Jorge Vega Lopez – Podium vault

I am always impressed with Jorge’s attention to detail. And landings. He could make the final.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Jorge won Guatemala’s first ever gold medal in gymnastics at the Pan American Games in Toronto 2015.

He’s a celebrity back home.

Cintia – Gold Medal toe point

Click PLAY or watch her Podium Floor on YouTube. Actually, all the Spanish routines were great.

Zou Jingyuan – BEST routine in history

Shut-up and watch this Podium routine over-and-over again.

What’s your execution deduction?

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Oksana’s Rudi

Best for 17 years or more?

Sadly she put a hand down on vault 2 and is unlikely to qualify for the apparatus final.

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the Petz on Bars

Very cool. And well done.

Great routine, too. But Emelie did have a fall.

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1180084703803654144

Gymnastics and negative social media

some FANS are FANatics.

Fans experience euphoria during moments when play is going well for their team, and stress when play is going against their team. This tension between the two emotions generates an unusual sense of pleasure or heightened sensations. …

The more fans a sport has, the greater the number of haters, people who mostly participate in negative ways.

The sport of Figure Skating, I believe, has more haters than Gymnastics. Hiking far fewer. 

We have a lot of young athletes, so it’s even more important to protect. 

Best strategy is to BLOCK trolls when you first encounter them. Don’t engage — that’s what they want. Live in a social media bubble of people you like and respect. Ask your athletes to do the same.

When I think of FANatics I recall the 1996 film where Robert De Niro (the fan) is obsessed with baseball player Wesley Snipes.

Fandom to the extreme.

Click PLAY or watch the trailer on YouTube.

Yamilet attempts Handspring double front

Unfortunately she suffer an injury on her second vault and — ultimately — did not complete the AA competition.

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R.I.P. Kristi Krafft

Former Gymnastics great and coach has passed away.

She was suffering from multiple health issues.

Her son Josh will share funeral service information.

Danusia Francis – Beam

Decided to compete the skill named for Spanish-Canadian Silvia Colussi Pelaez. And tries to connect it to a full twist dismount.

Note that FIG does not allow any extra landing mats for sideways dismounts. The short mat makes it risky for Nush to try to connect. That discourages originality.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/theallaround/status/1180058603123875841

Danusia had an excellent AA competition and stands a good chance to qualify as an individual.

Click PLAY or see how Nush felt after the meet on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/olympicchannel/status/1180078184269848576

Georgia Rose Brown – Bars

GRB is so swingy.

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