Category: Olympics

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. …

RUS +1 & Iordache to Tokyo

Listunova’s finish booked an additional quota spot for the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) at the Tokyo 2020 Games in 2021, while Iordache secured the spot in her own name …

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Top 2 gymnasts in the AA who did not compete at Worlds 2019 earn the spots. Maximum one gymnast / nation.

  1. Viktoria Listunova RUS
  2. Vladislava Urazova RUS
  3. Larissa Iordache ROM

Video and LIVE scoring was terrible. I’ve personally never had any good experiences with the SmartScoring company.

European Gymnastics did apologize. Let’s see if it’s possible to fix it in time for day 2.

The Tokyo qualification is official, however, according to UEG.

Angelina was tops in the AA. But she did compete in 2019.

Vladislava Urazova RUS 55.299

Highest AA through the second subdivision.

Click PLAY or watch her Bars on Twitter.

Mélanie de Jesus dos Santos

Euros interview.

Mélanie warmed-up all apparatus, I believe, in podium.

The reigning European all-around champion heads to Basel with new goals: “It’s not my title that I’m defending, it’s really to prepare for the Olympics.”

“Yes, I won the title of European all-around champion, but this time, my preparation is different than what I was used to doing. I am taking another path,” she said, confirming her plans to only compete on the uneven bars.

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Mélanie De Jesus Dos Santos

Hernandez, Hurd, Lee, McClain, Skinner

… Golden, a docuseries about women’s gymnasts vying for a spot on the U.S. team heading to the Tokyo Olympics.

The six-episode series tracks six hopefuls competing for four spots on the U.S. Olympic team.

A premiere date has not yet been confirmed for the show, which is part of a broad array of live and on-demand Tokyo programming heading to NBCUniversal platforms. …

The series will cover a five-month span and milestones like national team training camps, the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, and the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, which start June 24.

Three-time Olympian Dominique Dawes is executive producing …

Deadline

gymnasts arrive Switzerland

In advance of European Championships, teams are arriving.

Russian Men are favourites, even without Artur Dalaloyan who had to withdraw due to partial Achilles tear.