Elizabeth Booth put together a summary of where the Russian women’s team stands now compared with 2019.
Things are coming together perfectly for Tokyo.
Team Russia has definitely benefited by the 1-year Olympic delay.
Watch it here.
Category: Olympics
Vanessa Ferarri has COVID
She began having Flu symptoms after the last competition.
Italy has been slow to rollout vaccines. And there’s been another surge due to new variants.
WAG apparatus finals Russia
Scores in Russia are typically high.
VAULT
Angelina Melnikova 14.299
Viktoria Listunova 13.766
Yulia Birulya 13.766
BARS
Vladislava Urazova 15.000
Viktoria Listunova 14.833
Angelina Melnikova 14.666
BEAM
Viktoria Listunova 14.500
Elena Gerasimova 14.266
Viktoria Trikina 13.633
FLOOR
Angelina Melnikova 14.000
Viktoria Listunova 13.900
Vladislava Urazova 13.700
Click PLAY or watch Viktoria’s Beam on YouTube.
IG – Melnikova, Dalaloyan Golden Twice As Russian Nationals Conclude
letter from Belgium
Nina Derwael posted this open letter on Facebook on behalf of a group of gymnasts training together in Ghent.
Victoria Listunova – Russian Champion
Two days combined scores.
Born in 2005, Listunova would not have been eligible for the Tokyo 2020 Games had they been held in 2020. But with the delay, finds herself suddenly in the mix not only for the Russian team but also to contend for medals. …
Olympic Channel – The junior world all-around champion notched her first major title as a senior, establishing herself as a Tokyo contender
1 LISTUNOVA Victoria
2 URAZOVA Vladislava
3 MELNIKOVA Angelina
4 GERASIMOVA Elena
5 MINAEVA Maria
6 VORONA Yana
7 AKHAIMOVA Lilia
8 ASTAFIEVA Olga
Viktoria Listunova leads in Russia
In the qualification round:
- Viktoria Listunova
- Vladislava Urazova
- Yana Vorona
- Angelina Melnikova
- Lilia Akhaimova
- Elena Gerasimova
- Maria Minaeva
- Angelina Simakova
I didn’t post scores as Russian numbers are about as accurate as Valentina’s media comments. 😀
Click PLAY or watch her lovely FX on Twitter.
catching up with Thema Williams
I hadn’t seen Thema since that unfortunate competition — the Rio Test Meet.
She was trying to qualify Trinidad and Tobago to the Rio Olympics.
Recall her coach on the floor — John Geddert — wasn’t happy with podium training. Trinidad replaced him and Thema with another gymnast, last moment.
I was there. Very impressed with Thema in podium training, as usual. She has fantastic physical ability.
Thema’s now age-25.
She’s featured in Olympic Channel’s HER GAME series.
Click over to watch the video. Inspiring.
Tokyo World Cup cancelled
The Japan Gymnastics Association (JGA) and the FIG have agreed to cancel the All-Around World Cup scheduled in Tokyo on 4 May 2021, which was also set to serve as a test event for the Olympic Games in Artistic Gymnastics. …
To replace this test event, Tokyo 2020 will carry out an operational test on 4 May with a national Gymnastics event. …
FIG
Simone had been planning to compete Tokyo, in preparation for the Games.
I still believe the Olympics will HAPPEN — in one form or another.
FIG revised Olympics qualification system
Has been posted.
U.S. Men’s Sr National Team
There was much confusion and delay.
It is the list through only until U.S. Championships 2021.
A. 6 funded spots Sr Team based on AA day 1 of Winter Cup 2021:
Cameron Bock
Riley Loos
Yul Moldauer
Shane Wiskus
Allan Bower
Paul Juda
B. 4 funded spots based on 20 point ranking from day 1 & 2 combined:
Adrian De Los Angeles
Vitaliy Guimaraes
lsaiah Drake
Genki Suzuki
C. 2 funded spots from petitions:
Akash Modi
Sam Makulak
D. Unfunded based on AA potential:
Brody Malone
Grant Breckenridge
Colin Van Wicklen
Donnell Whittenburg
E. Unfunded:
Stephen Nedoroscik
Trevor Howard
Confused?
I am. The process seems too complicated. Too lengthy.
Read the minutes of that meeting.
Personally, I’m happy they asked the guys to mask up for this photo. As influencers in the MAG community, it encourages masking up to help reopen the sport worldwide.
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