Edit (5:20pm August 5): Angelina Melnikova has reportedly upgraded to a 6.7 uneven bars routine, all the information below is updated to reflect this. Podium training was everything it should be for me, it got me so excited for the competition and really made me realize that the Olympics are finally here! Of course, some of … Continue reading
I’m so excited to start going over all the events in preparation for the Rio Olympics! In two weeks from today, we’ll be watching the men compete in prelims and it’s only 12 days until we see the women’s podium training! It’s right around the corner now. So today will be about vault finals. I’m … Continue reading
Three major competitions took part this weekend. The Mersin World Cup, the Russian Cup, and the Romanian Nationals. Here are the highlights between each of those competitions, Mersin World Cup Oksana Chusovitina – Vault – Event Finals Chusovitina performs a Produnova for a score of 15.6 and a double twisting Tsukahara for a score of … Continue reading
Tutya Yilmaz from Turkey had a great competition on the second day of qualifying at the Mersin World Cup. Yilmaz scored a fantastics 14.20 on balance beam (6.2 difficulty, 8.1 execution) and a 13.50 on floor exercise to take the lead. Oksana Chusovitina competed on the balance beam, placing third with a 13.350. She did … Continue reading
The last World Cup event before Rio didn’t get a large amount of high quality competitors. In fact, only five women competed vault and six women competed bars. Oksana Chusovitina is the biggest name here, but she’s currently ranked only fourth on vault after having counted a zero on her first vault. She’s also ranked … Continue reading
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