Artistic Gymnastics FIG World Cup 2019

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Stage 1 in Melbourne (AUS)

 

Women's BB:

 

1. Zhao Shiting  13.566

2. Emma Nedov  13.500

3. Mana Oguchi  13.066

 

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Stage 1 in Melbourne (AUS)

 

Men´s VT:

 

1. Igor Radivilov  14.949

2. Loris Frasca  14.900

3. Dominick Cunningham  14.749

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Stage 1 in Melbourne (AUS)

 

Men´s PB:

 

1. You Hao  15.066

2. Ahmet Önder 14.633

3. Ferhat Arican  14.366

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Stage 1 in Melbourne (AUS)

 

Men´s HB:

 

1. Hidetaka Miyachi  14.733

2. Epke Zonderland  14.733

3. Zhang Chenglong  14.333

 

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Stage 1 in Melbourne (AUS)

 

Women's FX:

 

1. Vanessa Ferrari  13.600

2. Paula Meijas  12.533

3. Zhao Shiting  12.266

[CCB 607]

Epke Zonderland  has a problem. Competing in this year's team competition at the World Championships means he really has to medal there. Otherwise he can't compete at the Olympics (it's very unlikely the Dutch men's team finish top 12). 

 

If Zonderland doesn't compete at the World Championships, he has to win the World Cup. But Miyachi from Japan will be a very strong competitor for Epke. Such a fail from FIG to make an Olympic qualification procedure like this, with several medalwinners NOT to compete at the Worlds to increase their chance of reaching the Olympics.

 

Sounds like the FIVB made this Qualification procedure. 

[thiago_simoes 1,441]

8 horas atrás, CCB disse:

Epke Zonderland  has a problem. Competing in this year's team competition at the World Championships means he really has to medal there. Otherwise he can't compete at the Olympics (it's very unlikely the Dutch men's team finish top 12). 

 

If Zonderland doesn't compete at the World Championships, he has to win the World Cup. But Miyachi from Japan will be a very strong competitor for Epke. Such a fail from FIG to make an Olympic qualification procedure like this, with several medalwinners NOT to compete at the Worlds to increase their chance of reaching the Olympics.

 

Sounds like the FIVB made this Qualification procedure. 

I believe he has to win gold at the World Championships to qualify or become the best all-arounder in Netherlands and place high enough to qualify (around 40th place among all competitors, I believe, will be enough) or win the most points at the World Cup circuit in one apparatus or the Netherlands must place on the podium in the all-around at the 2020 European Championships. The message is clear: if you want to go to the Olympics, you either have to be the best of the best in one apparatus, or at least be a decent all-arounder. Zonderland is definitely not an all-arounder, so he has to be the best either at the World Cup or at the World Championships. I'm not too happy with this either, but I believe this issue should not be pegged on FIG because it was a choice of the Dutch program not to prepare him to be an all-arounder, despite all the signs in the last 15 years pointing out to FIG favoring all-arounders over specialists. Besides, the Olympic quotas favor the best and most complete programs, not the best gymnast in one apparatus. Yes, not many people like it, but programs affected by this have their coaches to blame as much as they want to blame FIG.

About gymnasts not competing at Worlds, yes, this is true. Gymnasts from nations that hope to qualify a full team deliberately skipped the World Championships because if you compete at Worlds, you can only qualify for the Olympics if your team qualifies, or if you are the best all-arounder in your nation. Gymnasts who did not compete at the World Championships can compete at World Cup events and try to qualify as the best athlete in one apparatus, so even if the nation has qualified a team, up to two extra gymnasts can qualify at the World Cup. I can see only China, Japan, Russia and the US benefiting from this, actually. Yes, this is stupid and unnecessary.

 

Edited February 24, 2019 by thiago_simoes

[Lara 0]

If a team is qualified for Tokyo 2020 and then another gymnast qualifies at world cups, can the coach choose this gymnast as part of the team? Or is she forced to be an individualist?

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3 horas atrás, Lara disse:

If a team is qualified for Tokyo 2020 and then another gymnast qualifies at world cups, can the coach choose this gymnast as part of the team? Or is she forced to be an individualist?

Nope. Extra gymnasts will not be considered part of the team and cannot take part in the team competition.