Great for the spectators.
Similar to NCAA College meets in the States.
Category: safety
fluke slip on Springboard?
It appears that way.
But Blythe noted there have been several gymnast who have slipped on the Board in Liverpool.
Rebeca – disaster on Vault
Rebeca’s Cheng — first vault counting for the team — was excellent.
But her hand slipped on the second. She had to simply do a tucked Salto.
Smart decision. But she now won’t qualify for the Vault Final.
STOP WAR
Illia KOVTUN from Ukraine is wearing a STOP WAR t-shirt at Podium Training. OK, I think. And of course I agree with him.
Putin’s invasion of a neighbouring nation took out both Olympic Champion teams from our sport. And killed many innocent people.
STOP WAR.
Of course training for this competition has been super challenging for Ukraine. Their athletes have been all over the world trying to get ready.
Lee Chih-Kai withdraws from Worlds
One of the favourites for the Pommel Final, we were surprised when Lee Chih-Kai didn’t appear with the Taiwan team for Podium training.
It sounds like he had to withdraw for Covid reasons.
Very, very few are masked in the arena. Notably most of the Chinese and Japanese coaches.
Germany rocking unitards
Thanks AGAIN to the women of Team Germany for choosing to wear unitards.
No competitor should feel forced to wear a leotard in competition.
Trinidad pays Thema Williams
I happened to be there when news broke that Canadian-born gymnast Marisa Dick would replace Thema. It was at the Olympic Test Meet in Rio.
We were surprised as Thema had looked healthy during Podium Training — in a striking gold leotard. No observable problems.
But her coach at the Games was John Geddert. He told the Federation Thema wasn’t ready enough. Trinidad had to fly the replacement in from Canada. Last minute.
FORMER national gymnast Thema Williams’s four-year battle for compensation, for the “biased and flawed” decision of the TT Gymnastics Federation to pull her out of the 2016 Olympic Games, came to an end at 2.20 pm on Thursday.
That was when the federation’s bankers, Republic Bank Ltd, delivered a cheque for $223,800.19 …
On November 26, 2018, Seepersad ruled Williams was entitled to $200,000 for loss of endorsements and other opportunities because of the federation’s “biased” and flawed decision to withdraw her from representing this country in the 2016 Rio Olympics. …
Gymnastics Federation pays Thema Williams damages
Federations must have clear selection policies. And enforce them.
The ONLY good news from this disaster was that Marisa had a good competition. And did qualify Trinidad to the Olympics.
more MAG Podium highlights
FIG will compile a medical report from Liverpool Worlds.
In it they will record what percentage of athletes left the competition due to injury.
Gymnasts were injured on day 1, including one of the H Bar favourites ➙ Tyson Bull. A lower back injury on H Bar.
But I felt there were fewer injuries than at past Worlds. MAG Vault landings were less horrific than in the past. Hopefully athletes are better prepared than in the past to survive a Code of Points where difficulty is so much more rewarded than quality. Hopefully.
MAG Gymnastics is really dangerous.
watch Jake Jarman
One of the big stories at Worlds Liverpool is Jake Jarman, from Huntingdon Gym Club.
Now age-20, he’s the 2022 Commonwealth Games AA Champion — and is still improving.
With a British dad and a Filipino mom, he’s very popular in the Philippines as well as the U.K.
Looks like Jake will compete triple twisting double layout on Floor. It’s so fast and clean I had to watch slowmo to confirm it’s 3 twists. 😀
Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.
On Vault he made the most difficult twisting skill look … EASY.
I spoke with Jake after training. He was once injured on Kas + 2 twists landing in competition. At that point he and his coach decided to move to Kas + 2.5 twists as the landing is so much safer.
British Gymnastics Reform ’25
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