Category: Olympics

European Trampoline Championships

Women’s Trampoline
GOLD Iana Lebedeva (RUS) 56.685
SILVER Lea Labrousse (FRA) 54.365
BRONZE Marine Jurbert (FRA) 53.870

Men’s Trampoline
GOLD Aleh Rabtsau (BLR) 60.815
SILVER Uladzislau Hancharou (BLR) 60.580
BRONZE Andrey Yudin (RUS) 59.725

Women’s Double Mini-Trampoline
GOLD Galina Begim (RUS) 70.700
SILVER Lina Sjoeberg (SWE) 70.600
BRONZE Dana Sadkova (RUS) 68.200

Men’s Double Mini-Trampoline
GOLD Aleksandr Odintsov (RUS) 75.800
SILVER Tiago Sampaio Romao (POR) 75.700
BRONZE Daniel Schmidt (GER) 74.300

Women’s Tumbling
GOLD Tachina Peeters (BEL) 70.800
SILVER Viktoria Danilenko (RUS) 70.600
BRONZE Candy Vetillard-Briere (FRA) 67.500

Men’s Tumbling
GOLD Vadim Afanasev (RUS) 79.300
SILVER Aleksandr Lisitsyn (RUS) 77.400
BRONZE Mikhail Malkin (AZE) 75.300

Full results.

1 to 5 June 2022 Rimini (ITA) will host .

https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1388886174320807942

Team USA MAG Camp

Mark Williams

Animated Simone – May 1

Music by John Legend.

She’s one of 6 Olympic athletes talking about overcoming social pressures to achieve success.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/Simone_Biles/status/1387532427283808260

Click PLAY or watch the full trailer on YouTube.

UKR coach Irina Vladimirovna

Illia Kovtun came to his first senior Euros only a few months after winning the all-around at the junior Euros in Mersin.

In the absence of Verniaiev (suspended) and Pakhniuk (injured), Kovtun and another new senior Volodymyr Kostiuk made the all-around final …

Irina Nadiuk, a rare example of a high-profile female MAG coach, is training this generation of Ukrainian gymnasts, including Nazar Chepurnyi who is missing Euros due to an injury. …

KOVTUN’S COACH: I’M VERY HAPPY WITH OUR ALL-AROUNDERS

Valentina Rodionenko interview

Luba says Valentina was atypically nice and lucid during Europeans. 😀

Of course Russia had a great meet.

Q: Did this competition decide the Olympic team’s roster?

A: We have Nagornyy, Belyavskiy, and Kartsev here who will sure be on the team, although no one’s safe from injuries. But Kartsev for now is among these four, same as Dalaloyan whose recovery we’re counting on. Even if Artur won’t be able to compete on all six events – his signature events are floor and vault – we’re still take him for four events. …

Q: It’s hard to understand how ready are the American, Japanese, Chinese gymnasts now. There are no competitions and there’s very little information about the rivals.

A: Have you seen Biles? What is there even to say? She’s 70% of the American team, you remove her and we will easily beat them. …

RODIONENKO: REMOVE BILES AND WE WILL EASILY BEAT THE US TEAM

In a 3-up, 3-count Olympic team final, consistency could be more important than start score.

USA has been the most consistent under pressure for many years. I don’t see that changing in Tokyo.

Also, every coach knows it’s bad strategy to motivate your competition with statements like this.

Brazil’s verification camp

Brazil is one of the best teams in the world — BUT did not qualify for Tokyo. They finished 14th as a team.

So far only Flavia has qualified. They could gain a second Olympic spot at PanAm Championships still scheduled to be hosted by Brazil in June.

Click PLAY or watch Bars on Twitter.

Skye Blakely wins American Classic

Skye Blakely 55.350
Leanne Wong 54.450
Karis German 53.250
Addison Fatta 52.900
Kara Eaker 52.700
Kaylen Morgan 52.650
Faith Torrez 52.550
Elle Mueller 52.150

Sunisa Lee shines as Skye Blakely wins American Classic

Sounds like FloGymnastics video coverage was poor. And LIVE scores non-existent.

Nikita Nagornyy defends EU title

Though Nikita had COVID earlier in the year, he already looks the man to beat for the Olympics.

David looks great, too.

Full results.

The surprise for me, however, is Bronze medalist  Ilya Kovtun (UKR).

Age-17.

related – Nikita Nagornyy cements Tokyo front-runner status with second European title

RUS +1 & Adem Asil to Tokyo

Nikita Nagornyy RUS 87.097
David Belyavskiy RUS 85.398
Aleksandr Kartsev RUS 84.731
Adem Asil TUR 84.032

Nikita and David competed at Worlds 2019 so are ineligible to qualify an additional spot to Tokyo.

Who is Adem Asil of Turkey, you might ask.

An Olympian, we’d answer.

Adem Asil (né: Abdelrahman Elgamal (Arabic: عبد الرحمن الجمل‎); born 21 February 1999) is an Egyptian-born Turkish male artistic gymnast …

… born in Alexandria, Egypt …

In 2017, he moved to Turkey leaving his parents in Egypt. …