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NCAA Gymnasts Compete in Qualifications at 2015 World Championships

Vault: Douglas, Nichols, Biles
Uneven bars: Nichols, Douglas, Kocian
Balance beam: Nichols, Raisman, Biles
Floor exercise: Nichols, Raisman, Biles

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USA has a history of pulling out big performances despite injuries. Let’s see them do it again.

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October. In the BIG O. 🙂

The 1976 Olympics were held next door, in the Forum, demolished 1998.

The 1985 World Championships were held next door, in the building now being used as a science centre.

It’s time Gymnastics gets the BIG stage.

President of the Romanian Olympic and Sports Committee (COSR), Alin Petrache, wrote an open letter to the Romanian Gymnastics Federation asking they take concrete measures after the girls missed direct qualification to the Olympics.

Funding to be provided.

(via GymFever2012)

Top 8 qualify directly.

Competition is fierce. There are many more strong MAG teams than WAG teams.

Results after 6/8 subdivisions:

1. Japan 358.884
2. China 357.027
3. Great Britain 354.417
4. Russia 352.692
5. Switzerland 350.127
6. Brazil 349.057

It would be awesome if the hosts made it in Glasgow.

7. Korea 346.166
8. Germany 345.717
9. France 344.859
10. Ukraine 341.817
11. Spain 340.758
12. Canada 340.758
13. Belgium 336.192

9-16 go to the Test Meet in Rio next Spring. Top 4 from that competition will qualify to the Olympics.

The Canadian guys had perhaps the most consistent meet of any team, so far. Congratulations to the team, coaches, support staff and new National Team Director Tony Smith.

René Cournoyer impressed at his first Worlds. Great potential for the future.

This is a terrific World Championships.

The only major problem I can report are time delays. Chalking P Bars takes too long. And some of the judging has been too slow. We’ve endured up to 10min breaks between routines.

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Legend Mary Wright was named coach of Team New Zealand for #Glasgow2015. Though living in the USA she returns home most years to assist the kiwis.

… drilling one of the highest scoring Yurchenko fulls at World’s!

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via @calwgym

I guessed Scherbo. Obviously.

I was wrong. 🙂

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Thanks Ellie. 🙂

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