Up in the Air
NOTE – The 47 minute documentary is now available online free, for those who appear to be in Canada. 😇
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Category: Olympics
Novak Djokovic can do splits
Novak Djokovic is the #1 ranked tennis player in the world.
And won the bronze medal in this splits contest with Nina Derwael at the Olympics. 😀
Tokyo Olympics by the numbers
196 gymnasts including 9 Olympic gold medallists from Games reaching as far back as 1992.
UCHIMURA Kohei (JPN / Gold All-Around, 2012 and 2016, Gold Team 2016, and 4 silver medals: All-Around 2008, Team 2008, Floor Exercise 2012, and Team 2012)
Max WHITLOCK (GBR / Gold Floor Exercise and Pommel Horse, 2016, and three bronze medals: All-Around 2016, Pommel Horse 2012, and Team 2012)
Eleftherios PETROUNIAS (GRE / Gold Still Rings, 2016)
Arthur ZANETTI (BRA / Gold Still Rings, 2012, and Silver Still Rings, 2016)
YANG Hakseon (KOR / Gold Vault, 2012)
Epke ZONDERLAND (NED / Gold Horizontal Bar, 2012)
Simone BILES (USA / All-Around, Team, Vault, and Floor Exercise, 2016; also Bronze Balance Beam, 2016)
Sanne WEVERS (NED / Balance Beam, 2016)
Oksana CHUSOVITINA (UZB / Team, 1992; also Silver on Vault, 2008)
6 new WAG skills in Tokyo
Ava Stewart, CAN – Bars
Double salto forward piked dismount
Sanne Wevers. NED – Beam turn
Lieke Wevers, NED – Floor turn
Lieke Wevers, NED – Floor turn #2
Simone Biles, USA – Vault
Double salto forward piked dismount
Jade Carey, USA – Floor
Double layout with 3/1 twist
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Simone’s podium training
Suni’s Bars in podium
Simone’s YDP in Podium
HUGE.
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Simone’s G.O.A.T. emoji
Twitter is launching a new GOAT (aka “greatest of all time”) emoji specifically for the 24-year-old Olympian on Wednesday.
The tiny illustrated goat is wearing a red leotard with a gold medal around its neck.
Biles is the first Olympian to receive a custom emoji from Twitter.
It will populate automatically when Twitter users post messages with the hashtags “#SimoneBiles” or “#Simone” throughout the Olympic Games, which kick off Friday and continue through August 8.
People
Men’s Olympic Podium training
UPDATES from Tokyo:
- FIG
- Scott Bregman on Twitter
- Lauren Hopkins on Twitter
- Jessica O’Beirne (I LOVE the GymCastic blogging software)
- International Gymnast
Astonishingly, Dalaloyan says he will be the 4th man on floor and vault in qualifying. Will only compete if one of the three ahead has a problem. We’d assumed he’d not be doing either leg event because of his recent Achilles injury. (Read an interview from Tokyo.)
David Rumbutis (SWE) warmed up quad twist on FX.
A lot of men had trouble landing their HUGE vaults. The Spring Board was a concern for some. But Shek Wai-hung (HNG) looks ready to medal.
The weak apparatus for host Japan is Rings. Not much difficulty.
As always, it’s a mistake to read too much into MAG podium training. Many gymnasts save their 100% efforts for the competition.
All Around episode #11
Angelina Melnikova, Morgan Hurd, Chen Yile.
Sad.
Only Angelina got through to the Olympics.
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