This year’s Power Rankings are developed with input from major gymnastics publications including the CGA Coaches Poll, Inside Gymnastics, and Gymnastics Now.
Viktoria Listunova is an Olympic gold medalist in team with Russia at the Tokyo Olympics. And the 2021 European Champion.
On 18 March, 2022, Listunova participated in the Moscow rally in support of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. And was banned from international FIG competition.
I’d stopped paying much attention to Rhythmic over the years due to blatant corruption.
But it seemed that Discipline had cleaned up their system, somewhat.
… Perhaps not.
A Cypriot rhythmic gymnastics judge has been banned for four years for manipulating scores to help her compatriot qualify for the Paris Olympics.
The Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG) found that judge Evangelia Trikomiti altered the scores at the European Championships to ensure Vera Tugolukova clinched the final European qualifying spot for the Olympics. …
European Gymnastics said it would consult with lawyers before considering an appeal.
The Cyprus Gymnastics Federation said it would “thoroughly review” the ruling.
Oklahoma holds on to the number one spot, Paul Juda returns to competition, and Army has all 4 of its meets so far in the top 10 total E scores for the season.
Oklahoma and Stanford have established themselves as the leaders so far this season. Although they are the clear leader in difficulty, Stanford is a little tricky to evaluate, as they don’t compete their most powerful lineups at every meet.
Illinois and Ohio State, and Nebraska are in the chase pack.
Ohio and Nebraska have the difficulty, but so far the Illini have been out-executing them. Michigan is still outside the top 5, partly because stars Frederick Richard and Paul Juda haven’t competed much. …