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Members of the International Olympic Committee are different than you and I.
Click PLAY or watch it on the SLOW STREAMING NY Times.
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/bcvideo/1.0/iframe/embed.html?videoId=100000002435014&playerType=embed
I can barely watch this on an average WiFi network. Unfortunately NY Times chose Brightcove to host their videos.
I love the Olympics. But there’s much the IOC could improve.
Thanks Dvora.
The Best Scores of 2013 Updated September 9th
Uncle Tim tried to update to include Chinese Games and some European tuneup meets.
Will anyone get close to Uchimura in Antwerp?
Best D Scores of the Top 15 All-Arounders
(Excluding the Americans due to bonus system used at P&G Championships)
1. Kohei Uchimura Japan 38.8 Japanese Nationals
2. Deng Shudi China 38.6 Chinese National Games
2. Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 38.6 University Games
4. Zhou Shixiong China 38.5 Chinese National Games
5. Cheng Ran China 38.2 Chinese National Games
6. Ryohei Kato Japan 38.1 Tokyo Cup
7. Liu Rongbing China 37.6 Chinese National Games
FLOOR – Best D Scores:
1. Shirai Kenzo Japan 7.4 Japanese Nationals
2. Denis Ablyazin Russia 7.1 University Games
3. Flavius Koczi Romania 7.0 European Championships
4. Steven Legendre USA 6.8 U.S. Nationals
4. Ryohei KatoJapan 6.8 Tokyo World Cup
4. Matthias Fahrig Germany 6.8 German Worlds Qualifier
Ono linked to this clip of super twister Kenzo Shirai training triple double. He’s going to be the man to beat on Floor for the foreseeable future.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
See Uncle Tim’s entire list – Men’s UTRS
1. Larisa Iordache 58.550
2. Andreea E. Munteanu 57.300
3. Andreea Iridon 56.400
4. Daniela Ciurusniuc 55.900
5. Stefania Stanila 55.350
6. Laura Jurca 55.050
Iordache debuted new choreography on floor exercise and hit her 6.6-Difficulty routine on floor exercise. In finals she won uneven bars and beam and took second on floor exercise behind two-time Olympic champion Sandra Izbasa. .
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1. Cristian Bataga 87.800
2. Andrei Muntean 87.200
3. Vlad Cotuna 86.150
IG – Iordache, Bataga Win Romanian Nationals
Bars is still the weak apparatus.
Click PLAY or watch Iordache on YouTube.
Andreea Iridon is stronger. (VIDEO)
More videos and commentary from Bea Gheorghisor on Couch Gymnast.
Giulia Steingruber scored 59.400 last weekend.
Another all-arounder who could impress in Antwerp is Roxana Popa from Spain.
Born in Romania, she’d been under the radar due to being out of competitions for 2yrs with a serious arm injury.
Click PLAY or watch her routines in training on YouTube. (Sept 7, 2013)
UTRS (Uncle Tim Ranking System) was updated Sept 9th.
Best D Scores of the Top 15 All-Arounders:
1. Simone Biles USA 24.9 Jesolo
2. Katelyn Ohashi USA 24.6 American Cup
3. Mykayla Skinner USA 24.5 Secret Classic
4. Brenna Dowell USA 24.2 Secret Classic
5. Aliya Mustafina Russia 24.0 European Championships
5. Peyton Ernst USA 24.0 U.S. Nationals
5. Shang Chunsong China 24.0 Chinese National Games
8. Giulia Steingruber Switzerland 23.9 Swiss Championships
8. Kyla Ross USA 23.9 U.S. Nationals
8. Larisa Iordache Romania 23.9 European Championships
related – Beautiful Gymnastics commentary – Cranking numbers for Antwerp and more news (Sept 5th)
That post notes that Shang Chunsong could be top of the list with an upgraded Vault at Worlds. Strong on Floor, it’s surprising she only competed FTY at National Games.
Of the apparatus, Bars has changed most:
Best D Scores
1. Yao Jinnan China 6.9 Chinese National Games
2. He Kexin China 6.8 Chinese Nationals
3. Shang Chunsong China 6.7 Anadia
3. Tan Jiaxin China 6.7 Chinese National Games
5. Huang Huidan China 6.6 Chinese Nationals
5. Rebecca Downie Great Britain 6.6 Dutch Friendly
7. Rebecca Tunney Great Britain 6.5 Dutch Friendly
8. Kyla Ross USA 6.4 GER-ROU-USA Friendly
8. Wu Liufang China 6.4 Chinese Nationals
8. Anastasia Grishina Russia 6.4 Anadia
8. Fan Yilin China 6.4 Chinese National Games
8. Tan Sixin China 6.4 Chinese National Games
Women’s UTRS: The Best Scores of 2013 Updated September 9
related – Inside Gymnastics – Previewing Antwerp
… summer workout was filmed at Capital Gymnastics in Cedar Park, Texas and features some of the top gymnasts in the country including former elites Mackenzie Brannan, McKenzie Wofford, and Nicole Lehermann.
Wofford is a former member of the US Women’s Senior National Team and 2013 JO National Champion on Uneven bars. Wofford is a freshman at the University of Oklahoma and is expected to compete for the Sooners in 2014.
Lehrmann is a 2013 J.O. All-Around and Uneven Bar champion. Lehrmann plans to join Wofford at the University of Oklahoma in 2016.
Brannan is the 2013 JO National Champion on floor and committed to the University of Alabama.
Watching it on this page is a better user experience than clicking over to Gymnastike. (Two simultaneous preroll video ads is one too many ads for me.)
Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.
http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/MjU5NzIwMzAy?related=1&autoplay=false
Some interesting elements, including Air Flare.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (15.250)
via GymFever
28yr-old Xiao Qin, the 2008 Olympic Pommel Champ, took the Gold at Chinese Games 2013.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Chinese Games Finals Vault & Bars | Beam | Floor
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