Japanese TV is pretty goofy.
I highly doubt Uchimura enjoys these kinds of appearances. :-)–
In which the team votes for who they think has the No.1 muscles and No.1 fist-pumps.
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Dan Purvis out, Louis Smith in
I can see Brinn over Dan. Though it’s risky. Purvis is a proven performer who only just recently showed inconsistency.
Dan Purvis confessed last night he was stunned after suffering a shock axe from the British gymnastics team for next month’s Olympic Games. …
British Gymnastics declined to comment on why Purvis, arguably the squad’s most consistent performers, was cut at the eleventh hour with selectors gambling on Smith to hit top form. …
… It’s pretty clear to me Brinn’s vault was a deciding factor. Brinn has been competing the Tsuk double pike again (6.0), so that helped his case a lot.
Nile and Dan are the weakest vaulters of the team (both just 5.6) who often have direction and landing issues. It would’ve meant having to put up one of them in team finals if Dan had been on the team. Fortunately for Brinn he has a few other strong events like rings, pommels, and bars. …
Sérgio Sasaki in Rio
Sérgio finished 10th AA at the London Olympics. This video features his comeback from injury in time for the 2016 Olympics. He’ll be a big media story there.
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Mary Lou Retton interview
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Vasiliki – Gainer layout
One of the best Beam workers in the world has often struggled with dismounts. She’s switched to layout Gainer.
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Frank Baines – Tejada
GBR could field two men’s teams and both would finish top 8 in Rio.
This is high. Look how long he waits before starting the salto.
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top 5 AA gymnasts to Rio
Cordelia posted an interesting factoid:
All are aware that the P&G Championships and the US Olympic Team Trials are both qualifying competitions as spelled out in the selection procedures. If you look at the gymnasts AA scores over both competitions this is what you get:
1. Biles 248.25
2. Hernandez 241.65
3. Raisman 240.85
4. Douglas 235.25
5. Kocian 233.5
6. Smith 232.55
7. Skinner 232.1As it turns out, the Olympic team that was chosen is composed of the top 5 AAers over the two competitions.
Certainly that’s not the only reason the American Olympic team was chosen as it was. They most likely picked top 3 AA … then filled in the best, reliable routines for the team final. I could still see Gabby being replaced if she’s not hitting Bars and Beam very consistently at training camp.
I Am Second® – Shawn Johnson
You could certainly agree that Shawn should have scored higher in the AA than Nastia in Beijing. It was very, very close.
Personally, I was happy with the ranking.
Here’s how Shawn looks back on that day.
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★Ellie Black★ We Own It
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I’d say Canada has a stronger team than they did in London when they finished 5th. But the rest of the world has stronger teams for Rio too.
related – Ellie Black profile
