Music by John Legend.
She’s one of 6 Olympic athletes talking about overcoming social pressures to achieve success.
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Category: Olympics
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
Simone on Jimmy Fallon
She previews her upcoming Facebook video series ‘Simone vs. Herself‘.
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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.
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 …
Olympic Channel
Top 2 gymnasts in the AA who did not compete at Worlds 2019 earn the spots. Maximum one gymnast / nation.
- Viktoria Listunova RUS
- Vladislava Urazova RUS
- 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.
