The best highlights video I’ve seen so far of Worlds 2022.
Nordic nations support Ukraine
If Putin successfully takes over Ukraine, why would he stop there?
Recall Hitler invaded Poland first. To justify the action, Nazi propagandists accused Poland of persecuting ethnic Germans living in Poland. Does that sound familiar?
If Putin successfully takes over Ukraine, why wouldn’t the Chinese dictator-for-life take that as a green light to invade Taiwan?
There’s a very good argument for banning Russian and Bellarusian judges & officials from FIG events, as well as athletes.
It sounds like FIG need to change their rules and regulations before taking that step. Perhaps that can be done at the upcoming FIG Congress in Turkey.
It’s November 2022. On what date will IOC ban athletes from the Paris Olympics? Right now it seems unlikely Putin will stop bombing civilians any time soon.
Blythe & Olly in Liverpool
This commentary team brings a light, upbeat vibe to Gymnastics broadcasting.
I particularly enjoyed their 1-minute summing up video of each long, long day.
HARDEST skill to learn?
I recall Shawn Johnson said KIP (upstart).
What was it for the best in the world 2022?
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WATANABE Hazuki – Qualification Beam
As promised, FIG is uploading all qualification routines to YouTube without GeoBlocking.
Hazuki ended up the surprise World Champion. Here’s the routine that got her into the Beam Final.
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Worlds Liverpool wraps-up
Worlds Liverpool went surprisingly well.
One of the better worlds in recent memory. Not Glasgow 2015 good โย but very good.
35,000 tickets sold and sell-out crowds for the final weekend.
Local fans had much to cheer about. Men & women’s teams both were top 3 โย automatic qualification to the Paris Olympics. Six medals total including Gold on Floor for Giarnni Regini-Moran & Jessica Gadirova.
The FREE Championships Fan Zone was great for the kids.
406 volunteers worked 15,000 hours total.
Despite no covid precautions, I didn’t hear of even one gymnast having to withdraw due to the virus. (One medal contender from Taiwan didn’t travel to Liverpool because he had covid, however.)
Nicolas Buompane, FIG secretary general, answered the toughest question at the final Press Conference: Norway and 6 other nations opting not to attend FIG Congress 2022 in Istanbul.
Nicolas explained that FIG currently has no process for banning delegates. It would need to be added to their rules. And that their lawyers have concluded that FIG would lose any court challenge to such a ban.
Watanabe was more philosophical. An international democratic organization should listen to all view points. He respects both the Russian Federation and those who oppose those delegates attending Congress. He hopes that all member Federations will soon be back together as a family.
Personally, I’m worried about China invading Taiwan. In that case, I expect Chinese athletes to be banned from FIG events.
Worlds โ22 Apparatus Final 2
Beam
Japan is THE up-and-coming team in the world right now.
I felt Skye Blakely and and Ou Yushan had the best routines โ but Beam is an apparatus where you have to hit under pressure. The medal winners did that.
Ellie Black had zero falls or major errors over 4 Beam routines in Liverpool. In fact she had no falls or major errors on any apparatus in Qualification, Team Final, AA Final or either Apparatus Final. Truly sheโs been the most consistent of the top gymnasts in the world.
Floor
Crowd went wild.
In the craziest Final, Jessica Gadirova won the Floor title. As did her GBR teammate Giarnni Regini-Moran in Men’s Floor.
This will be the most discussed podium as nobody understands exactly what the judges want in terms of artistry.
USA appealed Jade’s Floor score โ as many teams did for many athletes โ but this time the score went DOWN 0.1.
That can happen.
As a result, Jade went into a tie with Rebeca. This made pretty much everyone in the arena happy. ๐
Vault
Fantastic vaults to get on to this podium. It was one of the best finals in years. Only 1 fall over 16 super difficult vaults.
You beat, Yulo โฆ you are GOOD. Congratulations to 30-year old Artur Davtyan. Two fantastic vaults.
P Bars – Zou Jingyuan
The man. The legend. The greatest of all time on Parallel Bars.
Arguably the greatest routine of all time on any apparatus.
H Bar
Superb Final. No falls. No drama. Just great Gymnastics.
Brody hit the best routine I’ve ever seen him do.
Brody Malone – World Champion. I like the sound of that.
Apparatus Finals 1 in 1-minute
Wei Xiaoyuan ้ฆ็ญฑๅ – Bars
The World Champion defends with a near perfect routine.
This was a very competitive Bars Final.
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Worlds โ22 Apparatus Final 1
Vault
Bars
A thrilling Final. I’m glad I wasn’t a judge trying to rank the top 3 awesome routines.
Shout out for Eli Seitz finishing 4th at her 10th World Championships. Ellie Black finished 4th on Vault but she’s still catching up to Eli on number of Worlds. ๐
Floorย
Pommels
Podium with gymnasts from superpowers Ireland, Jordan and Armenia.
Harutyun is age-38.
Ringsย
Everyone very happy for Adem.
Crowd went nuts for Courtney Tulloch, who’s great on social media, by the way.
My favourite routine was You Hao, but his landing was terrible this time. And that’s enough to drop anyone off the podium.
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