Category: Olympics

Joe Fraser’s Olympic haircut

I like it.

GBR Men’s Olympic Team

Double Olympic champion, Max Whitlock MBE, will lead the British challenge in the Japanese capital, and will be joined by current world parallel bars champion Joe Fraser, current British all-around champion James Hall and 2021 European medallist Giarnni Regini-Moran.  

… Team GB women’s artistic gymnasts and the trampoline gymnasts are due to be announced at the beginning of June, with a date to be confirmed. …

British Gymnastics

Emily Whitehead to Tokyo

Olympic qualification was based on day 1 AA standings.

  1. Georgia Godwin 55.683
  2. Emily Whitehead 53.158
  3. Georgia Rose Brown 52.108
  4. Breanna Scott 51.266
  5. Macy Pegoli 50.175
  6. Amanda Edwards 47.516

As Georgia had already qualified, Emily Whitehead from Australia is going to Tokyo.

Misha Koundinov to Tokyo

At the Continental Championships hosted in conjunction with Australian Nationals, Misha Koundinov from New Zealand was top AA with 82.450.

Good luck at the Olympics to Misha and coach David Phillips.

Malaysia’s Jeremiah Loo to Tokyo

… When the continental quotas that were to be filled via the subsequently canceled 2021 Asian Championships were reallocated, he received a continental quota according to his rank at 2019 Worlds. …

https://twitter.com/intlgymnast/status/1395019193406349316

Tom Daley – Diver

Tom Daley was a a double World champion diver at age-15.

He’s 27 today. Still competing at the highest level.

Click PLAY or watch his story on YouTube.

Canadian Championships day 1

Lauren posted results from the virtual competition.

Ava Stewart has really benefited from the pandemic year. She’s been second to Ellie all season.

Sadly her teammate Ana Padarariu seems to be no longer eligible for the Olympics, unable to come back from injury. We may have to wait to cheer Ana at UCLA. I’d certainly support any appeal to go directly to Olympic trials.

It’s been a super difficult year for Canadians, many having faced multiple Gym closures and restrictions.

It’s weird, as well, competing “Nationals” in your own Gym. With no audience.

The one plus is avoiding injury on competition vault landing mats. I was at Nationals in 2012 when Peng was injured out of the London Olympics on a training day. Vault landing.

Gymnastics Canada posted some of the top routines on Vimeo.

could Tokyo still be cancelled?

I don’t think so.

They will go forward in one form or another.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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