thiago_simoes

Sorry for the double post, but I think this is important and deserves its own post: the folks from Gimnasia Latina told me that North Korea also decided not to send a male gymnast to the Test Event, so India will be able to sendo both a male and a female gymnast. Unfortunately they don't know whether India will indeed send both gymnasts or not. Could our Indian friends get any info on that?

Now we have the complete list of Latin-American gymnasts who will attend the Test Event. Only Colombia was not sure of who should go to the Test Event, but unsurprisingly they have chosen Catalina Escobar (gold medal on vault at the 2010 South American Games and bronze medal on vault at the 2011 Pan American Games). Argentina: Ailen Valente, Nicolas Cordoba Colombia: Jossimar Calvo, Javier Sandoval, Catalina Escobar Chile: Simona Castro, Tomás González Peru: Ariana Orrego Venezuela: Jessica Lopéz Costa Rica: Tarik Soto Mexico: Kevin Cerda, Daniel Corral, Ana Lago, Alexa Moreno Puerto Rico: Luis Rivera, Andrés Perez Guatemala: Ana Gomez Cuba: Randy Leru, Marcia Vidaux Brazil: Women's team Still no word about India and Dipa Karmakar, what makes me worried.

We don't have the start lists as of yet. Only the drawing of lots has been concluded. http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/competition/view?id=11977

The Test Event will be Holbura's first major international meet, and good luck counting on her in this nervewrecking situation. Jurca and Zarzu are not exactly "talented" gymnasts. They are mediocre at best. Bulimar severely lacks consistency, Ponor does not perform on the uneven bars (arguably the worst apparatus for Romania). And the Romanian team will perform on the very first subdivision, what usually equals to lower scores.

I don't think Switzerland has any chance to qualify a full team. Steingruber is not on her best days, and the other girls are relatively weak. South Korea also has a weak team, and they rely too much on one single gymnast (Yun Narae), which is never a good idea.

Now, if Romania doesn't qualify a full team, both Iordache and Ponor will be automatically not eligible for the Olympics. Only gymnasts who perform on all four apparatus in the Test Event can apply for the spot at the Olympics. I hope and pray Romania gets one of the team quotas. I want to see Iordache and Ponor in Rio!

Brazil, Germany and France, for sure. Belgium has lost one of their best gymnasts, and Australia will see the return of Lauren Mitchell, so they will fight for the final team quota with Romania. It's insane that at this point Romania will depend on Catalina Ponor once again. And she doesn't perform on the worst apparatus for the team, Uneven Bars, so the team will have trouble reaching an acceptable score on this apparatus.

Iordache has broken one of her fingers. Romania is in deep trouble now. I don't think they will be able to qualify a full team at this point.

Nope. They had two spots because they placed 17th-24th with their women's team.

E eu não posso deixar de falar da trave maravilhosa da Flavinha em Baku, garantindo a nota de 15.150, o que daria o vice-campeonato mundial pra ela em 2015 (e o título mundial em 2014).

Major competitions in 2016 Date Meet Location June 17–19 32nd European Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships Holon April 8–10 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships Everett August 19–21 Rhythmic Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro 2016 FIG Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup Series Date Levels Location February 26–28 Cat. B Espoo March 17–20 Cat. B Lisbon April 1–3 Cat. B Pesaro May 13–15 Cat. B Tashkent May 20–22 Cat. B Minsk May 27–29 Cat. B Sofia June 17–19 Cat. B Guadalajara July 1–3 Cat. B Berlin July 9–10 Cat. B Kazan July 22–24 Cat. A Baku

Still no word about it, but I wouldn't hold my breath. Besides, depending on which countries qualify a full team through the test event, individuals from the eight lowest ranked countries in the individual all-around competition may not qualify. On the women's side, things are much easier. In the worst case scenario, individuals from the two lowest ranked countries will not qualify. I don't think Dipa would finish last, or second last. So, I believe she has a HUGE opportunity to qualify if she really makes it to the Test Event.

We can always check the results in Wikipedia, unless it's a really obscure competition. And the new format is much better.

Figure Skating, Curling and Bobsleigh.

This article says that Colombia has formally received an invitation for the Test Event, since North Korea gave up their two quotas. This means that India gets the second invitation, I believe. Great news for Dipa!

One of my friends said that North Korea and Colombia will not send girls to the Test Event. Does this mean that Dipa Karmakar of India could make it to the competition? The definitive registrations have been released, so I'm not sure they would allow any changes now, but that would be AMAZING for India if she could sneak in somehow. Any news about that?

Thanks. No participation from the host nation? We had a rough time at the PanAms, so I guess the experience from the Test Event would have come in handy for the Brazilian team before the Olympics.

I am trying to follow the event, but there's little to no information available in Brazil. This is a shame. What countries are taking part in the team competition?

It's nice to see the forum up and running. I hope everything is back to normal by the time the Rio Olympics starts.