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Bars – Downie, Miller, Harrold

An excellent Bar final. Huge height on releases. Excellent execution.

Bar Final results
Downie ENG 14.666
Miller AUS 14.566
Harrold ENG 14.366

Downie is a real favourite to medal at Worlds 2014.

Downie

Pom – Keatings, Whitlock, Smith

Pommel Final results
Keatings 16.058 (7.2 DV) SCO
Whitlock 15.966 (7.4 DV) ENG
Smith 14.966 ENG
Jac Davies WAL 14.800

@CordeliaGymFan notes the podium was a repeat of the British Championships Masters Final.

Easily the best Apparatus Final at Commonwealth Games.

No falls. Davies from Wales swings near as well as anyone in the world.

Note how many Pommel finalists are not wearing wrist wrap.

Post by Scottish Gymnastics Association.

YOGs – Andrade out, Saraiva in

Cedric confirms that a minor toe injury slowed Rebeca Andrade’s preparation for the Youth Olympic Games. Alexandrov decided to replace Rebeca with Flavia Saraiva.

Either Brazilian gymnast could medal in the AA.

This is no major disaster for Brazil.

details on Gym Blog Brazil

Saraiva

Vault – Fragapane, Black, Karmakar

Vault Final results
1. Claudia Fragapane ENG
2. Ellie Black CAN
3. Dipa Karmakar IND

Ellie was superb. She could hardly do either vault better. 🙂

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Karmakar is only an average international vaulter. Her first Vault (Kaz) was poor technique. (Compare with Black and Chant.)

Yet she’s gutsy enough to chuck a double front, holding the tuck until some fairly random contact position with the Floor. This time it worked. That’s the best landing since Produnova in 1999 FISUs. But it was luck.

FIG again rewards a gymnast for that dangerous vault. More coaches, especially those in the developing world, will decide that’s the best route to get famous. Sooner or later we’ll see a catastrophic injury. FIG will be partially to blame.

I strongly feel FIG WTC should ban the vault.

FX – Whitlock, Morgan, Bishop

FX results
1. Whitlock 15.533 GBR
2. Morgan 15.133 CAN
3. Bishop 14.550 NZL

Kiwi Coach David Phillips will be proud. He took a Bronze medal on Floor in the 1998 Commonwealth Games. 🙂

I feel badly for Ashish Kumar who had hoped to medal again. He did not fall, but simply didn’t HIT nearly as well as the medalists.

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Kenzo training Yurchenko 3 1/2

If anyone could compete this, it’s Kenzo.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Steve.

Secret Classic start scores

2014 Secret U.S. Classic
Aug. 2, 2014
Chicago

A qualifier for Nationals in August.

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Since 2012 the meet has been sponsored by Secret deodorant.

… I don’t think many would argue with a healthy Simone Biles as the top senior AAer in the country right now. The difficulty only backs that up. But after Biles, it’s a fairly open race. I wouldn’t be surprised by Skinner showing up this summer with the second-highest difficulty total, but I can’t imagine that her execution will keep her ahead of the rest without help. There’s still an AA opening for someone who is capable of nailing four events with a difficulty in the lowish 24s.

Probably the most interesting figure in the AA race this summer/fall will be Ross. People have been predicting the demise of her life as a top AAer for a while now, but this will be the real test of whether she can hang on to that spot. She had been passed by Elizabeth Price, but got a reprieve when Price decided to get her Cardinal on instead. Is she able to squeak by with a DTY and a mid-5s on floor? …

Balance Beam Situation – Pre-Classic Difficulties

Fact is Marta has many, many options for Worlds 2014.

The USA has crazy depth.

port-a-table vs T Trainer

Tumbl Trak loaned equipment to the HPTC Camp in Idaho last week.

The most popular new piece of equipment was the T-Trainer.

Port-a-Table T-trainer

That’s it on the left.

We were able to compare the pros and cons of the T Trainer vs the apparatus it replaced, the port-a-table on the right. (no longer available).

Both are great.

The T Trainer starts at $764.15 right now.

… help train skills for vault, tumbling AND bars. Shaped like a vault top, springy like a Mini Tramp and as useful as a vault board …

The removable Suede Cover (sold separately), attaches by Velcro to the top, making it look and feel more like a traditional vault top. …

get to know Max Whitlock

Can Max challenge Uchimura in the AA?

Training Secrets Part 2 – Olympic Gymnast Max Whitlock

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Ring strength is Max’s greatest weakness though it doesn’t much hurt his score on that apparatus.

His Horizontal Bar is weak too, compared with the great Kohei. Max scored over 15 on Pipe in AA Final. That’s simply not right.

Still, I’d say Max is on the list of those who could finish 2nd to Uchimura at Worlds 2014. He’s a great competitor. Young and improving. And seems to be very durable.