCAA

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why Mélanie is moving to Simone’s Gym

French star, Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos, was disappointed by her results in Tokyo.

But joining Simone’s tour rekindled her enthusiasm for training towards the Paris Olympics.

She wanted a change. And moving to Texas is a BIG change. She’ll train with Cecile and Laurent Landi at World Champions Centre.

Mélanie will skip European Championships 2022.

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Paris Olympics qualification system

A total of 318 athletes – 192 in Artistic, 94 in Rhythmic and 32 in Trampoline.

Via email from FIG:

Artistic Gymnastics

  • Available places: 96 male gymnasts + 96 female gymnasts
  • Venue: Bercy Arena
  • Dates: 27 July – 5 August

First opportunity to qualify for Artistic will be at Liverpool, United Kingdom, at the World Championships, scheduled to take place from 29 October to 6 November 2022. Top 3 teams each qualify 5 spots for Paris.

At the 2023 Worlds in Antwerp, Belgium the 9 remaining team places will be awarded. And and the 3 next-best-ranked eligible countries will get 1 non-nominative place.  In addition, the All-Around Qualifications’ results will enable 8 male gymnasts and 14 female gymnasts to get their Olympic tickets. The Apparatus finals will be an opportunity for the specialists with places for the #1 eligible gymnast in each apparatus final.

The specialists will have another opportunity with the Apparatus World Cup series in 2024. The 2 best eligible women and men on each apparatus from the Olympic Qualification World Cup Ranking List – based on their best three results out of four in the series – will be Paris-bound.

The last qualifying opportunity will come at the 2024 continental championships, with 1 All-Around individual place at stake for contenders at each continental event.

Olympic Champ Linoy Ashram retires

Komova finally proud of London Silver

At the London Olympics you could argue that either Gabby Douglas or Viktoria Komova deserved the gold. LIVE at the time, I thought Gabby was slightly better in the AA competition.

17-year-old Komova did not take the loss well.

I was disappointed in her attitude at the time. Poor sportsmanship.

Now I can say this: ⠀ I’m proud of myself! I’m proud of my performance! And I’m glad I went to the Olympics! 🎉 ⠀ This is my sports pride for life ♥️” 

read more – Russia’s Viktoria Komova Is Finally Proud Of Her Olympic All Around Silver Medal

Mélanie will train at Simone’s Gym

No doubt Mélanie will be one of the biggest local stars when Paris hosts the Olympics.