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It was terrific to see Larisa and Laura have a good AA Final. I’m certain Romania will qualify a full team for the Olympics at the Test Meet.
That’s important since top 3 AA at Worlds 2015 do not directly qualify a gymnast to the Rio Olympics. Neither Larisa Iordache nor Manrique Larduet have qualified. Yet. If either gets an apparatus medal in the Finals, they do qualify.
I doubt FIG ever considered the possibility that a gymnast from a non-qualifying nation might win an AA medal.
#Glasgow2015
… Barbara Slater, head of BBC Sport, represented Great Britain as a gymnast.
For the past four nights, audiences of up to 1.8 million have been tuning into BBC Two’s coverage. …
Gymnastics, it could be argued, is the ideal sport for the modern age. The bite-sized routines, which never exceed 90 seconds, are consistent with our dwindling attention spans. Yet the athletes still manage to pack in plenty of beauty and drama, not to mention physical risk. …
As often as I question whether GBR should be naming Louis Smith to their A-team, there’s no denying he’s a superstar in the U.K. We need more gymnasts with his level of charisma if we want recognition with the general public.
I’d love to see Louis win a Pommel medal at home.
Kohei was good in the post-meet Press conference.
He said the arena was too loud. As an example, he singled out the practice of the announcer asking the audience to “make some noise”.
I agree. They need to have a little more respect for the athletes while competing.
papaliukin, however, points out that Rio will be very, very loud. Especially since Cuba qualified a full men’s team.
–Congratulations! After your high bar routine, you fanned the audience.
Well, (although my high bar routine wasn’t perfect), I was able to stick the landing and win my 6th straight title, so I thought why not and I got carried away with myself (laughs).
–Your routines were amazing today; how do you feel?
I would’ve liked to do a more aggressive high bar routine, with a cassina, but I had discussed with Coach Moriizumi that it might be okay if I went (cautiously) for the win, and I’m pretty happy I was able to stick the landing.
I’m surprised to hear that Uchimura was willing to change his Horizontal Bar routine. It was good strategy, for sure. But I’m still surprised.
“It was a sweet moment”.
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more AA photos
related – US Aly Raisman Responds To Viktoria Komova’s Apology:
According to Aimee Boorman, Simone Biles’ coach, the Russian gymnast gave a personal apology to the American gymnasts during training.
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They are going to need a longer tunnel next year. 🙂
In case you don’t know who won 🙂 … here’s the archived version.
Click PLAY or watch Men’s AA Final on YouTube. Geo-blocked in some areas.
That’s the question being asked by all kinds of people in Glasgow.
The youngest competitor in the AA has only competed once in an FIG World Cup meet.
We know him well in the new World. He probably should have won Pan-Am Games over Sam Mikulak this summer.
In Toronto he was quite the showman. Perhaps too much. Some officials felt he celebrated too much.
In Glasgow he was much more restrained. Aside from this. 🙂
His coach is Carlos Gil.
Manrique’s goal is to win a medal at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
Manrique has not qualified yet to the AA for Rio, however. (Only apparatus medalists at Worlds get a personal ticket to the Olympics.) He’ll need to get a medal on Floor, P Bars or H Bar. … Or compete AA at the Test Meet and qualify there. Should be no problem – barring injury.
His role models are Erick Lopez, Casimiro Suarez and Emilio Sagre. Cuba has a long and proud history at the World Gymnastics Championships. It’s wonderful to see them back.
What can you say? 🙂
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