China – Vault, P Bar, H Bar Final

Vault

  1. Huang Mingqi
  2. XIANG Xudong
  3. LIU Yang

P Bars

  1. ZOU Jingyuan
  2. YOU Hao
  3. LIN Chaopan

H Bar

  1. JI Lianshen
  2. LIN Chaopan
  3. SUN Wei

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Read Spencer’s WAG / MAG Recap – CHINESE NATIONALS EVENT FINALS

CHN Men’s Olympic Training Squad

Xiao Ruoteng, Sun Wei, Lin Chaopan, Deng Shudi, Zhang Boheng, Zou Jingyuan, Liu Yang, You Hao, Weng Hao, Huang Mingqi, Lan Xingyu, Yin Dehang

Magnastics calculated the highest scoring TEAM from Nationals to be Xiao Ruoteng, Sun Wei, Zou Jingyuan, and Zhang Boheng.

CHN Olympic Training Squad

14 women.

Liu Tingting, Fan Yilin, Tang Xijing, Li Shijia, Chen Yile, Qi Qi, Zhang Jin, Lu Yufei, Ou Yushan, Luo Rui, Guan Chenchen, Wei Xiaoyuan, He Licheng, Sun Xinyi.

Congratulations!

Olympic team decided from 2 internal tests (tentatively 18 June and 2 July).

China – FX, PH & Rings Final

Floor

  1. Zhang Boheng 6.0 14.800
  2. Chen Feng 6.1 14.700
  3. Mu Jile 5.9 14.300

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Pommels

  1. Weng Hao 15.100
  2. Wang Junwen 14.500
  3. Yao Jianshan 14.433

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Rings

  1. Liu Yang 6.5 15.400
  2. Lan Xingyu 6.5 15.133
  3. You Hao 6.6 15.066

Wow. Watch through to the end to see a close-up of the neck adjustment. And some cool graphics.

I’d say this is the best routine in the world right now.

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Congratulatory posters for the EF winners (so far) at the 2021 Chinese national championships

Zhang Boheng (MAG FX), Deng Yalan (WAG VT), Weng Hao (PH)

cr: CGA weibo

Fan Yilin (UB), Liu Yang (SR)

cr: CGA weibo

Originally tweeted by Shirai 3 (@shirai_iii) on May 9, 2021.

Canada will not attend PanAms

Though I feel rotten for the Canadian athletes who trained an extra year for their last shot at qualifying for Tokyo, I agree with this decision.

As you know, in recent days Canada has had the worst COVID numbers of any English speaking nation in the world.

Gymnastics Canada has made the very difficult decision to not enter teams in the upcoming 2021 Senior Pan American Championships being held in Rio de Janeiro, BRA between June 4-13, 2021 and the 2021 Junior Pan American Championships slated for Guadalajara, MEX (artistic), and Guatemala City, GUA (rhythmic) due to health and safety concerns resulting from the COVID-19 global pandemic. …

The Senior Pan American Championships were Canada’s last chance qualifier event for the Tokyo Olympic Games in men’s artistic, women’s artistic, and rhythmic gymnastics. …

“We realize the impact these decisions have on our athletes, especially those senior athletes that have dedicated so many years to their ambition of competing at the Olympic Games,” added Moss. “We will do everything we can not only to support all athletes and coaches impacted by this decision through this difficult period, but to also provide hope and opportunity moving forward towards their international goals in the future.”

Athletes and coaches did have the opportunity to appeal this decision, and GymCan went through the Sport Dispute Resolution Centre of Canada (SDRCC) arbitration process with these individuals to show transparency around the decision. The result of that appeal, which ruled in GymCan’s favour, was delivered to all parties on May 6th, 2021.

Gymnastics Canada

CHN Champion Lu Yufei

  1. Lu Yufei 113.697
  2. Zhang Jin 112.596
  3. Li Shijia 112.564
  4. Tang Xijing 112.097
  5. He Licheng 110.397
  6. Ou Yushan 110.165
  7. Wei Xiaoyuan 109.397
  8. Luo Rui 109.364

As I understand it, the top 8 are automatically put into the Olympic selection pool.

  1. Guan Chenchen 109.263
  2. Qiu Qiyuan 108.230
  3. Qian Xuejia 108.032
  4. Qi Qi 107.963
  5. Zhang Xinyi 106.264
  6. Zhou Ruiyu 106.065
  7. Chen Xiaoqing 104.998
  8. Zhao Jiayi 103.865

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GBR Tokyo Uniform

Max looks serious.

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Elite Canada (Virtual) Series

I’m still confused on what’s happening with Canada vis-à-vis PanAm Championships.

Best score was counted in the final ranking, I believe.

Senior

  1. Ellie Black
  2. Ava Stewart
  3. Rose Woo

Junior

  1. Aurélie Tran
  2. Victoriane Charon
  3. Amy Jorgensen

David Kikuchi:

“I’m happy with the performances – some people were ready right away, and some just came in for the first time last week, but the level has been consistently improving for everybody which has been good to see.

It is still a really tough time, and it’s been a tough year and a bit …

“I’m also super glad that this all worked out doing these competitions virtually because we’ve never done anything like this before. It was a lot of work to set it up and to create the rules around it and how the judging was going to work, but it’s all worked really well, and so I’m really proud of that …”

Gymnastics Canada

Next up for the women’s artistic program is the Canadian Championships which are also being held virtually.

The juniors and seniors will submit videos for “Day 1” of competition from May 14-16, with judging taking place on May18.

“Day 2” competition videos will be submitted from May 19-21, with judging taking place on May 23rd.

The novice and JO competition will take place in June with video submissions from June 14-20, and judging taking place from June 25-27.

The athletes in all gymnastics disciplines who will be nominated to the Canadian Olympic team for Tokyo 2020 will be announced on June 17th.

XIAO Ruoteng wins CHN Nationals

1位.肖若騰 XIAO Ruoteng 174.131
2位.張博恒 ZHANG Boheng 173.328
3位.林超攀 LIN Chaopan 171.263
4位.孫煒 SUN Wei 170.493
5位.鄒敬園 ZOU Jingyuan 170.429
6位.鄧書弟 DENG Shudi 168.595

Zhang Boheng the happy surprise for team China.

Sun Wei had problems day 1.

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China Nationals – AA qualifications

#depth

  1. Li Shijia 57.698
  2. Lu Yufei 56.932
  3. Zhang Jin 56.031
  4. Guan Chenchen 55.731
  5. Tang Xijing 55.499
  6. Luo Rui 54.732
  7. He Licheng 54.665
  8. Qiu Qiyuan 54.565
  9. Qi Qi 54.531
  10. Wu Ran 54.498

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