Japan names Men’s Olympic team

Hashimoto Daiki
Kaya Kazuma
Tanigawa Wataru
Kitazono Takeru

And Kohei, age-32, for the plus one pick.

In the complicated and very competitive Japanese selection procedure, Kohei tied with Yonekura Hidenobu, the Vault specialist.

Kohei got the tie-breaker for his higher world ranking.

Simone and Kohei Uchimura will be the biggest NAMES in Gymnastics at the Olympics.

Stephen Nedoroscik 15.100

Legit score.

Steve wasn’t thrilled with his routine day 1. But he’ll be happy with this one.

He’d quite likely qualify for the Olympic Pommel Final. Some of the best guys in the world didn’t qualify.

Alex Diab would be another good pick. A certain Rings finalist.

Eddie Penev would be the 3rd possible specialist for Floor.

USA doesn’t have a great chance for a team medal in 2021. They COULD select the team to maximize possible Finals. Two AA and 3 specialists with the PLUS 1. But that’s highly unlikely.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Listen to an interview from between the two competition days.

Trevor Howard: From Penn State Gymnastics to the World Team to Disney – GymnasticsVille Podcast

Trevor Howard almost quit gymnastics after missing teams by one place, year after year. His mom told him something that changed everything. What followed was a career most gymnasts only dream about. On this episode of Back to Basics, Trevor sits down with Mubarak Simmons to share his full journey, from growing up in Columbus, Ohio to becoming a 7x All-American and NCAA National Champion at Penn State, to earning a spot on the 2019 World Championships team in Stuttgart alongside Sam Mikulak, Yul Moldauer, and Shane Wiskus. He opens up about the "iron sharpens iron" mindset that got him there, what it was like representing Team USA on the world stage, and how COVID derailed his Olympic path. Today, Trevor performs as a Tumble Monkey in Disney's Festival of the Lion King at Animal Kingdom and runs ETHIICKS, his holistic wellness company built on everything gymnastics taught him. This conversation covers mindset, adversity, purpose, and what it really takes to reach the highest level. FOLLOW TREVOR HOWARD: Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, TikTok: Coach Trevor Howard ETHIICKS: @ethiicks FOLLOW GYMNASTICSVILLE: Website: https://gymnasticsville.com  Instagram: https://instagram.com/gymnasticsville  TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gymnasticsvillehq  Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/gymcrewtalent  Facebook: https://facebook.com/gymnasticsville  WATCH THE FULL VIDEO EPISODE: YouTube: https://youtu.be/5drpDx-pRSc?si=lYtu0TflRY8jLZDM 
  1. Trevor Howard: From Penn State Gymnastics to the World Team to Disney
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U.S. Champ Brody Malone

Brody Malone 170.700 (86.250, 84.450)
Yul Moldauer 167.950 (83.600, 84.350)
Sam Mikulak 167.400 (82.450, 84.950)

National Team:

Brody Malone
Yul Moldauer
Sam Mikulak
Brandon Briones
Allan Bower
Akash Modi
Riley Loos
Paul Juda
Cameron Bock
Vitaliy Guimaraes
Donnell Whittenburg
Alex Diab
Stephen Nedoroscik
Eddie Penev

They can name up to 21 according to Kensley Behel.

I’m pretty sure Brody has worn a cowboy hat before. 🤠

Shane Wiscus had a disastrous H Bar for 8.800. Three falls. Left for medical evaluation following the routine.

I assume he’ll be added by petition.

Andrade & Alvarado Olympic quota spots

Fan favourite Rebeca Andrade (56.700) has qualified another spot for Brazil in Tokyo. It’s certain she’ll be chosen to join Flavia.

Rebeca has had to come back from SO MANY injuries. I hope she feels it’s all been worth it.

Luciana Alvarado (50.833) will represent Costa Rica at the Olympics. I’m certain she’ll get the spot, as well. Congratulations.

I do feel badly for Canadian gymnasts who might have won an extra Olympic spot. Canada opted not to attend due to Covid.

Click PLAY or watch Rebeca’s 4 routines on YouTube.

Kohei 15.766 H Bar

The best Horizontal Bar routine ever competed.

Prove me wrong.

His Kolman is now more like a “timer” for Bretschneider.

AND he could add a 5th release to increase difficulty. Any time.

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Victor Levinkov invented Yurchenko

I’m one of those who feel we should resist calling out mainstream media when they make mistakes.

Bite your tongue for a few months. Let’s take advantage of increased attention.

After Tokyo, popular media will go back to mostly ignoring Gymnastics.

Natalia Yurchenko:

“This vault is in the code of points under my own name.

Indeed, I was the first gymnast to do this vault during an official competition. It was in Moscow during the Competition in 1982. …

Few people know that the first gymnast who performed this vault was a male gymnast!

It was invented by Russian gymnast Victor Levinkov during a national competition in Former USSR. 

But this vault was not well accepted in the male Russian gymnastics. So my trainer has decided that I should do it and I began to learn it.

First I thought that my coach has gone crazy and wanted me to break my neck. …

NataliaYurchenko.com

Click PLAY or watch Natalia in 1982 on YouTube.

Chellsie Memmel – DTY

Someone named Simone did well yesterday …

But it was 32-year-old mother of two, Chellsie Memmel, getting the loudest ovations.

Watch her reaction on bringing back the DTY.

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