top 4 teams in Rio …

1. Germany 350.609
2. France 346.583
3. Romania 344.148
4. Spain 342.725

… so far. Left to compete are Netherlands, Belgium and Ukraine.

The top 4 teams at the end of the day qualify to the Olympics.

Results.

(via International Gymnast Magazine)

German redemption

During the last Olympic cycle it was Great Britain who missed at Worlds 2011 and were forced to qualify at Test Meet.

This cycle it was Germany.

Fabian Hambüchen is still out with shoulder pain that doesn’t want to go away. Many in Germany were worried the team won’t qualify here.

But Germany had a terrific team competition in the first of 3 flights of men’s preliminaries. Everyone is very confident they will rank one of the top 4 teams. Most likely #1.

Congratulations.

NCAA Vault Champions 2016

1. Brandie Jay (Georgia) 9.9500
1. Katie Bailey (Alabama) 9.9500
3. Ashleigh Gnat (LSU) 9.9250
3. Hollie Blanske (Nebraska) 9.9250

Click PLAY or watch Brandie Jay on YouTube. BOOM!

Click PLAY or watch Katie’s Yurchenko half on YouTube. 🙂

Clearly the NCAA must clarify start scores on Yurchenkos with half twist.

NCAA Bars Champions 2016

1. Brittany Rogers (Georgia) 9.9500
1. Bridget Sloan (Florida) 9.9500
3. McKenzie Wofford (Oklahoma) 9.9375

Click PLAY or watch Brit on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch part of Bridget’s routine on YouTube.

Brittany competed Elite at Pac Rims the weekend prior. Respect. 🙂

NCAA Floor Champions 2016

1. Nina McGee (Denver) 9.9500
2. Myia Hambrick (Louisiana State) 9.9250
3. AJ Jackson (Oklahoma) 9.9125

Nina’s Floor was the routine of the day. Entertaining. Unique. … And definitely not tiring. Some of the least energy demanding choreography all time. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

NCAA Beam Champions 2016

1. Bridget Sloan (Florida) 9.9500
1. Danusia Francis (UCLA) 9.9500
3. Natalie Brown (Oklahoma) 9.2500

Men’s NCAA Finalists

Ron Noe:

Oklahoma (441.20), Stanford (434.35), Ohio State (433.40), Illinois (432.05), Minnesota (426.40) and Penn State (423.95) advanced to the team finals of the 2016 NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Championships. …

Oklahoma and Stanford Lead Field of Six

Click PLAY or watch a recap on NCAA.

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