Gymnastics News #21 - Tumbling on to Tokyo

[Seerek]

Carlos Yulo had a pretty good debut at Sr. Worlds - Floor Event final a strong possibility.

 

[mjb52]

China's parallel bars total from qualifying is wow.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Men’s Team Qualification Results - USA was 4th!!!

Still surprised about Mikulak being 3rd in AA and making FOUR event finals.

 

[Braulio]

Very happy for Sam, but given his proved inconsistency I wont have many high expectations coming finals

 

[Tesla]

Very happy for Sam, but given his proved inconsistency I wont have many high expectations coming finals

Yeah, doesn't he usually rock qualifications but then bomb finals?

 

[Braulio]

Yeah, doesn't he usually rock qualifications but then bomb finals?

ALWAYS

 

[ilovepaydays]

Yeah, doesn't he usually rock qualifications but then bomb finals?

ALWAYS

I believe today was the first time EVER Sam did an AA without a fall/major mistake.

 

[ilovepaydays]

Meanwhile, Simone just posted this update. No words!

 

[Willin]

Wait wtf she has a kidney stone and is still trying another new insanely difficult vault at worlds? I mean, I know she works insanely hard to make everything look easy but this is ridiculous...

 

[VGThuy]

I read on Twitter that Simone won't do her new vault in the Event Finals due to no one-touch warm-ups. FIG, PAY ATTENTION to what the athletes are telling you.

 

[Jimena]

What are one touch warm ups?

 

[Rukia]

What are one touch warm ups?

In one touch warm ups they get to warm up on the actual apparatus they are competing on. They don't do that in the Event Finals here. They just warm up in the practice gym. I hate it. It's just asking for someone to get badly hurt.

 

[ilovepaydays]

In one touch warm ups they get to warm up on the actual apparatus they are competing on. They don't do that in the Event Finals here. They just warm up in the practice gym. I hate it. It's just asking for someone to get badly hurt.

Also, I would think practicing in the arena would help them adjust to the lighting, temperature, crowds, etc. on that day.

 

[bardtoob]

Remember the 2000 Olympics

 

[DimaToe]

The change of equipment from year to year needs to stop as well as the no one touch BS. It seems like the FIG goes with the company/scenario that provides the most without looking at the quality of the apparatus and not thinking about individual federations ability, insterest, or common sense to provide said equipment to their athletes. Yes there will always be those phenoms that make it work if a floor is made of concrete or if a pommel horse is covered in oil, but the safety of the athletes should be at the forefront instead of the last thing on the list.

 

[danafan]

Biles is only 0.2 behind Derwael on bars qualifying, and Biles overshot a cast handstand that she had to save. I didn't see Derwael's routine though, but it's not unthinkable that Biles could beat her.

 

[her grace]

Riley fell on beam.

 

[Braulio]

Simone was very good on beam had a minor balance checks so she could Score even higher with a 15.000

I Also liked Kara Eaker

By The way you can watch live on this streaming


www.alkass.net/alkass/live.aspx?ch=four

They are showing live qualification for today and tomorrow last 3 subdivisions

 

[Braulio]

AND we have The Biles on vault! WOW it was HUGE AND Scored 15.966 !!!!!

She Is qualified to all four event finals

 

[DimaToe]

Riley gives me Vanessa Atler/Courtney McCool/Jaycie Phelps/Alyssa Czisny vibes. I can just see her doing fine all the way up until it matters and then off the she goes.

Jade is out, WTH? (I am now going to have to go back and read more than two pages of this thread. Sigh.)

This post stuck out to me when you posted, was hoping you weren’t right but here we are, hopefully Riley can perform up to her standards in the team final. This post isn’t a pro McCallum doing AA post, Hurd would’ve also beaten her for the 2nd U.S. AA spot

 

[Braulio]

Riley was very nervous today, not sure how reliable can she be for team final but I cant see her giving too much points to the US squad

Hope she shakes the nerves off

 

[ilovesalchows]

i didn’t see the first two rotations, but Hurd’s gymnastics is just bigger and stronger than McCusker’s. Add in the fact that Hurd has a Witt-like quality where she turns it on for big events and it’s no contest.

 

[VGThuy]

I can't watch at the moment, can someone give me an update on the current Team USA AA standings so far. I've been quietly hoping for Hurd to get the second AA spot even though she doesn't seem to be the gymnast du jour at the moment.

 

[Choupette]

Riley was very nervous today, not sure how reliable can she be for team final but I cant see her giving too much points to the US squad

Hope she shakes the nerves off

Hopefully this is no longer the Marta Karolyi era, when if a gymnast displayed nerves on the first day of her first ever big international competition, she would very possibly never, ever get a second chance.

 

[Braulio]

Current All Around Standings

1 Simone Biles USA 60.965
2 Morgan Hurd USA 56.465
3 Mai Murakami JPN 55.632
4 Nina Derwael BEL 55.564
5 Riley Mc Cusker USA 54.765

Videos of USA Subdivision
Vault
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-3tzmk4w00

Bars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFF1080sPmQ

Beam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yn5ks3PC7Ro

Floor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2_Mdpqrzks

Simone Biles unveils 'The Biles' Vault
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAMzjw9oxVw

Simone Biles all 4 performances
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qL2xNv8a1n4

 

[ilovepaydays]

Yep. Morgan is currently 2nd overall in the AA, 4th in UB, and 3rd in FX.

 

[Rukia]

I've only had time to watch the vault rotation before Skate Canada starts, but WOW at the Biles. Incredible. Also nice to see Simone and Morgan with a huge hug and lots of chatting afterwards.

And on a shallow note bless Simone for allowing me to see so much Laurent Landi.

 

[Willin]

So Simone did that insanely difficult new vault and is leading the all around qualifications by almost 5 points with a kidney stone? Are we sure she's human?

 

[Braulio]

So Simone did that insanely difficult new vault and is leading the all around qualifications by almost 5 points with a kidney stone? Are we sure she's human?

YES to all those questions

 

[bardtoob]

So Simone did that insanely difficult new vault and is leading the all around qualifications by almost 5 points with a kidney stone? Are we sure she's human?

I believe it ... There was Nadia on the beam with a wrist infection ...

https://youtu.be/r7VdsFKEPPU