You can’t NOT watch Laurie. 🙂
Click PLAY or watch her dance on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch her Bars on YouTube.
How many girls stretch their feet on Tkachev?
Laurie Hernandez 2015 Jr Champ
1. Laurie Hernandez: 117.500
2. Jazmyn Foberg: 117.400
3. Ragan Smith: 116.450
At least one of these super talents will be competing Rio, I predict. All they need to do is stay healthy. An impressive weekend for all three.
Beam Dreams – MG Elite Battles it Out for Junior Gold at the the 2015 P&G National Championships
More photos by John Cheng – 2015 P&G Gymnastics Championships – Jr. Women (Day 1)
US Junior National team named: Laurie Hernandez, Jazzy Foberg, Ragan Smith, Jordan Chiles, Christina Desiderio and Sydney Johnson-Scharpf.
Click PLAY or watch the Junior REPLAY on YouTube. (Seniors day 2 will not be on YouTube. Only on NBC.)
Gymternet – 2015 U.S. Championships Junior Day 2 LIVE Blog
#PGChamps day 2 promo video
Great fluff.
Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.
Nick Ruddock – TechniqueTalk
The British High Performance Gymnastics Coach and Consultant has a flash new website – TechniqueTalk.com.
Check a sample post – #1 WHAT REALLY GETS MY GOAT
#PGChamps day 2 will be better …
Balance Beam Situation called day 1 a Splatfest.
It wasn’t THAT bad. But many of the most reliable, consistent gymnasts fell. Including Kyla Ross. 😦
Lauren Hopkins:
Of the 19 gymnasts who competed, most had falls or big mistakes. But most who made those mistakes came back with brilliant performances. Fighting back from mistakes is a big part of competing …
… Biles doesn’t fall on floor. She’s human, it happens to everyone, but floor has been so easy for Simone always, it was just jarring to see it happen …
Aly:
“I can’t remember the last time I fell on beam in competition” …
Douglas also had a solid day, especially on vault, where her DTY was excellent, and bars, where every skill was tidy and solid. It wasn’t a perfect day, as she had a few small issues on beam and then got hammered in both her d-scores and e-scores on floor, where she struggled with dance elements. …
JUDGE catches Jon Horton
Danell Leyva – H Bar
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
I wish he had fewer Rybalkos, though. Deductions could have been more severe.
Paul Ruggeri – H Bar
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Jon Horton – High Bar
The biggest happy surprise from day 1 #PGChamps was the veteran putting himself right back in the mix for Worlds 2015.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
He was the silver medalist on Horizontal Bar at the 2008 Olympics.
Yoder / Naddour – Pommels
It’s likely Team USA will select one Worlds 2015 team member for Pommels. My guess is Alex Naddour as he has experience and might contribute on some other apparatus, as well.
Click PLAY or watch Alex Naddour on YouTube. 15.100 (6.8, 8.300)
Not his cleanest routine.
Young Alec Yoder had the highest final Pommel score on day 1.
Click PLAY or watch Alec on YouTube. 15.600 (6.5, 9.100)
Sean Melton went 14.900. Donothan Bailey 15.050. Michael Reid 15.050.
Nancy Armour points out just what a difficult time the U.S. Men’s selection committee is facing.
@StickItMedia has been following the selection procedure. He feels this is simply wild speculation. We need to wait for day 2 scores before trying to fit together the team jigsaw puzzle. 🙂
