Exceptional spirit and technical precision?
The French women and the Swiss men.
Good choices.
Hashimoto, Kovtun, Richard
Fred Richard, not Richards. Get that straight. He’s the 2023 Worlds Bronze medalist.
Fred has many areas where he could improve. Young with tons of potential.
A good AA Final overall. Comparatively few falls.
Many of those falls — however — were from top contenders at the END of the competition. My man Sun Wei had 2 falls on Pommels on the final apparatus, for example.
A crazy finish.
Daiki really is the new Uchimura. So clutch under pressure.
That’s Hashimoto’s 2nd-straight world title.
Kovtun’s silver is Ukraine’s best finish in the men’s AA at worlds (Verniaiev has an Olympic silver), and Richard wins the US’s first AA medal since Horton in 2010. …
Balance Beam Situation LIVE – MEN’S ALL-AROUND FINAL
Everyone is celebrating Illia Kovtun and Ukraine. Everyone aside from the gymnasts in Putin’s Russia. I hope they are STILL not allowed to compete as individuals in FIG competitions 2024. The Russian dictator vows to destroy Ukraine utterly.
Fujitsu Judging Support System
I attended the press conference at Antwerp Worlds.
The Judging Support System (JSS) is available on all 10 apparatuses. Only 7 were ready last year in Liverpool.
They are using 4 cameras on each apparatus. Eight on Floor.
Donatella said it’s only being used in case of appeal. She showed 2 good examples of how it could work:
- Switch Ring on Beam
- Layout on Beam
By clicking icons on the right, a judge can check height, distance, angle, etc.
She explained it’s only being used for D-score credit at this point. Not Execution.
Donatella is looking forward to checking the D-judges after the competition using JSS. Useful for judge training.
Arturs Mickevics, the Men’t Chair, agreed that the technology works and will be useful.
Recall we’d previously seen that it’s super accurate evaluating Rings strength holds and angles.
President Watanabe was the most effusive. He wants judging that is more fair and transparent.
Personally, I was keen to find out how soon coaches can get an app for feedback in training. No timeline on that. In case of injury, we’ll be able to evaluate the athletes — and see when they get back to baseline height, distance, etc.
Fujitsu’s plans to launch something called their Human Motion Analytics platform in April 2024 which might be something that can aid in the TRAINING of gymnasts.
Of course they want graphics to be instantly available for video broadcast, as well. No timeline on that.
Aesthetically, FB CURVES 3D GYM is still far more appealing. It’s an entirely different product, of course. But still far more useful for coaches in 2023.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
The BEST of the JSS video we were shown was close to FB Curves 3D, but more human. Less perfect.
Of course it’s inevitable that all the recorded data will eventually be fed into AI platforms. It will be interesting to see how good the resulting AI VIDEO interpretations will be.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
USA, Brazil, France
The United States won an unprecedented seventh straight team world title in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Wednesday in Antwerp (BEL), overcoming early adversity to extend their decade of dominance in the sport. …
The team gold is Biles’s 20th World title and 26th World medal and gives her a total of 33 World and Olympic medals, more than any other gymnast in history.
“It wasn’t our perfect meet today — we had a teammate go down and we had some mistakes here and there,” said Biles, who praised the team’s “grit and fight.” …
Brazil’s roller coaster competition ended with the first World Championships medal for a team from South America in history. …
Meanwhile, the Paris 2024 Olympic hosts became the first French team to win a World medal since 1950. France’s highlights came on every apparatus: a powerful handspring Rudi vault from Devillard and a stuck double-twisting Yurchenko from de Jesus dos Santos, as well as a confident leadoff Balance Beam performance from Osyssek-Reimer under pressure …
FIG – U.S. women triumph as Brazil and France make history
Women’s Team Final in 60 seconds
clutch BEAM for Mélanie
Until this routine, I still didn’t believe France had a chance at Team Bronze.
Mélanie hit the routine of her LIFE to bring that medal to the Olympic hosts.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Get good sleep. Have FUN out there.
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2024 American Girl of the Year is a GYMNAST
2024 is an Olympic year.
American Girl — the toy company — has announced its 2024 Girl of the Year—Lila Monetti.
She’s a 10-year-old growing up in Minnesota who is developing new hobbies and pushing through challenges. Both a horseback rider and competitive gymnast.
Minnesota? Isn’t Olympic Champion Suni Lee from Minnesota?
MUST be a coincidence.
Georgia Godwin interview
Looking forward to the Paris Olympics.
Has not ruled out continuing past the 2024 Games. She feels she’s still improving.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
12 women’s teams going to PARIS 🇫🇷
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Women’s Team Final result
GBR took the early momentum lead, winning the INTRO dance. 😀
But the big surprise was the Olympic host nation taking the Bronze.
USA
Brazil
France
I really enjoyed the competition. A thriller.
There were falls. And some personal BEST EVER routines.
Great Gymnastics overall.
Italy really impressed despite not having some of their biggest stars in this line-up.
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