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#Glasgow2015 UPDATE – official list from FIG

1. Biles USA 61.598
2. Steingruber SUI 57.640
3. Douglas USA 57.516
4. Black CAN 57.299
— Raisman USA 56.798
5. L. Wevers NED 56.733
6. Tutkhalyan RUS 56.599
7. Tinkler GBR 56.466
8. Harrold GBR 56.398
9. Murakami JPN 56.366
10. Oliveira BRA 56.365
11 Shang CHN 56.332
12. Schäfer GER 55.799
13. Saraiva BRA 55.798
14. Makra HUN 55.732
15. Iordache ROM 55.698
16. Ferlito ITA 55.665

18. Wang CHN 55.566
— Downie GBR 55.565
19. Teramoto JPN 55.532
20. Verschueren BEL 55.449
21. Jurca ROM 55.332
22. Hermans BEL 55.332
— Ugrin ITA 55.299
23. Seitz GER 55.298
24. Onyshko CAN 55.216
— Thorsdottir NED 55.140
R1 Brevet FRA 55.132
R2 Spiridonova RUS 54.998

That list is unofficial. It comes from International Gymnast magazine doing a terrific job LIVE blogging on Facebook.

The #Glasgow2015 Worlds preliminaries were the best I can recall. Congratulations to all competitors.

And congratulations to Dutch Head coach Gerben Wiersma. Fantastic job with this team.

The Test Event is at the Olympic venue in Brazil April 16-19, 2016. (I’ll be there.)

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Just saw the news on wogymnast via Ginnasticando.

No worries. The BIG goal for Team Italy was Rio. They had a fantastic Olympic qualifications. Vanessa did help her team when it counted most. The 2006 World Champion can now take time to recover.

Her coach Enrico Casella has done a terrific job with Vanessa and the team since being named National Coach of this cycle.

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Their 1st Olympic qualification as a full team since 1976. Congratulations. 🙂

Definitely the most artistic team, many fans who’ve not had a chance to see the Dutch girls are now calling them their favourite team.

There are two more rotations left at Worlds #Glasgow2015, but statistically it’s near certain that Canada 7th and Netherlands 8th grab the final two spots. Brazil 9th will now need to qualify at the Olympic test meet in March 2016.

The Canadians are here cheering … stylish Canadian duds.

Our Olympic champion absolutely drilled her first three apparatus … then had a shocking fall on standing 1/1 on Beam. But it was enough to get through to the all-around final at Worlds #Glasgow2015 with Simone. Congratulations.

Terri Laymon – Superb Day 1 For The Ladies From USA

Will Graves calls it a “first-world gymnastics problem”:

“… only two gymnasts per country can advance. It’s designed to spread the wealth and prevent a medal stand sweep. … “

I like the rule which was put in place by FIG.

The mission of the International Olympic Committee is to promote Olympic values in all member nations. Values like ethics, fair play, coach education, non-violence, peace amongst nations, equality of women, anti-doping, safety and the development of sport for all. Sport for all in all member nations.

Determining the BEST athletes is a means to achieve those mandates. Not the only goal.

If you don’t like the Olympic Charter, don’t watch the Olympics. Don’t watch Worlds. Watch the American, Russian and Chinese championships instead. Simple. That way you can see most of the best gymnasts of the world compete AA.

Personally, I love one chance a year to see gymnasts representing smaller nations.

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Now that all the light bulbs have been replaced (they were exploding), this is the only thing to worry about. 🙂