documentary – ‘Made in America’

Featuring interviews with Olympic gymnasts like Nastia Liukin, Shawn Johnson and Carly Patterson and footage from the Karolyi Training Camp in Texas, the documentary will show the evolution of the U.S. women’s gymnastics program.

The documentary will premiere online on Wednesday, April 20th on the USAG YouTube channel.

Click PLAY or watch a trailer on Facebook.

Romanian teams will not go to Rio

Neither men nor women.

Seems like a bad dream. 😦 Respect this team and great ROM history.

Brazil, Germany, Belgium, France to Olympics

1. BRA 226.477
2. GER 223.977
3. BEL 221.438
4. FRA 220.869

Australia is the team that just misses. 😦 Last cycle it was Belgium first reserve team.

Ivana Hong’s grips

Bidding starts at $50,000. 🙂

They are magic. With these grips you can do Bars like Ivana.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BEUkvyjy3PI/

Shawn Johnson married

The Olympic gold medalist exchanged vows with her NFL player beau, Andrew East, in an intimate Tennessee ceremony on Saturday.

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Seitz on her team Germany

German gymnasts back home are super excited now that both Men’s and Women’s teams have qualified.

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how happy is Flávia?

1. Brazil 226.477
2. Australia 218.428
3. Switzerland 218.336
4. Romania 216.569

4 teams have yet to compete all trying for the top 4 Olympic qualification placements.

Happy. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch her Beam on YouTube.

Dipa Karmakar – Produnova

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Not a zero vault, in my opinion. Judges gave her 8.066 execution score. Final = 15.066.

FIG WTC should be more severe on dangerous landings than that.

An excellent YDT scores about 15.0

Dipa’s podium training double front was better.

Romania had a poor qualification

Australia 218.428
Romania 216.569
full scores

6 teams left to compete all trying for the final 4 Olympic team placements.

It’s difficult to imagine an Olympics without Romania in the team competition. But that’s the way it looks at this point. 😦

Last night the Romanian men failed despite an excellent team performance. What if neither team qualifies?

Ponor leads both Floor and Beam after the first of 4 qualifying rounds. But fell on Vault.

Disciplined, tough and focused, Australia did a good job. But counted a fall on Beam. They must wait on the next 3 sessions to see if they are returning to Rio with a full team.

Lauren’s LIVE blog.