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Artistic Gymnastics at the Summer Olympic Games 2016


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6 hours ago, thiago_simoes said:

 

Who is the alternate? I'm curious because if the US wins a medal at the team event, the alternate will be given a medal as well. 

Im not sure.  They made such a big deal.  For now it wasn't mentioned

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6 hours ago, heywoodu said:

I heard Leyva is the alternate, but don't have a source.. 

 

I'm sad he isn't selected by the way, he is by far my favourite male US gymnast.

Leyva was injured right before the first competition.  And even yesterday I thought he looked worse then then orozco who realistically was his competition for the last spot

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17 minutos atrás, thiago_simoes disse:

 

Since 2014 alternates are awarded team medals at the World Championships, and I'm 99% sure this works for the Olympics as well. 

 

This is true for most competitions, but not for Olympic Games (as explained here in page 68)

 

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Except for Olympic Games, Delegations with full teams are entitled to include one reserve gymnast for men and one reserve gymnast for women. Remark: For Olympic Games no Reserve Gymnasts are allowed.

 

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Em 6/30/2016 at 12:23, intoronto disse:

 

Final two are:
Shallon Olsen

Rose-Kaying Woo

 

Men:

Scott Morgan


@thiago_simoes your thoughts on this team?

 

This is the best possible team for Canada and a shoe-in for a top 6 placement. On paper, only Russia, China, Japan, Great Britain and the USA are ahead of Canada now. Brazil and Germany are roughly on the same level, I think. It will be interesting to see if Italy, the Netherlands, France and Belgium can challenge for the top 8. Maybe the Netherlands can make it ahead of Germany, but I doubt Italy, France and Belgium can make much of an impact at this point.

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7 minutes ago, thiago_simoes said:

 

This is the best possible team for Canada and a shoe-in for a top 6 placement. On paper, only Russia, China, Japan, Great Britain and the USA are ahead of Canada now. Brazil and Germany are roughly on the same level, I think. It will be interesting to see if Italy, the Netherlands, France and Belgium can challenge for the top 8. Maybe the Netherlands can make it ahead of Germany, but I doubt Italy, France and Belgium can make much of an impact at this point.

Never heard of Olsen before... is she any good?

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