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Beam
1. Shang CHN 15.400
2. Saraiva BRA 15.100
3. Scheder GER 14.000

Click PLAY or Saraiva’s Beam on YouTube.

WAG Floor
1. Saraiva BRA 13.625
2. Seitz GER 13.400
3. Griesser GER 13.325

MAG Floor
1. Sepulveda CHI 15.625
2. Hypolito BRA 15.550
3. Fahrig GER 15.475

Pommel
1. Xiao CHN 15.075
2. Zhang CHN 14.900
3. Toba GER 14.400

Rings
1. Zanetti BRA 15.900
2. Medina Flores BRA 15.100
3. Molinari ARG 15.000

Click PLAY or watch Zanetti’s Rings on YouTube.

Full Twist has a summary with links to some routines.

Ana Livia:

… Shang Chungsong redeemed herself from yesterday’s fall and hit her full routine. She achieved a 6.7 difficulty level –we know she is capable of a 6.9- and got away with a rather scary double with a twist dismount. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Bars
1. Chunsong CHN 15.025
2. Scheder GER 14.875
3. Seitz GER 14.700

See more routines on Couch Gymnast – Sao Paulo Word Cup: Vault and Bars

Swimming and gymnastics are the biggest winners and modern pentathlon the biggest loser in the new revenue distribution framework finalised by members of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) here this week.

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) and the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) are each set to receive a 28 per cent increase over the next Olympic quadrennium in comparison with the post-London 2012 period. …

Inside the Games

I know IOC is very happy with how FIG is working to develop the sport around the world. They partially funded our recent FIG Age Group Camp in El Salvador, for example.

Zarkana by Cirque du Soleil in Vegas.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

After all these years, Boris Verkhovsky is still energized. He’s Director of Acrobatic Performance and Coaching at Cirque. And Boris is very much a biomechanist coach. He loves to push the limits of the laws of physics. 🙂

Click PLAY or watch it on BGtv YouTube channel.

Tony Retrosi:

Coaching gymnastics is basically just listening to yourself talk because nobody else is. …

Coaching gymnastics is juggling chainsaws and wondering why it’s so loud and why your shoulders are so sore. …

What it’s like to Coach and Own a Gymnastics Club 🙂

Tokyo will hosts the 2020 Olympic Games. Watanabe is investigating the current status of gymnastics on the African continent, with the aim of offering support and assistance to upskill the high performance programme on the continent. …

Japanese gymnastics is particularly strong in Men’s Artistic and Trampoline disciplines. The partnership between SAGF and JGA will entail two Men’s Artistic Gymnasts, two Trampoline Gymnasts and two coaches being invited to train in Japan twice a year until 2020 at JGA’s expense.

JGA will also send Japanese Men’s Artistic and Trampoline coaches to South Africa two or three times a year until 2020 to help create a development plan to improve the standard of South African high performance gymnasts. …

SA Gymnastics Set to Get Japanese Support

Mr. Watanabe is visiting other nations. He was recently in Costa Rica, for example.

🙂

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For some reason the Men competed the last 3 events on day 1. Leave a comment if you know why.

Vault
1. Delen CHN 14.982
2. Andrade BRA 14.700
3. Santi CHI 14.162

Click PLAY or watch Rebeca’s Vaults on YouTube. Crowd is pretty excited. 🙂

Bars
1. Chunsong CHN 15.025
2. Scheder GER 14.875
3. Seitz GER 14.700

Vault
1. Dias De Assumpcao BRA 15.025
2. Fahrig GER 14.850
3. Hypolito BRA 14.837

P Bars
1. Dauser GER 15.750
2. Xiaodong CHN 15.525
3. Barreto Junior BRA 15.300

H Bar
1. Ruoteng CHN 15.125
2. Cordoba ARG 15.050
3. Nin Reyes DOM 14.975

Full Twist has a summary with links to some routines.

Ana Livia:

Yesterday in São Paulo, the World Challenge Cup Brazil qualifying round was seen by many as Team Brazil’s first rehearsal for the Olympics, to be held next year in Rio de Janeiro.

For the Brazilians, it was a great opportunity to test its gymnast’s ability to concentrate with a loud crowd cheering them on and pressuring them for medals. For the others, it was a chance to interact with the Brazilian hyper-cheering public that filled the Ibirapuera Stadium. …

Couch Gymnast

VAULT
1. ANDRADE, Rebeca BRA 14,825
2. DENG, Yalan CHN 14,550
3. LAGO, Ana MEX 14,000
results

Click PLAY or watch Rebeca’s 1st Vault on YouTube. (YDT)

Click PLAY or watch Rebeca’s 2nd Vault on YouTube.

BARS
1. SEITZ, Elisabeth GER 14,800 (VIDEO)
2. SCHEDER, Sophie GER 14,600
3. SHANG, Chunsong CHN 14,200 (fall)
results

BEAM
1. SHANG, Chunsong CHN 15,100
2. SARAIVA, Flavia BRA 13,700
3. SCHEDER, Sophie GER 13,400
results

FLOOR
1. SARAIVA, Flavia BRA 13,900
2. DOS SANTOS OLIVEIRA BRA 13,750
3. TARABINI, Ayelen ARG 13,700
results

FLOOR
1. SEPULVEDA, Enrique CHI 15,800
2. HYPOLITO, Diego BRA 15,200
3. KIRMES, Oskar FIN 14,950
results

POMMEL
1. ZHANG, Hongtao CHN 15,800 (6,80 9,000)
2. MODI, Akash USA 14,600
3. TREFILOVS, Dmitrijs LAT 14,550
results

RINGS
1. ZANETTI, Arthur BRA 16,050
2. MOLINARI, Federico ARG 15,250
3. MEDINA FLORES, Henri BRA 14,950
results

VAULT
1. SEPULVEDA, Enrique CHI 15,025
2. FAHRIG, Mathias GER 14,950
3. HUANG, Xi CHN 14,925
results

P BARS
1. DAUSER, Lukas GER 15,650
2. ZHU, Xiaodong CHN 15,650
3. JI, Lianshen CHN 15,150
3. OROZCO, John USA 15,150
results

H BAR
1. CORDOBA, Nicolas ARG 15,100
2. JI, Lianshen CHN 15,100
3. OROZCO, John USA 14,800
results

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