#WAG QF

[sunisalee2020]

Team Canada Qualifies to Paris Olympics 2024 Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team Final with a Score of 161.563

[viktoriakomova]

Aside from France’s nuclear meltdown im really pretty happy with WAG QF results

[freifraufischer]

USA WAG QF Lineups 2023 Worlds.

[urara-ashikawa]

good morning gymternet i'm tumblr user urara-ashikawa here to explain why urara was left off the team and why i think that's point blank the stupidest thing JGA has done since leaving mai at home for stuttgart 2019

japan’s worlds selection procedures

the team must be composed of

the top 3 AA finishers at the NHK trophy, which combines its scores with that of the two-day total of the all-japan AA championships in order to get the final standings

a gymnast A chosen for contribution to the team total points (and must have finished within the top 10 AA at NHK)

a gymnast B chosen for contribution to the team total points (no AA requirement)

japan’s WAG team is as follows:

miyata shoko (NHK trophy winner)

kasahara arisa (NHK trophy second place)

yamada chiharu (NHK trophy third place)

sakaguchi ayaka (NHK trophy fifth place, national beam silver, floor and vault bronze medalist)

fukasawa kokoro (national uneven bars champion)

how gymnasts A and B are selected

“when combined with the three gymnasts selected through criteria 1 for a team total (the three best scores [per apparatus] among the five gymnasts), the two gymnasts (gymnasts A and B combined) who can contribute to the highest total are to be selected.”

I. the “scores” of the three gymnasts selected through criteria 1 on each apparatus are calculated by getting the average of the top 2 scores among three competitions (all-japan AA championships qualifications, finals, and the NHK trophy)

II. the “scores” of the two gymnasts selected through criterias 2 and 3 (that is, gymnasts A and B) on each apparatus are calculated by getting the average of the top 2 scores among five competitions (all-japan AA championships qualifications, finals, the NHK trophy, all-japan event championships qualifications, and finals)

here are my calculations:

as you can see here, shoko, who won NHK and as such was automatically named to the team, only hit UB on 1/3 of the days, which is why her average above (which would be one of the counted UB scores under the japanese algorithm should urara be on the team) is so low, and why kokoro, a UB specialist, got the advantage over urara.

why it is so stupid of jga to leave urara at home

she is the reigning beam world champion. no matter what kind of form she’s in at domestic championships that take place four to six months before worlds (urara only hit the two 14.1+ scores she needed to put her in contention, ended up falling at NHK, event championship QFs, and the EFs), she is still japan WAG's best chance at an individual medal

(half jokingly) anyone who can do a save like she did in kitakyushu quals deserves the benefit of the doubt tbh

shoko is clearly capable of UB scores that are above 13. had her average been 13.3 or higher (not an exact number) urara would have definitely made the team (not to mention that just a month before all-japan AA shoko’s arm was in a cast, which makes it impressive that she even won silver)

i also posted a shortened version of this explanation in a thread on twitter @ryuseisrudi but this is the more detailed version. anyway justice for urara!!! she will most definitely be an alternate for worlds so we’ll see what happens by then. feel free to ask me things!

[illyria-and-her-pet]

Aliya Mustafina Successful Acro Series

[griffinssclarke]

Gymnastics weekend 3-6 June

We seem to have quite a busy weekend gymnastics wise in the next few days so I decided to compile most of the competition schedules in one post together with the livestreams I could find.

All times are London time so do your math if you have to.

Thursday, June 3th 9:00-10:30 - Cairo WAG QF stream 15:30-17:30 - German WAG AA stream 15:30-20:00 - Cairo MAG QF stream 19:00-21:00 - US Junior MAG day 1 [FloGymnastics] 0:30-2:30 - US Senior MAG day 1 stream Friday, June 4th 9:30-11:00 - Cairo WAG QF stream 13:30-16:30 - German MAG AA stream 15:00-19:30 - Cairo MAG QF stream 17:30-20:00 - Pan Am MAG stream 19:00-21:00 - US Junior WAG day 1 [FloGymnastics] 0:30-2:30 - US Senior WAG day 1 [NBC Sports x x x]

Saturday, June 5th 4:00-5:40 - Japan Championships QF live scoring 6:40-8:20 - Japan Championships QF live scoring 10:30-13:00 - German Event Finals stream 13:10-15:10 - Pan Am WAG sub1 stream 13:30 - French Championships stream 15:00-17:45 - Cairo EF stream 19:00-21:00 - US Junior MAG day 2 [FloGymnastics] 19:10-21:10 - Pan Am WAG sub2 stream 0:30-2:30 - US Senior MAG day 2 [NBC Sports x x x] Sunday, June 6th 3:20-5:20 - Japan Championships EF live scoring 6:20-8:20 - Japan Championships EF live scoring 10:30-13:00 - German Event Finals stream 13:00 - French Championships stream 13:10-16:00 - Pan Am EF stream 15:00-17:45 - Cairo EF stream 17:50-21:00 - Pan Am EF stream 18:00-20:00 - US Junior WAG day 2 [FloGymnastics] 23:30-1:30 - US Senior WAG day 2 [NBC]

If anyone has any other streams/info, please feel free to share them and add them to this post

[magdasabs]

Do you think we’ll see wag P at the quarterfinals or will she wait till the semis or even the final?

I mean I wouldn't be surprised if I see wag P tomorrow 😅 nah, probs QF most likely if sweden makes it

[tutyayilmazz]

i couldn't get this done yesterday but here are my favorites of 2021 🥳🥳🥳 i tried to limit it to specific routines and not repeat people. this time in alphabetical order bc no way am i attempting to rank them like i did in previous years, it has been too bountiful a year gymnastics wise and i am so glad to have such a community to share it with 💓

Adem Asil highest scoring single vault at Olympic EF

Alice Taglietti Arrival of the Birds ball, gone but not forgotten, i already miss it 😔

Anastasia Salos Euros bronze winning hoop

Angelina Melnikova Russian WAG Olympic team gold winning FX

Artur Dalaloyan surviving 18 routines at the Olympics with a phantom Achilles???

Boryana Kaleyn Euros AA silver winning clubs

Bulgaria Group Olympic AA gold winning 5 balls

Guan Chenchen Olympic gold winning BB

Ferhat Arıcan Olympic bronze winning PB

Italian Group Olympic AA bronze/Worlds gold winning 3 hoops + 4 clubs

Lilia Akhaimova sick fuck TikTok

Milena Baldassarri Olympic ribbon

Ou Yushan Chinese Nationals PT BB

Rebeca Andrade Olympic & World gold winning VT and QF FX, and every breath she took basically

Tang Xijing Olympic silver winning BB

Viktoria Listunova Euros AA winning FX

Wei Xiaoyuan Worlds gold winning UB

Zou Jingyuan Olympic gold winning PB

[stormlamps]

WAG Qualifiers at 2022 AGF Trophy Apparatus World Cup

Complete QF Results

[like-dudnik-in-1989]

Olympic Team Predictions

So I will do some team predictions about the most contested selections from time to time until Tokyo to see how the outlook changes during these two months and a half

I have not been following WAG lately so these might be a little bit LOL, but mixing team deficits, current situation and historical records I will try to guess the most pausible options imo

Last two or one gymnasts, depending of the country, are the non-team gymnasts

in italics the spots in the moment of posting I had more doubts about

13rd May

USA

Simone Biles 

Sunisa Lee 

Jordan Chiles

Grace Mccallum

Jade Carey (lock)

Kara Eaker

RUS

Angelina Melnikova

Viktoria Listunova

Vladislava Urazova

Elena Gerasimova (ideally this spot is Vorona’s, and Akhaimova is also fighting for it  if comes back to her late 2019 shape, but currently, even though she messed up Euros QF - tbh it was her senior debut, it was expected - Gera owns it as this team needs someone more realiable on beam, and she’s literally the only Russian that can be included in that category)

Anastasiia Ilyankova (we will have to wait and see Agaf)

Yana Vorona (if Gera doesn’t make the 4-persons-team, this spot is hers)

CHN

Ou Yushan 

Li Shijia

Tang Xijing

Lu Yufei

Liu Tingting

Fan Yilin (lock)

ITA

Giorgia Villa

Martina Maggio

Vanessa Ferrari

Alice D’Amato

Lara Mori

GBR

Jessica Gadirova

Becky Downie

Alice Kinsella

Jennifer Gadirova

JPN

Mai Murakami

Hitomi Hatakeda

Aiko Sugihara

Asuka Teramoto 

Urara Ashikawa (lock)

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[queen-chengfei]

Top Vaults of the Decade—as voted by the gymternet

The Results are in! I was going to make gifsets but I’m lazy so others are welcome to it. Links and descriptions to the routines are below!

1. Mckayla Maroney (USA)—2012 Olympics TF (51 votes) Amanar Heard Around the World—huge height and distance, amazing form, and stuck landing. Watch and relive the NBC trio and that one judge in the replay losing their goddamn minds, along with the rest of us.

2. Simone Biles (USA)—2018 Worlds QF (16 votes) “Biles” vault (6.4)—Yurchenko half on with 2/1 twists. This vault was officially entered into the code and named after Simone at this event, and given a 6.4 difficulty rating, making it tied for most difficult vault in the WAG code.

3. Yeo Seojeong (KOR)—2019 Korean Cup EF (9 votes) Yeo vault (6.2)—Front handspring with 2/1 twists.  This vault officially entered the code and was named after Yeo here. Huge because South Korea isn’t a big gymnastics nation, plus it’s heckin cute because now MAG and WAG both have Yeo vaults. Also, her dad at 0:52!!

4. Alexa Moreno (MEX)—2018 Worlds EF (4 votes) --  VT1 and VT2 First Mexican female gymnast to medal at a World Championship. Very nice and controlled double tsuk for VT2, and an overcooked but powerful Rudi for VT1.

The remaining received 1 vote each

Sandra Izbasa (ROU)—2012 Olympics EF Facing immense pressure after watching several competitors before her fall, Sandra wins her first Olympic vault title, as well as her second Olympic gold overall, vaulting a Yurchenko half on with 1/1 twist and a DTY. Look how happy she is!

Yamilet Pena (DOM)—2012 Zibo Cup QF The hardest WAG vault completed successfully—front handspring to double tuck (Produnova). Yamilet is part of an exclusive group of gymnasts who have successfully landed the Prod.

Bailie Key (USA)—2014 Pac Rims AA The most perfect DTY you will see.

McKayla Maroney (USA)—2011 Worlds TF Arguably just as good of an amanar as her 2012 one except for the tiny step.

[vaultscoring]

https://olharolimpico.blogosfera.uol.com.br/2019/10/16/ginastica-feminina-do-brasil-um-diagnostico-da-crise-que-bate-a-porta/

"Brazilian women's gymnastics: a diagnosis of the crisis knocking on the door"

this is the article i mentioned earlier! its main points are:

Brazil doesn't have enough high level coaches to form elite level gymnasts in depth. The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) gives full support to four athletes - Rebeca Andrade, Flávia Saraiva, Lorrane Oliveira and Jade Barbosa - and they are de facto the permanent national team headed by Valeri Liukin and training at the Flamengo club in Rio.

Carolyne Pedro and Thaís Fidélis train at the Cegin club in Curitiba with less support than the main four above, having to pay for professional support that the COB gives to the Flamengo girls such as nutritionists, massagists, physiotherapists etc. Regardless, these six are known as the "top six" of Brazilian WAG.

The insiders of Brazilian WAG were surprised at the result in Stuttgart, not because they thought things were headed the right way, but because they could hang on this quad and that the real crisis would only happen post-Tokyo.

The main problem is the inability to teach new coaches, result of the Brazilian Gymnastics Confederation (CBG) not standing up to a COB that takes ownership of women's gymnastics and imposes its own view of how the sport should be handled.

Early in 2016, the coaches Keli Kitaura, Alexandre Carvalho and Ricardo Pereira (the ones who launched Rebeca, Flávia and Jade's careers respectively) made a proposal to the COB of a project of spreading them across Brazil to develop gymnastics and find new talent, but they were rejected by the COB, which had other priorities.

With no perspective of helping Brazilian WAG and no jobs at clubs, Keli and Alexandre moved to USA to found a club and Ricardo is working with the Canadian juniors. Roger Medina, who discovered Thaís Fidélis, now works with the Argentinian team. The only coaches who worked with the top six girls that remain in Brazil are Iryna Ilyashenko, and Francisco Porath (discovered Rebeca with Keli), who is now the personal coach of all four Flamengo girls.

Georgette Vidor, the coach who discovered Daniele Hypólito and also helped coach both Flávia and Rebeca, is sidelined by the CBG and didn't even receive help from them to go to Stuttgart, having to ask for help to friends from other countries to get tickets.

The COB claims that 34 artistic gymnastics coaches have been fully trained in 2014 and re-trained last year, and the CBG claims 8 training camps happened last year, all open to personal coaches of all gymnasts, but insiders point that these measures will not see results soon enough. Flávia and Rebeca can compete until 2024, but otherwise they don't have the coaches to ensure they will have other gymnasts of this quality.

It is acknowledged that the top six girls receive enough support to commit entirely to the sport, but this support is not extended to other gymnasts. Of the five girls who competed in QF in Stuttgart, four of them receive R$ 10000 a month, from various sources - government, the COB, their clubs, and the CBG. Meanwhile, Letícia Costa receives R$ 925 a month from the goverment (so, slightly less than minimum wage) and a scholarship from her club, has an administrative job at the COB to make ends meet, and only started training full time three weeks before Worlds to be the alternate, which Jorge Bichara, sports director of the COB, claims was a great experience for her [😳😳😒😒😒].

Insiders don't think the problem is Letícia being put on the team, but rather that Letícia, someone who isn't a professional gymnast, was their only choice for the team. They believe Daniele Hypólito, who is one of the 11 gymnasts who is financially assisted by the CBG (which are top six girls, Dani, the injured Anna Julia Reis, and three undisclosed juniors), was discarded too quickly by the federation, and that CBG put their all their eggs in only six baskets and left Valeri Liukin with no plan B.

They also don't give enough international experience to the non-top six gymnasts, evidenced by sending no gymnasts to the South American Championship this year. Going to meets and getting good results is also a chance for gymnasts to raise the financial assistance they receive from the goverment, from R$ 925 to R$ 1850. Only Carolyne and Thaís had multiple chances to represent Brazil in international meets and develop themselves.

With how hard the sport is, and how little incentive they have to reach a higher level in it, gymnasts quit, as evidenced by Fabiane Brito and Julie Kim retiring after injuries. "In 2012, Brazil also had a weak team, but we knew Flávia and Rebeca were coming. Now, we might as well sell cakes on the streets", says a coach. [😬😢]

[viktoriakomova]

Cup of Russia 2023 WAG QF

[freifraufischer]

Significant WAG AA Scores under the 2022-24 Code of Points

This is not a complete list, it's a rough attempt to show where people stand. I have only included domestic meets if I have no other choice to reflect that gymnast but you should take them with a huge heaping of salt. I included a number of juniors who are Paris eligible.

Italics indicate a domestic competition subject to overscoring. Bold are scores from 2023

1 Simone Biles (USA) - 59.100 at 2023 US Classic

2 Rebeca Andrade (BRA) - 57.332 at 2022 Worlds QF

3 Melanie de Jesus dos Santos (FRA) - 56.200 at 2023 US Classic

4 Jordan Chiles (USA) - 55.833 at 2022 Worlds TF

5 Shilese Jones (USA) - 55.766 at 2022 Worlds QF

6 Jessica Gadirova (GBR) - 55.566 at 2023 Euros QF

- Jessica Gadirova (GBR) - 55.199 at 2022 Worlds AA

7 Jade Carey (USA) - 55.132 at 2022 Worlds QF

8 Alice Kinsella (GBR) - 55.065 at 2022 Worlds AA

9 Georgia Godwin (AUS) - 55.066 at 2023 Australian Champs

10 Qiu Qiyuan (CHN) - 54.932 at 2023 Asian Championships

11 Zsofia Kovacs (HUN) - 54.899 at 2023 Euros

12 Ellie Black (CAN) - 54.732 at 2022 Worlds AA

13 Alice D’Amato (ITA) - 54.500 at 2023 Euros

14 Ou Yushan (CHN) - 54.498 at the 2023 University Games

15 Leanne Wong (USA) - 54.100 at 2023 US Classic

16 Joscelyn Roberson (USA) - 54.050 at 2023 US Classic

17 Tiana Sumanasekera (USA) - 53.900 at 2023 Pan Am Champs

18 Helen Kevric (GER) - 53.900 at 2023 EYOF*

19 Hezly Rivera (USA) - 53.350 at 2023 US Winter Cup

20 Sakaguchi Ayaka (JPN) - 53.165 at 2023 University Games

21 Luo Huan (CHN) - 53.765 at 2023 University Games

22 Kaylia Nemour (ALG) - 53.731 at 2023 African Champs

23 Kieryn Finnell (USA) - 52.800 at 2023 US Classic

- Alice Kinsella (GBR) - 52.531 at 2023 Euros QF

24 Yamaguchi Sara (JPN) - 52.065 at 2023 Jr. Worlds QF*

25 Nakamura Haruka (JPN) - 51.765 at 2023 Jr. Worlds AA*

26 Ruby Pass (AUS) - 50.464 at 2023 Oceania Champs

*A junior score delivered under the FIG rules for juniors including a cap on skills at E and without some bonuses such as D dismount. It should be assumed these gymnasts would have higher AA scores if competing as seniors. US junior scoring is not subject to the same FIG rules as international scoring.

[illyria-and-her-pet]

I made a video of my top 10 favorite WAG floor routines! 

1. Tatiana Groshkova 1990 Europeans AA 2. Cheng Fei 2004 Olympics TF 3. Oksana Omelianchik 1985 Worlds AA 4. Olga Strazheva 1989 Worlds AA 5. Elena Produnova 2000 Olympics TF 6. Ksenia Afanasyeva 2012 Olympics QF 7. Lilia Podkopayeva 1996 Olympics AA 8. Simone Biles 2019 Worlds TF 9. Vanessa Atler 1999 Nationals AA 10. Silvia Mitova 1991 Worlds AA

[kenzoshiraiisgod]

Best WAG AA scores of 2019

#1 Simone Biles 60.000 US Classsic

#2 Sunisa Lee 58.200 World Trials

#3 Riley McCusker 57.900 US Classic

#4 Vladislava Urazova 57. 732 Russian Cup

#5 Grace McCallum 57.700 US Classic

#6 Melanie dos Santos 57.150 French Championships

#7 Kara Eaker 57.100 World Trials

#8 Rebecca Andrade 56.932 DTB World Challenge TF

#9 Tang Xijing 56.899 Worlds AA

#10 Leanne Wong 56.765 American Cup

#11 Morgan Hurd 56.650 US Championships Day 2

#12 Ellie Black 56.608 Canadian Championships AA

#13 Kayla DiCello 56.600 US Championships Day 2

#14 Angelina Melnikova 56.599 Worlds QF

#15 Giorgia Villa 56.550 3rd Italian Serie A

#16 Skye Blakley 56.500 US Junior World trials

#17 Konnor McClain 56.400 US Championships Day 2

#18 Ou Yushan 56.350 Chinese Youth Games TF

#19 Ana Padurariu 56.208 Canadian Championships AA QF

#20 Jade Carey 56.100 US Championships Day 1

#21 MyKayla Skinner 56.050 World Trials

#22 Nina Derwael 56.033 Worlds AA

#23 Viktoria Listinova 56.000 European Youth Olympic Games Festival AA

#24 Elizabeth Seitz 55.999 All-Japan Championships AA

#24 Asuka Teramoto 55.999 Worlds AA

#26 Mai Murakami 55.966 American Cup

#27 Liu Tingting 55.901 Jesolo Trophy AA

#28 Silvia Sfiringu 55.900 Romanian Junior Championships

#29 Emma Malabuyo 55.899 Jesolo Trophy AA

#30 Anna Barbosu 55.850 Romanian Indiviual Championships

#31 Li Shiga 55.732  World Championships QF

#31 Flaiva Saraiva 55.732 World Championships AA

#33 Yana Vorona 55.700 Russian Junior Championships QF

#34 Ioana Stanciulescu 55.600 Romanian Junior Championships

#34 Olivia Greaves 55.600 US Championships Day 1

#34 Trinity Thomas 55.600 US Championships Day 1

#34 Wei Xiaoyuan 55.600 Chinese Youth Games AA

#38 Aleah Finnegan 55.500 US Classic

#38 Ellie Downie 55.500 British Championships AA 

#38 Jordan Chiles 55.500 US Championships Day 2

#41 Georgia Godwin  55.331 Australian Classic AA

#42 Luo Huan 55.300 Chinese Championships AA

#43 Amelie Morgan 55.250 English Championships

#43 Faith Torrez 55.250 US Classic

#45 Angelina Radivilola 55.200 Ukrainian Championships 

#45 Asia D’Amato 55.200 Italian Championships AA

#45 Sydney Barros 55.200 US Classic

#48 Alyona Shchennikova 55.198 International Gymnix 

#49 Shilese Jones 55.050 US Classic AA

#50 Brooklyn Moors 55.049 Canadian Championships QF