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#Glasgow2015
1. Simone Biles USA (6.4 + 8.958 = 15.358)
2. Sanne Wevers NED 14.33 (5.7 + 8.633 = 14.333)
3. Pauline Schaefer GER (5.8 + 8.333 = 14.133) … Rio !
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German fans are thrilled. Schaefer qualifies directly to Rio. 🙂 Coach Carol-Angela Orchard is very proud of Pauline today.
#Glasgow2015
Fans were cheering the comeback of Marian Dragalescu, hoping he’d medal and earn a personal invitation to the Rio Olympics.
He did it! As did the defending World Champion from North Korea. Congratulations.
1. RI Se Gwang PRK 15.450 … to Rio
2. Marian Dragalescu ROM 15.400 … to Rio
3. Donnell Whitenburg USA 15.350
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Click PLAY or watch Marian’s 2004 Olympic Final vault on YouTube. One of the best ever.
Petrounias celebrated his win by dedicating his gold medal to his father, who passed away a few weeks ago. The Greek athlete overcame his rivals with a 15,800 score. His success in Glasgow means that he secured a place in the upcoming Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games. …
Not as good as his #1 qualifying routine, but the judges felt this was enough to put him ahead of the rest of the excellent field. Rings was the most competitive Final day 1, I felt.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Any apparatus medalist from #Glasgow2015 (even in case of a 8 way tie) qualifies personally and directly to Rio, provided their teams do not qualify. They cannot be replaced by another athlete from the same nation.
On day 1 of apparatus finals we have 4 additional gymnasts who have booked their plane ticket.
Hong Un Jong PRK – Vault
Eleftherios Petrounias GRE – Rings
Harutyun Merdinyan ARM – Pommel
Rayderley Zapata ESP – Floor (VIDEO)
Of Dominican origin, Zapata moved with his family to Lanzarote at age 10, where he began to practice gymnastics and which caught the attention of the double Olympic champion Gervasio Deferr …
Best Worlds ever?
Many people think so. The mega-screen was the most important innovation. Any future Worlds that do not provide that much information to the fans is going to seem lacklustre.
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Coming into #Glasgow2015 the main story line was that Biles and Uchimura would dominate.
Biles and Uchimura did dominate. Both are favourites in the AA for Rio.
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Kohei now has 6 consecutive World Championships titles and 1 Olympic title.
Simone has 3 consecutive Worlds titles.
Click PLAY or watch a rebroadcast on YouTube. (Geo-blocked in some regions.) #Glasgow2015
#Glasgow2015
1. Petrounias, Eleftherios GRE (6.8 + 9.000 = 15.800) … to Rio!
2. You Hou CHN (7.0 + 8.733 = 15.733)
3. Liu Yang (6.9 + 8.800 = 15.700)
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Great final. But only 2 stuck dismounts, I believe.
I do like the final ranking. (The only prediction I’ve got correct, so far.) But all these guys are super human. It’s not easy to rank them.
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