Keep 2 per country but expand the AA back to 36. That’s going to give us the greatest diversity.
AA Final Diversity
I put this together because the FIG likes to pretend that a 2-per-country format with 24 gymnasts is “more diverse.” Basically, with 24 finalists, it didn’t matter if you had two or three gymnasts per country…only 2 non-team countries would get spots in either format. But with 36 finalists and 3-per-country, all 12 teams would be represented in the individual final along with 7 gymnasts from non-team countries, AND the field would fully represent the best from qualifications, eg the true top 36, moving on. Your move, FIG.
24 Finalists, 2-Per-Country
Countries Represented: 14
Belgium (1), Brazil (2), Canada (2), China (2), France (2), Germany (2), Great Britain (1), Italy (2), Japan (2), Russia (2), Netherlands (2), Switzerland (1), USA (2), Venezuela (1)
Non-Team Countries Represented: 2
Switzerland (1), Venezuela (1)
24 Finalists, 3-Per-Country
Countries Represented: 13
Belgium (1), Brazil (3), Canada (2), China (2), France (1), Germany (1), Great Britain (1), Japan (3), Netherlands (2), Russia (3), Switzerland (1), USA (3), Venezuela (1)
Non-Team Countries Represented: 2
Switzerland (1), Venezuela (1)
36 Finalists, 3-Per-Country
Countries Represented: 19
Belgium (2), Brazil (3), Canada (2), China (2), France (2), Germany (2), Great Britain (2), Guatemala (1), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Japan (3), Mexico (1), Netherlands (3), Russia (3), Spain (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), USA (3), Venezuela (1)
Non-Team Countries Represented: 7
Guatemala (1), Hungary (1), Mexico (1), Spain (1), Sweden (1), Switzerland (1), Venezuela (1)
She won 8 Olympic medals in individual event finals (the record)
She is the only gymnast to win Olympic gold on every apparatus
She scored two perfect 10’s at the 1967 European Championships
She won every single All-Around competition from 1964-68
Between 1964-68 she won 19 individual gold medals in major international competitions compared with 7 for all the Soviet female gymnasts during that time
She was the most decorated gymnast from the 1968 Olympics winning 4 golds and 2 silvers
She is one of two female gymnasts to win back to back Olympic All-Around golds
At the 1968 Olympics she famously protested the Soviet occupation of her country, Czechoslovakia, on the podium and as a result was forced to retire by the Soviet regime and was denied the majority of her rights upon returning home. Her protest is still considered one of the most iconic moments in Olympic history.
Čáslavská was a legendary gymnast, but she also sacrificed her career and much of her life for her country. Others may call Khorkina or Latynina the ‘Queen of Gymnastics’ but Čáslavská is more than a Queen, she is a hero.
I’m all for bringing back the controlled lunge. The question is, will the judges properly deduct when it is obviously uncontrolled or a half assed step cover up?
Probs not, which means this would be another thing judges don’t deduct for.
Petition for the COP to allow a lunge step-out on each tumbling landing, and reward gymnasts who "stick" the landing (with no steps/lunge) with a bonus (0.1)
Sticking the landing is very hard on the knees/shins/ankles, so I don’t think we should make it commonplace to “stick” the landing. Rather, if gymnasts elect to do it or have enough control that they do stick it, the COP should reward them.
First ever female Armenian gymnast and she competes her best when it mattered most! New element named after her and a personal best All Around score in the qualifiers.
Don’t forget the cute gifs of her kissing every apparatus!
The Gebeshian
Submitted by: Houry Gebeshian, Armenia
Apparatus: Uneven Bars
Element description: A hecht mount with a 360 degree turn with repulsion off the low bar to the high bar.
Element value: D
Note: Gebeshian is Armenia’s first ever female gymnast to compete at an Olympic Games. [x]
Isn’t she the first American gymnast to win 4 golds in one games PERIOD? I’m pretty sure the Men haven’t done such a thing...
Simone Biles becomes the first American female gymnast to win four golds at a single Olympic games.
Olympic gymnast Simone Biles just made history — the 19-year-old star clinched her fourth gold medal of the Rio Olympic Games on Tuesday after placing first in the floor exercise, making her the the first American woman gymnast to win four golds at a single Olympic games.
Biles has won a total of five medals in Rio: four gold and one bronze. Biles nailed her famous move, “the Biles,” during Tuesday’s floor exercise event and earned an unbelievable score.