Gymnastic news #22 - Tokyo or bust

[Braulio]

Larisa is going to Tokyo!!

I'm not sure Russia got another spot here, they already have one given the cancelation of the World AA cup series so russian gymnasts were not in contention for any of the two AA spots here.

Edited to clarify, yes Russia gets a non nominative spot

Who Is Eligible for the Olympic Berths at Euros?

A list of the athletes who are eligible – and not eligible – for the nominative and non-nominative Olympic berths at European Championships.

thegymter.net

 

[allezfred]

I see an Irish gymnast qualified for the final of the women's all-around for the first time at Euros so I'm here for the craptastic floor routines!

 

[FiveRinger]

I really hope that they get the live stream together. I was actually up at 3am to watch and the stream was so bad I turned it off and read a book. I am looking forward to the AA and event finals. I go back to regular work hours next week and this would be a real treat to see live. I might have to get a VPN and try Eurosport

 

[HeatherC]

I am SO thrilled for Larisa!!

 

[bardtoob]

I'm glad Larisa qualified. I hope she has a great showing at the Olympics.

She only fell on the beam because she was being very aggressive, which was much more appealing to watch than an overly cautious routine.

... Her bars need work despite the skills she was able to link together.

 

[Erin]

I really hope that they get the live stream together. I was actually up at 3am to watch and the stream was so bad I turned it off and read a book. I am looking forward to the AA and event finals. I go back to regular work hours next week and this would be a real treat to see live. I might have to get a VPN and try Eurosport

I wouldn’t waste your efforts for the men tomorrow. They have already said that they don’t have the bandwidth so expect the same issues tomorrow. And I don’t think it’s airing on Eurosport, at least not the qualifications. So you might as well sleep in. The finals are streaming on Eurovision, but I don’t believe a VPN will be needed. Hopefully they will be better since it won’t be using the poorly named “SmartScoring” stream.

I don’t think I have ever seen Twitter so united as everyone was this morning over two things - hoping Larisa qualified and how crappy the lack of stream and results was.

 

[millyskate]

It's really unfortunate about the feed. But there's really no excuse for the results. The ISU has this actually spot on: sometimes tech gets in the way. Their results pages are as web 1.0 as you can get but they refresh instantly and work really well.
And there's no excuse for not managing to put together a youtube stream. However, I once covered a gym meet in Switzerland and they didn't even have internet in the press room

I'm still that Jennifer gadirova isn't there because I think GB could have won an individual spot if she had been. A bit sad to see Amelie Morgan has not fully recovered from injury, with watered down floor, vault and beam dismount. She's such a good competitor, still made 2 EF.

 

[taz'smum]

Please make this happen. I love the sport, but I'm so tired of these butts sticking out.

Same goes for ice skating!

 

[Braulio]

The lack of the live results page version of the ISU Icecalc for this championships is non acceptable!

They need to fix this and give us a gymnastics wedgie data!

 

[3T3T]

Another good day for the Irish in Basel ????

Rhys Mc Clenaghan leads the way on Pommel Horse, sadly Max Whitlock fell of the PH and didn’t make the final. Adam Steele qualified for the AA in 17th (20th best but there was 3 non qualifers).

Two AA finalist plus an event finalist, not bad going. I’d imagine that’s our best performance ever. The ladies AA will be shown live on TV and the Men’s AA will be broadcast on live on the RTE player. Bar the Olympics, I doubt gymnastics has ever been shown in Ireland.

I’m really happy to see the Iordache has made the Olympics, Romanian representation is good for the Olympics. Very sad news for Arthur Dalaoyan. I really enjoy the Russian Men’s gymnastic Programme, they are very exiting to watch.

 

[allezfred]

Bar the Olympics, I doubt gymnastics has ever been shown in Ireland.

Actually I think ever since Rhys has been doing well RTÉ have been showing it in some format. After winning Commonwealth and European gold in 2018, they were scheduled to show the event finals, but then Rhys ended up crashing out in qualification and not making the pommel horse final.

This is definitely Ireland’s best ever performance at a European championships.

 

[FiveRinger]

Someone Bubble Wrap This Girl
Apparently, Larisa competed in the Qualifications with a Kidney Infection. I'm reading in tweets and online (even Wikipedia) that she has withdrawn from Euros because of it. I didn't see that announced on her socials, just the Infection. I'm gutted for her. I just want her to take care of herself so that she makes it to Tokyo.

 

[bardtoob]

My understanding is that two Romanian ladies have qualified for the Olympics. Who else besides Larisa?

 

[skatingguy]

My understanding is that two Romanian ladies have qualified for the Olympics. Who else besides Larisa?

Maria Holbura

Gymnastics at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[allezfred]

Cannot believe that I am watching gymnastics live on Irish terrestrial TV.

Question: Are the chavvy messy buns compulsory now for the women?

 

[allezfred]

Polish girl who pulled up on floor exercise was plagiarising Fear/Gibson’s Vogue.

 

[millyskate]

Massive for the unitard!!! And totally at the BBC making it about "avoiding deductions"

 

[3T3T]

The All Around has kicked off. Iordache and Steingruber are both out.

Martha Pilhan Kulesza was doing a lovely routine to vote on Floor but injured her knee on a leap and pulled up.

Elizabeth Seitz is competing in a unitard. Lovely bars routine bit a bit scrappy. Score just over 14.

Very good first vault from Melnikova.

On RTÉ, two experts in the studio and one on commentary. Never knew we had so many. The hall seems very dark.

 

[allezfred]

On RTÉ, two experts in the studio and one on commentary. Never knew we had so many.

Gymnastics Ireland has done a lot of development work for officials etc. Am guessing that a number of them might be judges. Gerry Kelly has been commentating on gymnastics at Olympics for as long as I can remember.

 

[allezfred]

Shiny bum Four Seasons.

 

[millyskate]

The BBC has FOUR commentators including Christine and Beth Tweddle. Only one would have been needed tbh.

 

[3T3T]

That was a great effort from Emma. I really enjoyed it, she worked well with the music. 12.3 not bad.

I can remember Gerry Kelly, definitely back to Barcelona. I was never convinced he knew gymnastics that well. His pronunciation of the surnames used to be very poor.

I always enjoyed Christine and Mitch on BBC along with enthusiasm of Matt Baker. Is it red button only?

 

[millyskate]

Beth Tweddle sounded totally unimpressed when being asked about Amelie on Bars

BBC coverage is here https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/live/gy...pTAD92p_BNi1AlTmZDk0Xg_ac7o86pzr8b1zAhmycJuPc

ETA: for Kim Bui wearing a unitard too!

 

[millyskate]

Anyone else think that Listunova looks a young Evgenia Tarasova? She definitely reminds me of someone.

Melnikova wuzgifted on UB
Majorly impressed with Martins from Portugal. I'd never seen her before

 

[3T3T]

Where are Nina Derwael and Melanie Dos Santos? I hope they are not injured.

I liked Verkest on beam. is there live scoring. I presume Listanova is in the lead.

Emma Slevin is in 14th after 2 rotations, I hope she keeps it up. ??

 

[millyskate]

Where are Nina Derwael and Melanie Dos Santos? I hope they are not injured.

I liked Verkest on beam. is there live scoring. I presume Listanova is in the lead.

Ish.

https://www.smartscoring.com/en/results/

 

[3T3T]

Melnikova is having a nightmare. So disappointing for her. Hopefully she can finish strong on floor. Could she still medal?

someone is doing a floor routine to Bella Ciao, hopefully we get to see it.

 

[millyskate]

You know you're watching eurobeam when the commentator calls round-off flic double twist " a big dismount"

 

[allezfred]

Good to see even the top gymnasts floor choreo is as craptacular as ever.

 

[millyskate]

Jessica Gadirova looks set for bronze If only she'd been able to do that performance in qualifying Possibly the only circumstance where the qualifying was more important than the final.