Men's Artistic Gymnastics 2015

[ioanna]

He said, 'I'd do the same if I were him'...and now he's done it. :hopelessness:

Almost seems unreal. I rewatched his floor routine and he landed right on the top of his head :hopelessness: I dearly hope he doesn't have a concussion. The Japanese men have already replaced one member and they have no alternate left. Knowing him, he would still go out there to compete against China.

I also noticed Koji Yamamuro is there with the coaching team. Did he retire or is he there just to help out?

 

[padme21]

Any news about Kohei Uchimura yet?

 

[Winnie_20]

Ugh, I just knew it. The ladies were so careful about their predictions, and got direct qualification as a team, and the men were "Oh yeah, we can do this, best eight" and failed. Even Zonderland didn't qualify for the high bar.
Oh well... Olympic test event, then.

 

[TontoK]

Well, the American men qualified in 5th, which I think is a minor miracle considering the injuries to Orosco and Mikulak.

Leyva qualifies 4th in AA, while at least one American made event finals in everything except floor.

I find this result to be shockingly good.

 

[padme21]

Even Zonderland miss qualifying for high bar his specialty. Wow

 

[MaxSwagg]

God, I hope Japan wins the Team. I've been waiting YEARS (years as in since Tomita, my favorite, burst onto the scene) and it's LONG overdue!

 

[gravy]

Even Zonderland miss qualifying for high bar his specialty. Wow

One of the most upsetting things at these Worlds. :no: My poor Epke. Zanetti (reigning Olympic champion, World silver medalist) out of the SR final, too.

US qualify 5th with 10 points below their QF score last year.

And Dragulescu qualifies 3rd for the vault final (0.1 behind 1st place). Crazy to think he was at his first Worlds in 1999. Also lighting a candle for the North Korean guy... his poor ankles.

 

[ioanna]

These Worlds qualifications have been full of surprises, and not in a good way.

 

[Reynnou]

And Dragulescu qualifies 3rd for the vault final (0.1 behind 1st place). Crazy to think he was at his first Worlds in 1999. Also lighting a candle for the North Korean guy... his poor ankles.

So happy for Marian, he's such a nice guy with every gymnast. He deserves that final.

As for the North Korean, I wonder how he still lands his vaults! He had some terrible landings during the podium training :hopelessness:

 

[Interspectator]

Uchimura is on the list for ALL the team apparatus.
I think he's going to go all out for the team gold this year.
That may exhaust him for the individual...but he has 5 of those already. He wants to TEAM gold.
He says his neck hurts, but he had yesterday to rest.

 

[Reynnou]

Even Zonderland didn't qualify for the high bar.

The concussion he suffered after a bad fall in training (two month ago) must have been a big blow to his preparation :no:

 

[Interspectator]

Almost seems unreal. I rewatched his floor routine and he landed right on the top of his head :hopelessness: I dearly hope he doesn't have a concussion. The Japanese men have already replaced one member and they have no alternate left. Knowing him, he would still go out there to compete against China.

I also noticed Koji Yamamuro is there with the coaching team. Did he retire or is he there just to help out?

No, he's their replacement. They flew him out asap as soon as Hasegawa got injured. Just in case.

 

[ioanna]

No, he's their replacement. They flew him out asap as soon as Hasegawa got injured. Just in case.

That makes more sense. And although Kohei says his neck hurts, I hope he doesn't have anything more serious.

 

[Weathergal]

Well, the American men qualified in 5th, which I think is a minor miracle considering the injuries to Orosco and Mikulak.

Leyva qualifies 4th in AA, while at least one American made event finals in everything except floor.

I find this result to be shockingly good.

Wow that is much better than I expected with no Orozco or Mikulak and also no Jake Dalton! Also glad and a bit surprised about Danell Leyva. He's been up and down the past few years and still didn't look himself at Nationals.

 

[Weathergal]

The concussion he suffered after a bad fall in training (two month ago) must have been a big blow to his preparation :no:

That is a shame! Was looking forward to seeing him!

 

[TontoK]

Wow that is much better than I expected with no Orozco or Mikulak and also no Jake Dalton! Also glad and a bit surprised about Danell Leyva. He's been up and down the past few years and still didn't look himself at Nationals.

Thank you for subtly correcting my misspelling of "Orozco."

I had forgotten Jake Dalton was also off the team, and you are right about Leyva. I thought he was off at Nationals, and I am surprised he qualified this high. I haven't seen any video, but it looks like Team USA had an awful rotation on pommel horse, judging from scores alone.

Two Americans qualify for event finals in rings? That is not a traditional strength of the American team, and they were just barely shy of "winning" that rotation. Very surprising.

 

[Interspectator]

Thank you for subtly correcting my misspelling of "Orozco."

I had forgotten Jake Dalton was also off the team, and you are right about Leyva. I thought he was off at Nationals, and I am surprised he qualified this high. I haven't seen any video, but it looks like Team USA had an awful rotation on pommel horse, judging from scores alone.

Two Americans qualify for event finals in rings? That is not a traditional strength of the American team, and they were just barely shy of "winning" that rotation. Very surprising.

Which of the Team American men has the super enthusiastic Coach Dad who is always jumping up and down on the sidelines and yelling? Is it Danel Leyva?

 

[gravy]

Which of the Team American men has the super enthusiastic Coach Dad who is always jumping up and down on the sidelines and yelling? Is it Danel Leyva?

Yep, that's Yin Alvarez. His loud and enthusiastic yelling usually consists of him cursing in Spanish when his son does well on an event.

 

[Interspectator]

Yep, that's Yin Alvarez. His loud and enthusiastic yelling usually consists of him cursing in Spanish when his son does well on an event.

It's crazy! The team Japan guys looked faintly amused on one of the previous broadcasts. Must add a bit of spice to the competition.

 

[TMC]

How has Louis Smith been doing?

I know nothing about gymnastics, but I fell in love with him on Strictly Come Dancing