N.B.: Belgium's Axelle Klinckaert is out due to a knee injury and will be replaced by Rune Hermans. 20/7: news.xinhuanet.com reports the full Chinese Olympic Team with TAN Jiaxin replacing LIU Tingting in the lineup. N.B. Ksenia Afanasyeva forced into medical retirement from gymnastics. She is replaced as the travelling Alternate by Evgeniia Shelgunova N.B: Republic of Korea's LEE Goim replaced by LEE...
Portuguese Gymnast Gustavo Palma Simoes has been forced to withdraw for the upcoming 2016 Olympic Games after a fall on the 9th of July saw him unfortunately fracturing his left foot. The Portuguese Gymnastics Federation stated that "It is a type of injury that will require surgical resolution at some point but there is good potential for full functional recovery. However given the...
Updated with Russian delegation as according to rio2016.com INDIVIDUAL ALL AROUND QUALIFICATION: ROTATION 1 (ALTERNATING HOOP AND BALL): Melitina Staniouta (BELARUS) Laura Zheng (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) Marina Durunda (AZERBAIJAN) Varvara Filiou (GREECE) Katsiaryna Halkina (BELARUS) Salome Pazhava (GEORGIA) Danielle Prince (AUSTRALIA) SHANG Rong (CHINA) Ana Luiza Filiorianu (ROMANIA) SON Yeon Jae (REPUBLIC OF KOREA) Carolina Rodriguez Ballesteros (SPAIN) Natalia Gaudio (BRAZIL) Ganna Rizatdinova (UKRAINE) Sabina Ashirbayeva (KAZAKHSTAN) Ekaterina Volkova (FINLAND)...
TRAMPOLINE GYMNASTICS STARTING ORDER: MEN: Jason Burnett (CANADA) Dmitrii Ushakov (RUSSIA) Diogo Abreu (PORTUGAL) Uladzislau Hancharou (BELARUS) Ginga Munetomo (JAPAN) Rafael Andrade (BRAZIL) Dylan Schmidt (NEW ZEALAND) DONG Dong (CHINA) Sebastien Martiny (FRANCE) Pirmammad Aliyev (KAZAKHSTAN) Logan Dooley (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) Nathan Bailey (GREAT BRITAIN) Andrey Yudin (RUSSIA) Masaki Ito (JAPAN) GAO Lei (CHINA) Blake Gaudry (AUSTRALIA) WOMEN: Marine Jurbert (FRANCE) Nicole Ahsinger (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA) Ana Rente (PORTUGAL) Katherine Driscoll (GREAT...
N.B: 16/7 - Ukrainian team officially announced N.B: John Orozco (USA) injured at training camp. Replaced in the team by Danell Leyva. N.B: Gustavo Palma Simoes (POR) out due to injury. Replaced by Nicolas Cordoba (ARG) N.B. Ivan Stretovich to replace Russian compatriot Nikita Ignatyev according to rio2016.com SUBDIVISION ONE: STARTING ON FLOOR EXERCISE - MIXED GROUP THREE: Eleftherios Petrounias (GREECE) Vlasios Maras...
After missing her Produnova during the Qualifications, Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan came back strong to take the title at the 2016 Mersin World Challenge Cup. Austria's Lisa Ecker and Colombian Catalina Elena Escobar Gomez finished in second and third respectively. Escobar Gomez picked up the Uneven Bars honor over Turkey's Demet Mutlu and Ecker. Top Balance Beam qualifier Tutya Yilmaz of Turkey took...
It was a small field of Women and Men who contested the Qualifications at the 2016 Mersin World Challenge Cup in Mersin, Turkey with every gymnast advancing to the Finals. Austria's Lisa Ecker topped the Vault over Demet Mutlu of Turkey and Catalina Elena Escobar Gomez of Colombia. Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan and Tsz Sum Elizabeth Chan of Hong Kong also advance to...
