day 2 Cottbus Finals

Points towards Olympic qualification for apparatus specialists.

Beam
1. Urara Ashikawa, Japan 13.700
2. Diana Varinska, Ukraine 13.533
3. Li Qi, China 13.400

Floor
1. Anastasiia Bachynska, Ukraine 13.533
2. Kim Bui, Germany 13.500
3. Lara Mori, Italy 13.400

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Vault
1. Igor Radivilov, Ukraine, 14.849
2. Audrys Nin Reyes, Dominican Republic, 14.754
3. Yahor Sharamkou, Belarus, 14.749

P Bars
1. Oleg Verniaiev, Ukraine, 15.400
2. You Hao, China, 15.400
3. Vladislav Poliashov, Russia, 15.366

H Bar
1. Hidetaka Miyachi, Japan 14.933
2. Ilias Georgiou, Cyprus 14.166
3. Alexey Rostov, Russia 14.166

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For details, videos and running points totals, click over to …

Lauren – 2019 Cottbus World Cup | Event Finals Day 2 Live Blog

Blythe – BACHYNSKA, VERNIAIEV, RADIVILOV STRIKE GOLD FOR UKRAINE ON FINAL DAY AT COTTBUS

Spencer – COTTBUS LIVE BLOG – FINALS DAY 2

Ashley Watson’s 5.87m Flyaway regrasp

Guinness world record from Nov. 2018.

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More release stuff – George of the Jungle.

Aomori University Men’s Rhythmic 2018

This sport has always had superb synchronization. Choreography is getting increasingly complex.

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Thanks Warren.

day 1 Cottbus Finals

Points towards Olympic qualification for apparatus specialists.

Vault
1. Yu Linmin, China, 14.649
2. Teja Belak, Slovenia, 14.216
3. Yesenia Ferrera, Cuba, 14.199

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Bars
1. Fan Yilin, China, 14.800
2. Anastasia Agafonova, Russia, 14.733
3. Yin Sisi, China, 14.566

Floor
1. Kazuki Minami, Japan, 15.100
2. Rayderley Zapata, Spain, 14.800
3. Hayden Skinner, Great Britain, 14.533

Pommels
1. Weng Hao, China, 15.000
2. Kaito Imabayashi, Japan, 14.966
3. Oleg Verniaiev, Ukraine, 14.866

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Rings
1. Liu Yang, China, 15.133
2. Eleftherios Petrounias, Greece, 14.866
3. Artur Avetisyan, Armenia, 14.833

Despite his silver medal, things are looking foreboding for Eleftherios Petrounias of Greece on still rings. The reigning Olympic champion shockingly missed out on qualifying for Tokyo at the world championships …

Petrounias’s sole route to the Games now is through the World Cup series, and with Liu looking so strong and likely to keep the spot, this looks less and less likely.

For details, videos and running points totals, click over to …

Lauren – 2019 Cottbus World Cup | Event Finals Day 1 Live Blog

Blythe – CHINA FOUR FOR FIVE ON DAY ONE OF COTTBUS WORLD CUP FINALS

Spencer – COTTBUS LIVE BLOG – FINALS DAY 1

NEW parent fund-raiser …

SWIM the English Channel. 

Natalie Dodds swum 1,416 lengths of her local pool (21 miles) to raise funds and awareness of the Weymouth and Portland Recreational Gymnastics Club.

Dorset Echo

 

Andrea Maldonado – FWD layout 3/1 twist

Puerto Rico’s Andrea Maldonado became the first woman to successfully land a triple-twisting front somersault in international competition, meaning the skill will be named for the Iowa State junior her in the women’s gymnastics code of points.

The front triple full was first performed by Japan’s Kenzo Shirai in 2013, and is known as The Shirai in the men’s code. …

Rocker Gymnastics – SPECIALISTS, MALDONADO SHINE IN COTTBUS WORLD CUP QUALIFICATIONS

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USAG WAG team camps to INDY

Announcement.

The Gymnastics Company in Indianapolis is a private club owned by Kim Dykes.

Gymnastics commentator Olly Hogben

In 2011 Olly Hogben was a drama teacher. He had no training in broadcasting.

By 2016 he was announcing at the Rio Oympics.

Dvora Meyers interviews one of our favourite Elite Gymnastics announcers:

DM: As a commentator, what do you see as your primary job? Is it educating the viewers? Entertaining them?

OH: This is a great question! For me it’s clear—I am here to help people enjoy the sport. … What I try to do—and hopefully sometimes succeed [at]—is to talk to the hardcore fans one minute, then the total novices, then move to those who need a quick recap. …

DM: Were you surprised by how you’ve been embraced by gymnastics fans? Also, aren’t you also a little terrified by the gymternet? I know that I sometimes am, which is generally a good thing since it keeps me from writing dumb things.

OH: I’m shocked at how I’ve been embraced, to be honest! It was in Glasgow last year that people really started to react positively to my commentary and I couldn’t believe it. I still can’t …

Click through to read the whole interview.

https://twitter.com/DvoraMeyers/status/1197244466404511746

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