From qualifications.
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Men’s Olympic Qualification – what happened?
There were thrills.
And spills.
More MAG day 1 photos.
As always, the Men’s competition was more exciting and unpredictable than WAG.
FIG – Russian men romp to early lead at Stuttgart Worlds
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related – Lauren’s summary on theGymter.net.
Chinese Taipei: Olympics bound
The biggest story of World Championships 2019 will be the astonishing performance of Chinese Taipei.
That’s the name recognized by the China (PRC) for events like Olympic Games.
Sadao Hamada:
“I think a 250 [team score] will get us into the Tokyo Olympics,” he said. …
Chinese Taipei last qualified to the Olympic Games in 1964, also held in Tokyo, where they placed 17th. The team has two World medals in history; the silver on Pommel Horse won by Lee Chih-Kai‘s silver medal on Pommel Horse last year in Doha came 25 years after a silver on Vault from Feng Chih Chang.
FIG – ‘Harvest day’: Chinese Taipei turns in Tokyo-worthy performance
Women’s Qualification photos – day 2
PETROUNIAS Qualification Rings
Like last year, we weren’t sure the Olympic Champ was going to compete. Injuries.
Happily, he did. Not his strongest routine, but he will get through to the Final.
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Giulia Steingruber legs
Giulia Steingruber is back from injury. And her legs are as strong as ever.
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DALALOYAN – Handspring double front pike
Best Vault at Worlds Qualifications, so far.
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Brooklyn Moors – Qualification Floor
everyone loves Mykayla Skinner
SHOCKER – Chinese Taipei goes 250.093
Scores should be higher this year as teams peak for Olympic qualification, but I’m penciling in TPE for Olympic team qualification. No number crunching pundits predicted that. They were 17th last year.
Senior coach Sadao Hamada, who coached Stanford for decades, says he only has 15 guys at the National Training Centre, an excellent facility. Therefore they need do everything right to have this kind of success.
250 was their goal.
