Gymnastic news #22 - Tokyo or bust

[sk9tingfan]

Will the US have a Rhythmic Gymnastics competitor (or team) at the Tokyo Olympics?

The best info I could find.

Rhythmic Gymnastics 101: U.S. roster and athlete news

Meet the rhythmic gymnast who qualified to represent the United States in Paris.

www.nbcolympics.com

 

[GoneWithTheWind]

Will the US have a Rhythmic Gymnastics competitor (or team) at the Tokyo Olympics?

They have qualified 2 individual gymnasts and a team (reallocated from 2019 Worlds as Japan qualified without need to take the host spot). My guess for the individuals would be Evita Griskenas and Laura Zeng, if they're still on form.

 

[Lara]

Both Zeng and Griskenas have competed at World Cup events this spring, with Zeng making some finals. I can’t imagine Laura not going bar new injury, and it’ll be hard to deny Griskenas I think. Qualifying two spots was pretty remarkable for the US.

 

[FiveRinger]

She's Here!!
I'm not going....it pains me, but I'm just not comfortable with the crowds and everything here. Yes, I've been vaccinated, but I just can't handle all of those people.

 

[Aceon6]

She's Here!!
I'm not going....it pains me, but I'm just not comfortable with the crowds and everything here. Yes, I've been vaccinated, but I just can't handle all of those people.

Understandable. I'm still looking forward to your insights, though.

Will ALL the coverage be on NBC properties (Peacock, NBCSN, Oly Channel, and NBC)? I can't for the life of me figure out what Flo has as it's all labeled "2021 USA Gymnastics Championships" which isn't even a thing. I guess Flo can't use the O word. Anyone here subscribe?

 

[danafan]

https://twitter.com/sbregman87/status/1407802722305425408?s=20

 

[Sylvia]

Clips of Simone training, including her double double beam dismount: https://twitter.com/Gymnastics_Now/status/1407838546849898499

Start Lists are posted for the Olympic Team Trials in St. Louis: https://www.stlouis2021.com/results/

Event Information | St. Louis 2020 | U.S. Olympic Team Trials | Gymnastics

www.stlouis2021.com

Schedule:
All times are Central and subject to change.

Thursday, June 24, 2021 – Men Day 1 – 5:00 p.m.
Friday, June 25, 2021 – Women Day 1 – 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, June 26, 2021 – Men Day 2 – 1:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 27, 2021 – Women Day 2 – 7:00 p.m.

U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials TV, live stream schedule

The U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials, live on NBC Sports, determine the taem roster for Tokyo, expected to be led by Simone Biles.

olympics.nbcsports.com

2021 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials Broadcast Schedule

All TV coverage also streams on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app.

Day	Event	Platform	Time
Thurs., June 24	Men Day 1	NBCSN/Peacock	6:30 p.m. ET (LIVE)
	Apparatus Streams	NBCOlympics.com/app	6:30 p.m. ET (LIVE)
Fri., June 25	Women Day 1	Olympic Channel	7:30 p.m. ET (LIVE)
	Apparatus Streams	NBCOlympics.com/app	7:30 p.m. ET (LIVE)
	Women Day 1	NBC	8 p.m. ET/PT (LIVE ET)
Sat., June 26	Men Day 2	Olympic Channel/Peacock	3 p.m. ET (LIVE)
	Apparatus Streams	NBCOlympics.com/app	3 p.m. ET (LIVE)
	Men Day 2	NBC	4 p.m. ET (LIVE)
Sun., June 27	Women Day 2	Olympic Channel	8 p.m. ET (LIVE)
	Apparatus Streams	NBCOlympics.com/app	8 p.m. ET (LIVE)
	Women Day 2	NBC	8:30 p.m. ET/PT (LIVE ET)

 

[Sylvia]

I can't for the life of me figure out what Flo has as it's all labeled "2021 USA Gymnastics Championships" which isn't even a thing. I guess Flo can't use the O word.

National Championships for rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline & tumbling, and acrobatic gymnastics:

Event Info · USA Gymnastics Championships

Get your tickets and event information about the USA Gymnastics Championships.

www.usagymchamps.com

Schedule · USA Gymnastics Championships

The complete schedule for the USA Gymnastics Championships.

www.usagymchamps.com

 

[Aceon6]

As usual, @Sylvia is on top of things. Thanks. On principle, I didn’t want to click on any of their links.

 

[4rkidz]

For Canadians our NBC affiliates (for me the Buffalo station WGRZ) is showing all three days.

 

[VGThuy]

https://twitter.com/sbregman87/status/1407802722305425408?s=20

She truly is a phenom and a once-in-a-generation type of talent. You know, the FIG may have wrongfully under-valued the skill for "safety" reasons as a way to de-motivate other athletes from doing it, but I love that she is going for it anyway. If she completes it successfully at the Olympics, that's all people will remember.

 

[ilovepaydays]

They gave Mikulak only .150 less execution score than Moldauer on parallel bars? WUT.

 

[mattiecat13]

The fix is in for Sam to make the team.

 

[mattiecat13]

Gage should get offers to do commercials for hair products.

 

[Rukia]

Gage should get offers to do commercials for hair products.

True that. That hair is amazing.

 

[Rukia]

Stop undermarking Yul!

 

[annie720]

Stop undermarking Yul!

Did he do something to get on their bad side?

 

[HeatherC]

Current Mood: Fangirling Brody Malone and Shane Wiskus (and sending up some prayers that Alec Yoder hits PH because he's freaking amazing on that event)

 

[ilovepaydays]

Hey look at Diab! There’s a U.S. guy that’s actually good on rings!

I’m glad Wiskus looks like he’s recovered from that high bar disaster at Nationals. IMHO, it was still a bad move for him to have continued though.

 

[HeatherC]

ALEC!!!!

 

[mattiecat13]

Watching pommel horse makes my hands sweat.

 

[rfisher]

"His sweat has muscles"

 

[HeatherC]

Wow, Shane had an awesome day!

 

[HeatherC]

Pretty good first night for the men overall. I also feel like we actually got to watch a LOT of the gymnasts during the competition tonight (it was hard with three events going on at the same time but they went back and showed quite a few routines on tape delay) and hopefully that carries over to the women's competition too so we can see a whole bunch of the girls this weekend.

 

[sk9tingfan]

"His sweat has muscles"

His muscles have muscles!

 

[ilovesalchows]

After watching the men, does anyone know if anyone is a legit medal threat on any apparatus? I feel like the biggest problem with a gymnast like Moldauer is he doesn't just kill it on anything. If Whittenburg really has a chance on vault it makes more sense to take him.

 

[HeatherC]

After watching the men, does anyone know if anyone is a legit medal threat on any apparatus? I feel like the biggest problem with a gymnast like Moldauer is he doesn't just kill it on anything. If Whittenburg really has a chance on vault it makes more sense to take him.

Alec Yoder has a legit chance to win a medal on PH, Donnell could win a medal on VT if he gets his Dragelescu VT back, Gage Dyer was also really good on VT and FX, and that guy who did rings was also really good (sorry, I forget his name). These guys really aren't great on the other apparatuses though so it doesn't makes sense to put them on the team. They could easily take that specialist spot though. With only having four team members now for the guys, it really does become a bit of a puzzle trying to figure out who will be on that team. You almost need four solid AAers now just to make sure all your events are covered and in a 3 up, 3 count team event, IMO anything could happen with all these countries (some of which don't even have four solid AAers and are also having trouble figuring out their teams). I would rather see four consistent good gymnasts make up that men's team this year for that reason but maybe that's just me.

 

[ilovesalchows]

Alec Yoder has a legit chance to win a medal on PH, Donnell could win a medal on VT if he gets his Dragelescu VT back, Gage Dyer was also really good on VT and FX, and that guy who did rings was also really good (sorry, I forget his name). These guys really aren't great on the other apparatuses though so it doesn't makes sense to put them on the team. They could easily take that specialist spot though. With only having four team members now for the guys, it really does become a bit of a puzzle trying to figure out who will be on that team. You almost need four solid AAers now just to make sure all your events are covered and in a 3 up, 3 count team event, IMO anything could happen with all these countries (some of which don't even have four solid AAers and are also having trouble figuring out their teams). I would rather see four consistent good gymnasts make up that men's team this year for that reason but maybe that's just me.

But does the US even have a chance at medaling in the team event? If not, why not just take a collection of specialists. At least some of them have a chance to burn bright.

 

[mattiecat13]

So the men’s team is 4 plus 1 individual apparatus competitor while the women get 4 plus 2 individual apparatus competitors?

 

[HeatherC]

But does the US even have a chance at medaling in the team event? If not, why not just take a collection of specialists. At least some of them have a chance to burn bright.

Honestly, I have no idea what's going to happen in the team event (I don't really know how the other countries are shaking out with their teams right now but it seems like Russia, China, and Japan are the three medal faves) but you only have four guys who have to cover six events so you can't take all guys who are specialists on an Olympic team this year because you have to have enough guys to do the 3 up, 3 count in the team final. It was easier to take a couple of specialists on the team when they had 5+ team members but that just isn't feasible with a team of four guys this year (IMO of course). There really aren't any strong medal contenders in the AAers at US Trials although I think some of them have better shots than others at making the apparatus finals on a few events (I think Sam, Brody, Yul, and Shane all have a couple of strong events where they could make the apparatus finals).