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Interesting observation from a top sports journalist.
The top 3 teams at Worlds have all been having a reckoning of how to improve ETHICS / SAFETY — especially because female gymnasts are so young, and the training so intense.
Gymnastics is absolutely the best sport for kids IMHO. But there have been terrible abuses, especially at the highest levels of WAG.
Watching Ellie’s interview was the first time I cried today.
Crazy good. The rules don’t reward connected swings nearly as much as they should.
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Top 3 earn automatic team qualification to the Paris Olympics.
🥇 USA 🇺🇸 166.564
🥈 GBR 🇬🇧 163.363
🥉 Canada 🇨🇦 160.563
There are MANY stories to tell.
But for me the biggest surprise was Japan. This team with zero Worlds experience were fantastic. Up until their final routine on Bars.
For Worlds 2023 all eyes will be on Japan. These are going to be some of the top gymnasts in the world very, very soon.
No all-around is calculated during Team.
But here are the top competitors who did do 4 apparatus.
56.698: Rebeca Andrade🇧🇷
55.833: Jordan Chiles🇺🇸
55.166: Ellie Black🇨🇦
53.632: Alice Kinsella🇬🇧
52.432: Martina Maggio🇮🇹
A timely reminder of why gymnasts from Russia and Belarus were banned from the Liverpool Worlds.
Putin is bombing Ukraine’s power grid, causing grief and suffering for civilians.
IOC should announce what date Russia will be banned from the Paris Olympics, unless Putin’s war is ended.
If you find coverage of the Women’s Team Final more positive and less coherent, I’m NOT claiming it’s because of todays excellent free media luncheon with open Bar.
That would be FAKE NEWS. 😀
Yulo photobomb.
One of the funniest guys on the Floor at Worlds.
Recall Dom was a mainstay on the GBR team. Gold medalist on Floor at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow.
If you assumed he retired and went into sport commentary (like me) you were wrong. 😀
He’s competing now for Ireland. And doing the AA at age-27.
Hit 6/6 though had to take out one twist on Vault due to a poor block.
Like most of the athletes, Dom feels the competition format in Liverpool was too rushed. His arm was still cramped from Pommels while he was competing on Rings.
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