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Here’s China’s best AA. 90.630 in prelims hitting 6/6.

Click PLAY or watch his Floor on YouTube.

15.466 (D 6.700 + E 8.766).

1. CHN 2. BRA 3.UKR 4. KOR 5.CAN 6.BLR

Canada was generally pleased with their competition. They hit and stuck a lot of routines today.

Scott Morgan traveling next to Germany to compete for Hambüchen’s Bundesliga team

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Beam Dreams has nice profile on the USA women:

In 2011, the U.S. women’s program began a new era of dominance in consistency. Podium training, qualifications, team finals, all-around finals, and event finals look pretty much the same. Hit routine after hit routine. Compete, hit, repeat. Of course, there have been a few exceptions, but for the most part, gone are the nail-biting days of wondering if a gymnast is going to fall. Because, they just don’t. …

USA Women are Persistent About Being Consistent

Count the female / male coaching ratio. 🙂

About the only big complaint about #FIGWorlds2014ART you hear in Nanning is the long, long bus ride need to get … anywhere.

The new sports complex was built out in the middle of nowhere.

Oregon State Gymnastics sophomore Silvia Colussi-Pelaez transferred from Florida to Oregon State University. A former international gymnast for Spain, check her Bars.

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Silvia’s sister, who trains at Manjak’s in Toronto, will join OSU next season.

#FIGWorlds2014ART Podium

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In Nanning, I’ve only see one Russian tap over the low Bar where I wouldn’t deduct for execution. It should be a near automatic deduction.

Here’s Vika Komova on a bad one, for example.

Subdivision 3
NED – PUR – CRO – MGL – PRK – CHN

The arena was not full, surprisingly. The crowd was LOUD, however.

China’s Team score of 362.698 should put them ahead of Japan. And everyone.

Deng Shudi leads the AA with 90.630.

The bigger story was North Korea. Starting on P Bars the rotation was a disaster. H Bar got worse. One injury. On Floor only 3 gymnasts competed effectively eliminating them from the Team competition as 4 scores / apparatus count. That means, I assume, that North Korea cannot qualify to the Rio Olympics.

Ri Se-gwang couldn’t finish his Floor routine. I’d heard he was injured coming into this competition from Asian Games. 😦

Though he could barely walk, Ri Se-gwang somehow landed a pike Dragalescu and his eponymous Vault. He’ll make the Final. With a week recovery, he could yet challenge for the Vault title.

Epke nailed his easy (7.2) Horizontal Bar routine. As usual.

Both Croatians should qualify to the Pommel Final. Seligman CRO hits for 15.466. Ude CRO for 15.533.

USAG streamed the Chinese session for the USA only. Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

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Your precomps aren’t the only one using a foam between chin and neck to keep their head-in. 🙂

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Denis has the best chance to upset Kenzo for the Gold on Floor.

Thanks to Inside Gymnastics for getting that unique video.

Gym Blog Brazil called the team’s chances to qualify for the top 8 a DREAM.

But the Olympic host nation was fired up today. Last minute replacement Diego Hypólito looked fantastic on Floor with 15.900. I’m sure you’ll see him in the Final. He was World Champion in 2005 and 2007.

Not so old at age-28. 🙂

With 348.100, they finished well ahead of UKR 345.540 and.BLR 340.367.

VERNIAIEV Oleg (UKR) leads the AA with 89.230 after the 2nd of 10 flights of competition. He had a fall on Pommels but looked much improved on his weak apparatus, Horizontal Bar.

Olympic Rings Champ ZANETTI Arthur (BRA) went 15.716. He competed Vault and Floor quite well. Respect. Brazil can’t afford to carry a specialist.

… 🙂

Jordyn trains at Manjaks Gymnastics in Toronto.