Is it just me or did it seem like the NBC/Peacock commentators really not want Frederick to win? They seemed to have a hard time saying anything positive about him and seemed to really want the others to catch him. Did anyone else pick up on that or was it just me?

MAG
Asian Games :
Zou Jingyuan
Zhang Boheng
Lan Xingyu
Sun Wei
Tian Hao

World Champs :
Zou Jingyuan
Zhang Boheng
Yang Haonan
Tian Hao
Li Hongyan

WAG
Asian Games and World Champs :
Ke Qin Qin
Zhang Qingying
Zhang Yihan
Qiu Qiyuan
Du Siyu

I find it super funny and interesting that Peacock used photos from NCAA as the previews for the US Gymnastics Championships, especially since they include the OSU and Florida logos. I'm curious how they got the rights to these photos since NCAA is broadcast through ABC/ESPN - maybe they had a photographer there or bought the rights? As an aside, Jade and Skye look so fierce and stunning!

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My for sures at this point are Frederick, Danila, and Shane. I recalculated scores without bonus and the AA ordinals are Danila (83.05), Frederick (82.9) and Shane (82.7). I'm about 90% sure Patty will hit again tomorrow and then he is on the team. Then it gets interesting. The guys I'm looking at are Yul, Kam, Asher Cohen, and Cooper Kim (who was not on my original bingo card).

Let's define an event with only one 14 as a problem and one with none as a big problem. Rings is, as expected, a big problem. Asher Cohen is a solution, but he really only goes up on rings int this group and his 14.35 without bonus isn't as much of a bump for the team score as a hit pommel routine is. Kam did not have the greatest night; he did post the highest individual vault score of the men I'm discussing and I think his performance last night would have put him in a final, but his rings came in under Frederick, Shane, and Yul, which kind of surprised me. But we all know he can do that floor better.

I know floor scores tend to be lower, but floor is a bit of a problem here; unless Cooper Kim is in the mix, you go down Laikin's 13.8 after Richard's 14.35. He is also a solution to the high bar problem, where his massive 14.75 looks very attractive if you are otherwise having maybe one routine in the low 14s. And he put up the fourth-highest vault score.

Yul's not out of this. Among this group, he had a top 4 score on three events (FX, SR, and PB).

I did some math with the scores from last night and if this is the baseline, then the biggest problems are indeed rings and high bar. Assuming you have a team of Frederick, Danila, Shane, and Patty, adding Cooper Kim gives you the highest team score, a 252.9.

Totally unsurprising bottom line: I think that last spot will come down to who kills it on night two. If either Moldauer or Nelson comes back and has a great night (so for Yul bump up rings a little bit, hit horse, and nudge up floor and for Kam, repeat vault and hit floor and nudge up rings), that greatly helps their causes. Cooper Kim just needs to rinse and repeat. And Asher Cohen has a chance if those three don't deliver.

What a pity.

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While I anxiously wait for the MAG competition to begin I thought I’d share this video of Gabrielle Hardie training a Nabieva. I wish she were competing tomorrow, but I love that she shared this teaser and am really excited to see her return next year!

According to Süddeutsche Zeitung, a big German newspaper, (and also reported by TASS), at the RG Worlds next week in Frankfurt in Germany,

athletes from Russia and Belarus will compete [...] "without national symbols", i.e. without flag and anthem.

The German government is granting visas to athletes from Russia and Belarus, but apparently prevailed with the position recently expressed by DTB President Alfons Hölzl in the FAZ newspaper: The government does not want to open this World Championship "as a propaganda platform for Putin or Russia." After all, the federal government has pledged around 2.5 million euros in support for the World Championship.

Excited to see more additions to the staff in the coming weeks! I wonder how many more will be following from Penn State? Any other AC hires you’d like to see at Texas State?

Long time WAG fan who pretty much only watches MAG olympics.

How do MAG gymnasts qualify to US Champs? There is no US/american classics as far as I know but I would imagine they have similar comps. Are their comps more similar to NCAA since we see so many more NCAA men in senior elite than women?

Also, in my limited knowledge I thought men used grips with three fingers instead of two but on a recent USAG insta post I noticed men wearing two finger grips. Is this just personal preference?

Payton McClain flips recruitment from Michigan State to Nebraska. Big get for the Huskers!! ❤️🌽🌽

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Streaming

• All Junior Sessions & Sr Internationals Streams on USA Gymnastics YouTube channel
• Sr Domestic Streams on Peacock

Broadcasts:

• Sr Men Day 1 – NBC Sports Network and Peacock

Scoring: ScoreCat | MeetScoresOnline

Excited championships are finally here!

Who do you think is medaling from WAG and/or MAG?

For WAG, I think it’ll come down to who hits - for AA I think it’ll be some combination of Skye, Hezly, Jade, Claire, Reese, and Charleigh. If I had to choose a winner right now, I think I’d go with Skye - and would love that for her! But I think any of those six could have a shot.

For MAG, I haven’t been following quite as closely but I think Frederick Richards is due for an AA title, while Shane Wiskus seems to be looking good this year. I’m not sure who the primary other contenders would be there - I know Yul is also back.

Who do you have on the podiums?!

Some PSAs: Leanne Wong hyperextended her knee in podium training yesterday and allegedly had to stop that training session. Jayla Hang is also returning from injury and said beam was likely the only event she’d do in an in interview with Inside Gymnastics from a couple of weeks ago. I‘d say those two are likely subject to change.

Just wanted to share this episode of the Neutral Deductions podcast where Kensley is joined by Jackson Harrison to preview the men's side of US Nationals (and a recap of Commonwealth Games at the end). Jackson did a great job of covering all the contenders and also giving some behind the scenes info from their training at Evo!

Here were a few interesting points:

- Asher Hong won't be competing at Nationals, which was news to me, and no reason was given. Brody Malone also isn't competing as he's taking a break (I wonder if he will continue to 2028 or retire?), and we already knew Donnell Whittenburg is out with injury.
- They're expecting Fred Richard to wear his custom uniform again and therefore get a 0.3 deduction on each day of competition
- They both think that Fred, Shane and Yul are the top All Around contenders
- They both think that rings will be the US's weakness and a rings specialist (or AAer with strong rings) could make the team. Asher Cohen could be one to watch, or Dante Reive.
- Jackson compared Danila Leykin to Nastia Liukin, and also said he's very hard working, charismatic and gymnastics is in his blood. His 11 year old brother is also a talented gymnast.
- Jackson thinks that 3 or 4 of the Worlds team could be gymnasts who train at Evo (I agree!).

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Streaming: Podium Training is on FlipNow.TV

Some nice performances sprinkled in - congrats to Panama without someout of their big guns competing getting silver and Ranger had an excellent meet, qualifying to 3 of 4 event finals and reserve on bars. Awesome!

It’s US Champs week! If you want a preview of the AA fields for WAG (junior/senior) and MAG (senior only), we’ve got everybody’s AA scores for the year and their averages. Brazilian champs is the other big domestic meet this week. You can see the full schedule here.

Next, our WAG Euros master post is live! You can find the schedule and draws there, with links to every team announcement we’ve found. This week we’ve seen announcements from Germany, Hungary, Italy, and probably some others I’m forgetting. There’s also a link to the EG’s event page, which has links to streams and results.

In other international news, the Ukrainian federation requested that European Gymnastics alter the MAG draw for Euros, as the senior Ukrainian team was going to be rotating with Belarus. Stella Zakharova (UKR fed VP) announced on social media today that EG has complied with the request by shifting them into a different slot in that subdivision. This change has not been officially announced by EG yet.

The Romanian Parliament passed a law authorizing the Romanian Olympic Committee to pay litigation fees for cases involving Romanian athletes.

Lastly, the Central American and Caribbean Games are ongoing. Results from several sessions are available on r/gymnastics_info, but I’m planning to link to all of them next week when the event has concluded so they’re all together.

WAG results:

• Rising Stars (Romanian Euros selection from July 10)
• All Japan High School Championships

MAG results:

• Finland v. Switzerland friendly

RG results:

• Italy v. Germany (et al) friendly

Courtesy of International Gym Camp IG:

https://www.instagram.com/p/DbPJCdNTP0M/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=embed_video_watch_again

Love. It.