Ellie and Kaylia.
A new superstar. And Ellie Black âž™ a Worlds finalist for 10 years. AND now on every apparatus at one Worlds or another.
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In praise of Gymnastics Unitards
They simply make more sense than the traditional one piece bathing suit.
Read Nancy Armour’s take âž™ How a unitard could help keep women in gymnastics past puberty
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Breanna Scott – Beam
This routine really impressed.
Kyle Shewfelt on Vault spotting
Listen to Kyle.
FIG WTC says it hasn’t yet received a written request to change the rule. IF changed, it wouldn’t be put into the Code until after Paris.
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Alexa Moreno will compete Handspring 2/1 twist
She thinks she can have it ready for the Olympics.
Hillary Heron’s Biles 1 on Floor
The excellent gymnast from Panama talks about how she started training the Biles.
Inspiring.
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Qiu Qiyuan 🇨🇳 – Bars
After Simone’s Vault, the NEXT most anticipated routine was Qiu Qiyuan with her monster layout Jaeger. The best ever performed, I reckon.
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In fact, I think she messed up that set with extra (possibly non-deduction) skills.
Here’s how it should have been connected.
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Romania is BACK to the Olympics
Coaches Patrick Kiens, Daymon Montaigne-Jones, and Corina Haljoni have to get a bit of the credit.
BARS is particularly improved.
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12 men’s teams to Paris Olympics
The top 17 teams this year scored high enough to make top 8 in 2022.
As expected, it was super tough to make top 12 at the qualifying Worlds.
It was heartbreaking that France did not qualify anyone to the Paris Olympics.
At worst, the FIG does allocate one spot for the host nation IF nobody has qualified from France in any other way.
Canada competed best of all teams for their first Olympic qualification since 2008. Germany was excellent, too.
Ukraine did not compete well, but everyone is happy they made Paris in the Olympics where Russia may be banned for invading their homeland.
It was a gutsy performance for Netherlands to qualify. And I’d say Turkey has earned the Olympics for their steady progress over recent years. It was a smart call to add young Emre Dodanli who is competing in NCAA for Oklahoma.
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Individual AA Olympic Qualifiers
These fine gymnasts have booked a ticket to the Paris Olympics through their all-around performance in qualification.
KAYLIA NEMOUR
PAULINE SCHAEFER
ALEXA MORENO
FILIPA MARTINS
ALEAH FINNEGAN
BETTINA CZIFRA
ALBA PETISCO
ANNA LASHCHEVSKA
LENA BICKEL
HILLARY HERON
CAITLIN ROOSKRANTZ
SONA ARTAMONOVA
LIHIE RAZ
LUCIJA HRIBAR
ONE AUTOMATIC INDIVIDUAL FOR THE COUNTRYÂ (in addition to any other qualified individuals): GERMANY, MEXICO, HUNGARY
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