Category: Olympics

Simone withdrew from Vault & Bars

MyKayla Skinner will replace her on Vault.

Melanie de Jesus dos Santos will go in on Bars.

Olympic Trampoline Champion Zhu Xueying

🥇 Zhu Xueying CHN 56.635
🥈 Liu Lingling CHN 56.350
🥉 Bryony Page GBR 55.735

Full results.

Two-time defending Champ Rosie Maclennan finished 4th.

Suni, Rebeca, Angelina

EVERYONE assumed Simone would again be Olympic Champion.

Instead, we had a thrilling AA Final.

Very competitive.

🥇 Sunisa Lee USA 57.433
🥈 Rebeca Andrade BRA 57.298
🥉 Angelina Melnikova RUS 57.199

Full results.

https://twitter.com/uncletimmensgym/status/1420736421782966275

Ellie Black withdraws from AA

Bad news.

Merde.

Olympic Champion Hashimoto Daiki

Age-19. Wants to be the next Kohei Uchimura.

AMBITIONS:

To win gold at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, and then defend his title at the 2024 and 2028 Games. (nikkansports.com, 04 Jan 2020; tokyo-sports.co.jp, 21 Jan 2020)

Japan looks to be the team of the future. Takeru finished 5th, age-18.

🏅Hashimoto Daiki 🇯🇵 Japan
🥈Xiao Ruoteng 🇨🇳 China
🥉Nikita Nagornyy 🇷🇺 Russia

Taiwan’s Tang Chia-Hung surprised. Qualified in 22nd. Finished 7th!

Full results.

Jade Carey to the AA

Jade’s story is remarkable too.

She’s got a real shot at the podium.