#sydney barros

[freifraufischer]

Sydney Barros scratched from the Central American and Caribbean Games QF after floor and appears to be injured.

A fan in the stands tweeted this:

And here is the picture (which can be found in a reply to the above tweet)

Heading off some questions: Yes she is still/back at Texas Dreams. And yes she did have to be at this competition, a small fed like Puerto Rico needs to actually show results at competitions where they are competitive like the CACG. We might want to wrap gymnasts up in bubble wrap but that's not how small programs can afford to operate.

[atletasudando]

La tradición del Trofeo Brasil

El Trofeo Brasil Interclubes Loterias Caixa de Atletismo, que se disputará del 6 al 9 de julio en la pista de la Universidad Federal de Mato Grosso (UFMT), en Cuiabá, cumple 78 años en 2023 y tiene una historia muy especial. Tanto es así que la competencia es considerada el evento más importante de la modalidad entre equipos en América Latina. El Troféu Brasil comenzó a realizarse en 1945, en la capital paulista, en sustitución de la Taça Adhemar de Barros, en poder del gobierno de São Paulo de 1940 a 1942. en 10 disputas (había más de una por año). En la primera edición, que finalizó en 1951, el São Paulo FC (SP) resultó vencedor, con seis victorias, seguido del Botafogo (RJ), con tres, y Pinheiros (SP), con una. La victoria de São Paulo en el Troféu Brasil, que tenía su sede en el barrio de Canindé, no fue una sorpresa, ya que el equipo dirigido por el alemán Dietrich Gerner contaba con valores como Adhemar Ferreira da Silva (quien se convertiría en bicampeón olímpico en triple salto), José Bento de Assis Júnior (considerado uno de los mejores velocistas del mundo en ese momento) y Wanda dos Santos, plusmarquista absoluta que, a lo largo de las competencias, logró la proeza de conquistar 54 medallas. En un principio, el atletismo estuvo ligado a clubes de fútbol populares, como São Paulo, Vasco da Gama, Flamengo, Botafogo y Fluminense. También hubo una fuerte presencia de atletas vinculados a clubes polideportivos como Pinheiros, Espéria, Tietê y Paulistano, todos de São Paulo. En las décadas de 1970 y 1980, el Trofeo Brasil estuvo dominado por la Universidade Gama Filho (RJ). Entre 1980 y 1990, hubo una disputa entre cuatro equipos fuertes: SESI, Ultracred, Pão de Açúcar y Eletropaulo. Las reglas del Troféu Brasil fueron modificadas algunas veces a lo largo de su historia, pero la competencia se ha consolidado como la principal del calendario nacional. De 1945 a 1981, el trofeo estuvo en propiedad transitoria. A partir de 1982, el evento pasó a ser anual. En la nueva etapa, Funilense (SP) conquistó 10 títulos consecutivos. Su sucesor, el BM&F Bovespa, ganó 13 títulos hasta 2015. Entre 2016 y 2022, las victorias estuvieron a cargo del Esporte Clube Pinheiros (SP), actual siete veces campeón. En 2020, el Trofeo Brasil se llevó a cabo en diciembre debido a la pandemia de COVID-19. El destaque fue la entrega de la medalla de plata olímpica en el relevo 4x100 m, de Sydney-2000, a Claudio Roberto Sousa, en ceremonia del Comité Olímpico Internacional (COI) en el Centro Olímpico de Entrenamiento e Investigación, en São Paulo. En la competencia participaron grandes estrellas del atletismo nacional, como los campeones olímpicos Joaquim Cruz (FOTO), Maurren Maggi y Thiago Braz, además de Adhemar Ferreira da Silva, Robson Caetano, Zequinha Barbosa, Agberto Guimarães, Sanderlei Parrela, Eronilde Araújo, entre otros. De la generación activa, se destacan los campeones mundiales Darlan Romani (bala) y Alison dos Santos (400 m vallas). Los récords más antiguos de la competencia son el salto de altura femenino, con 1,91 m, de Orlane Maria Lima dos Santos, el 20/07/1989, en São Paulo; y en los 1.500 m masculinos, con 3:37.53, de Joaquim Cruz, el 21/05/1995, en Río de Janeiro. El Trofeo Brasil Interclubes Loterias Caixa 2023 se hará por primera vez en Mato Grosso y en el Medio Oeste del país. La competencia se realizó 62 veces en São Paulo y 35 en Río de Janeiro, y también en Paraná, Amazonas, Rio Grande do Sul y Minas Gerais. RÉCORD DE MEDALLAS  - Wanda dos Santos, de São Paulo, es una referencia en el atletismo brasileño. Su vida está completamente dedicada al deporte y todavía es venerada a la edad de 90 años. Es un ejemplo para la nueva generación de amor, cariño, amistad e historia. Wanda ostenta el récord de medallas de oro en el Trofeo Brasil de Atletismo. Ganó 54 en sus 20 años de carrera, incluidos 27 en los 80 m con vallas, 12 en el salto de longitud, siete en el relevo 4x100 y dos en el salto de altura. Representó a Brasil en cinco ediciones de los Juegos Panamericanos, conquistando cuatro medallas (plata en Chicago-1959, bronce en México-1955 y São Paulo-1963 en los 80 m con vallas; y bronce en Buenos Aires-1951 en salto de longitud). , fue siete veces campeona Sudamericano, ganó dos veces el Campeonato Iberoamericano, además de participar en los Juegos Olímpicos de Helsinki, Finlandia, en 1952, y Roma, Italia, en 1960. También hizo una brillante carrera entre veteranas . Fue dos veces campeona del mundo en los 300 m vallas y luego se dedicó al lanzamiento de disco en la categoría máster. Read the full article

[sciencespies]

The impact of megafires on estuaries from Australia's 'Black Summer'

https://sciencespies.com/nature/the-impact-of-megafires-on-estuaries-from-australias-black-summer/

The impact of megafires on estuaries from Australia's 'Black Summer'

Australian researchers have explored the impact of bushfires on estuaries in New South Wales, Australia’s largest state, finding fires can increase the load of fire-derived pollutants with potentially profound environmental effects.

Estuaries (where the river meets the sea) are some of the most valuable habitats on earth. As well as being biologically diverse and productive places, they are where ports are located, and a significant portion of the world’s population is concentrated.

Published today in Environmental Pollution, the researchers say their findings prompt a call for riverside vegetation to be prioritised for protection in fire management plans, and for bushfires to be considered in catchment management plans. These plans are developed to protect the environment and regulate resources, such as fish and water, from the whole catchment area (from tributaries to estuaries).

Unlike regular bushfires, megafires such as those that occurred during Australia’s 2019-2020 ‘Black Summer’, can surround estuaries.

Following the Black Summer fires, the research team measured a rapid increase in the concentration of nutrients, metals and pyrogenic carbon (carbon formed by fires) in nearshore areas that could affect the behaviour, survival and reproduction of estuarine species.

“In some catchments, more than 90 percent of the vegetation was burnt, and the fire went right down to the waters edge, leading to a massive amount of pollution in the form of sediment, metals and nutrients entering our waterways,” said senior author Professor Emma Johnston, a marine ecosystems expert and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) at the University of Sydney.

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The researchers found that the material from the Black Summer fires contained traces of metals including copper and zinc, and nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus that sunk onto estuarine sediments.

“If there is consistent flushing of the estuary then these trace elements will prime them for productivity. However, if water flow is low and flushing is minimal, they can cause microalgae to breed exponentially, leading to plankton blooms that deplete oxygen supplies and kill fish, with a domino effect on the entire ecosystem,” said Professor Johnston.

Fire Carbon

The study also revealed how much pyrogenic carbon was deposited in estuaries — the bushfires’ calling card.

“We’ve not been concerned about pyrogenic-carbon in these waters before, but now that climate change is increasing the extent and severity of wildfires around the world, we suddenly need to know what concentrations of pyrogenic carbon cause harm. That should be the subject of further study,” Professor Johnston said.

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Impact and Actions

With current climate projections suggesting megafires like Black Summer will occur more frequently in Australia and around the world, the authors say governments must factor our vital estuary habitats into their fire prevention and management plans.

“Considering that excessive nutrient input is one of the main stressors on estuaries, the changes found in our study might have serious implications due to its potential to alter ecological and physico-chemical processes,” said lead author Thayanne Barros, PhD candidate from the University of New South Wales.

Among the actions the authors propose are maintaining natural vegetation buffers to prevent fires from reaching the edge of estuaries, and ecotoxicological assessments of wildfire impacts on estuarine areas.

Post-fire rainfall and runoff leads to input of ash, nutrients and metals in impacted estuaries. Photo credit: John Turnbull

The author’s concern about the impact of fires on waterways is shared by an international research consortium, of which Professor Johnston is a member. The consortium’s new paper names wildfires as one of 15 emerging threats to ocean biodiversity.

About the study

The researchers studied six estuarieson the New South Wales coast, at the mouths of the rivers Hastings; Karuah; Georges; Shoalhaven; Clyde; and Moruya immediately before the fires.

Ms Barros said: “We had just finished collecting samples for a different project when the fires started, so we saw a unique opportunity to conduct a Before-After-Control-Impact study in these areas. The initial samples became our ‘before the fires’ dataset and when the fires ceased we collected the samples for our ‘after the fires dataset’.”

To investigate the potential impacts of bushfires on estuaries, the researchers decided to focus on the soft sandy bottom of the estuaries since this habitat is an important source and sink of elements and plays a major role in global biogeochemical cycles, simultaneously supporting high biodiversity and productivity.

They analysed the sediments to check for changes in nutrient concentrations, sediment silt content, metals, and different forms of carbon, including pyrogenic carbon (formed by fires) in order to directly link changes in carbon concentration to the bushfires.

Estuaries were categorised according to the percentage of the catchment vegetation that was burnt and the proximity of the burnt zone to the waterway.

The study shows that in those estuaries with a large proportion of the catchment burnt and little gap between the fire and the waterway, the concentration of different forms of carbon, nutrients, metals and silt content significantly increased after the fires. While no significant changes were detected in the unburnt estuaries or those that retained a buffer zone.

The study was a collaboration between researchers at the University of Sydney, CSIRO, Macquarie University, University of New South Wales and received funding support from the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF).

#Nature

[lobaznyuk]

The WCC girls Jordan Chiles, Simone Biles, Sydney Barros, Amari Drayton, Karis German and Zoe Miller perform in their coordinated leotards at the 2021 U.S. Classics

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sydney barros training a dos santos

[twoflipstwotwists]

@CLcecile: Thank you ladies & GK for the throw back ☺️❤️

[agathacrispies]

[aerialgymnastics]

Sydney Barros (World Champions)

2022 Winter Cup (Senior)

[gymfanconfessions]

“I think Sydney’s fx has lost some ‘personality’ since leaving TD but like... in a good way?? TD dances always seem a bit ott for me like they’re trying to push a hyper cute/energetic persona on their gymnasts whereas now it feels more natural.”

[sparklesandchalk]

[freifraufischer]

Chuso has withdrawn from Worlds (presumably to participate in the Asian Games where she has a better chance to medal). Her remaining Olympic qualification chance will be the 2024 World Cups.

Sydney Barros has also withdrawn from worlds which essentially confirms that her injury at the Central American and Caribbean Games was serious.

[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

[marz-fraziers]

GK Classic 2019 JR Session Top 3 Event/AA Winners

Vault: Konnor McClain (Revolution) - 14.8 (DTY); Skye Blakely (WOGA) - 14.5 (DTY); Sydney Barros (Texas Dreams)/Sophia Butler (Discover) - 14.3 (DTY)

Bars: Olivia Greaves (MG Elite) - 14.2; Sydney Morris (First State) - 13.8; Zoe Miller (WCC)/Kayla DiCello (Hill’s) - 13.75

Beam: Konnor McClain (Revolution) - 14.35!!!; Ciena Alipio (West Valley) - 13.85; Olivia Greaves (MG Elite)/Sydney Morris (First State) - 13.55

Floor: Skye Blakely (WOGA) - 13.75; Sydney Barros (Texas Dreams) - 13.7; Sophia Butler (Discover) - 13.35

AA: Konnor McClain (Revolution) - 55.6; Sydney Barros (Texas Dreams) - 55.3; Olivia Greaves (MG Elite) - 54.75

[yurchenkotriple]

not that it had any impact on the results, but sydney barros was underscored on floor

[tutyayilmazz]

[twoflipstwotwists]

Key Points:

Laurie Hernandez is expected to compete beam and floor. Per Tom Forster: “[She] looks good. This extra time has really helped her. It's really been beneficial for her to get closer to where she needs to be.”

Sam Mikulak is missing the event due to having to quarantine after his fiancée contracted COVID. Morgan Hurd is also skipping the event due to lost training time resulting from coming in contact with a COVID-positive person.

Simone Biles will open her 2021 season at the Tokyo World Cup in May, if it happens.

Jade Carey and Sunisa Lee are the only members of the 2019 Worlds team to compete, with Biles, Kara Eaker, Grace McCallum, and MyKayla Skinner not on the roster. Skinner is likely still recovering from her earlier COVID hospitalization. Carey has mathematically clinched an apparatus berth, but FIG’s qualification process hasn’t been made fully clear in light of pandemic delays to several important qualifying events.

Riley McCusker plans to return on at least two events (bars & beam), says: “I’m really excited for this meet. I'm really not putting any pressure on myself to do anything amazing, but I just can't wait to go and get out on the floor again.”

Emma Malabuyo returns to competition for the first time since the 2019 Jesolo Trophy and a broken tibia.

Jordan Chiles most recently competed earlier this year at 2021 WOGA Classic and put up a 55.450 AA score. From Forster: “Jordan Chiles looks better than I've seen her in a long time. She's feels healthier than she's ever felt.”

2019 World Junior team members Sydney Barros, Skye Blakely, and Konnor McClain are all newly eligible for Tokyo (2005 births). Forster: Their plan has been switched if they really want to try to make it for 2021. That’s going to be that's going to be a tough nut to do. They did have time off at least, but a lot of them were quarantined, so they really were not allowed to take advantage of the time that they needed. The biggest challenge for them really is that they're not able to go out and show, ‘Hey, this is how I compete internationally.’”