Category: Olympics

2021 USA Senior Team

All 18 women named to the National Team will compete at the U.S. Olympic Trials in St. Louis.

Cool.

I’ve never understood why nations are so quick to cut the selection pool. It’s a HUGE accomplishment to make Olympic trials. The highlight of many Elite careers.

It’s a net WIN to have more gymnasts.

Simone Biles
Skye Blakely
Jade Carey
Jordan Chiles
Kayla DiCello
Amari Drayton
Kara Eaker
Addison Fatta
Shilese Jones
Emily Lee
Sunisa Lee
Emma Malabuyo
Grace McCallum
Riley McCusker
Zoe Miller
Ava Siegfeldt
MyKayla Skinner
Leanne Wong

I’m not sure whether petitions will be considered.

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Japan names Men’s Olympic team

Hashimoto Daiki
Kaya Kazuma
Tanigawa Wataru
Kitazono Takeru

And Kohei, age-32, for the plus one pick.

In the complicated and very competitive Japanese selection procedure, Kohei tied with Yonekura Hidenobu, the Vault specialist.

Kohei got the tie-breaker for his higher world ranking.

Simone and Kohei Uchimura will be the biggest NAMES in Gymnastics at the Olympics.

Stephen Nedoroscik 15.100

Legit score.

Steve wasn’t thrilled with his routine day 1. But he’ll be happy with this one.

He’d quite likely qualify for the Olympic Pommel Final. Some of the best guys in the world didn’t qualify.

Alex Diab would be another good pick. A certain Rings finalist.

Eddie Penev would be the 3rd possible specialist for Floor.

USA doesn’t have a great chance for a team medal in 2021. They COULD select the team to maximize possible Finals. Two AA and 3 specialists with the PLUS 1. But that’s highly unlikely.

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Listen to an interview from between the two competition days.

Tony Beck on Taking Over Penn State Men's Gymnastics – GymnasticsVille Podcast

Tony Beck was named the seventh head coach in the history of Penn State men's gymnastics on May 15, 2026. He replaced Randy Jepson, the man who recruited him, coached him, and mentored him for the better part of two decades. This is his first long-form interview since taking the job. Mubarak coached Tony his junior and senior years of high school in eastern Pennsylvania, before Tony ever put on a Penn State singlet. That history runs through the whole conversation. In this episode: The night he got the call, and what it meant when Randy Jepson showed up that same night Why Ohio State was the dream school before Penn State was Building the first boys program at Centre Elite Gymnastics with five kids in a gym so small the parallel bars had to be offset Coaching Stephen Nedoroscik and Josh Karnes, and the two very different kinds of toughness they represent The analytics platform he coded himself to track his team's hit percentages and routine scores Following Gene Whetstone, Carl Schier, and Randy Jepson at a program with 12 national team titles What he tells young gymnasts who are not the most talented athlete in the gym This is part one of a two part series. Part two will be recorded on location at Penn State in September, in the gym with Coach Beck and members of his team. Follow Tony Beck on Instagram: @tbeck021 Follow Penn State men's gymnastics: @psugym Watch the full episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/sEwSxy_gZAQ Read the full article: https://gymnasticsville.com/tony-beck-on-taking-over-penn-state-mens-gymnastics/ Follow GymnasticsVille: Website: https://gymnasticsville.com Instagram: @gymnasticsville TikTok: @gymnasticsvillehq YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@gymnasticsville
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U.S. Champ Brody Malone

Brody Malone 170.700 (86.250, 84.450)
Yul Moldauer 167.950 (83.600, 84.350)
Sam Mikulak 167.400 (82.450, 84.950)

National Team:

Brody Malone
Yul Moldauer
Sam Mikulak
Brandon Briones
Allan Bower
Akash Modi
Riley Loos
Paul Juda
Cameron Bock
Vitaliy Guimaraes
Donnell Whittenburg
Alex Diab
Stephen Nedoroscik
Eddie Penev

They can name up to 21 according to Kensley Behel.

I’m pretty sure Brody has worn a cowboy hat before. 🤠

Shane Wiscus had a disastrous H Bar for 8.800. Three falls. Left for medical evaluation following the routine.

I assume he’ll be added by petition.

Andrade & Alvarado Olympic quota spots

Fan favourite Rebeca Andrade (56.700) has qualified another spot for Brazil in Tokyo. It’s certain she’ll be chosen to join Flavia.

Rebeca has had to come back from SO MANY injuries. I hope she feels it’s all been worth it.

Luciana Alvarado (50.833) will represent Costa Rica at the Olympics. I’m certain she’ll get the spot, as well. Congratulations.

I do feel badly for Canadian gymnasts who might have won an extra Olympic spot. Canada opted not to attend due to Covid.

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Suni – Bars

One of the hardest routines in the world — yet Sunisa is so confident she doesn’t have her coach spotting.

Amazing. But I’d say 8.5 E-score is too high.

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USA Championships day 1 results

  1. Simone Biles 59.750 59.550
  2. Sunisa Lee 57.350
  3. Jordan Chiles 56.900
  4. Jade Carey 55.450
  5. Leanne Wong 55.300
  6. Kara Eaker 54.550
  7. Emma Malabuyo 54.450
  8. Grace McCallum 54.300
  9. Kayla DiCello 54.250
  10. MyKayla Skinner 54.200

A rough meet, actually.

Too many falls.

Scores are high in some cases, compared with international judging.

I predict there will be a higher HIT rate — for those invited — at Olympic trials.

This must be the cleanest triple double ever competed in Artistic Gymnastics. The boys will be watching this one for many years to come.

All hail the G.O.A.T.

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