Because sometimes you just can’t.
You quit, I quit, we all quit.
We’re going down.
We’re yelling timber.
Oops, time for lunch, bye.
Boom, done, gotta run.
That’s all I needed.
I’m rolling out.
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Monthly Archives: June 2018
Things Are Happening – June 6, 2018
A. That Senate Hearing
You guys. I cannot even begin.
Yes I can. Let’s get into it.
(Watch here. Except probably don’t. Your life is worth more than that. RESPECT YOURSELF.)
Anyway, Rhonda Faehn, Lou Anna Simon, and “Steve Penny” appeared in front of a Senate subcommittee so that a bunch of senators could congratulate each other for how awesome they are for most of the hearing—and then rush the panelists to spit out answers quickly because suddenly they’re running out of time for questions. Oh, I wonder how that happened.
Dear Senators, the thing about your epic opening statement is that nobody cares about you and you don’t have anything to say. You know how annoyed you get when a no-personality youngun is running around making an endless and pointless video about how little personality they have? That’s you, in these hearings. You’re the SnapChat in this situation.
Whatever. The most important thing we have to talk about is Steve Penny taking the 5th and refusing to answer any questions. Well, except for the first question that was like, “Is your name Steve and do you suck?” You know he wanted to take the 5th on that one too, but it was just a biographical statement of fact, so he had to say yes. After that, no answers.
Everyone has to use this opportunity to remind each other that taking the 5th doesn’t necessarily imply guilt. But also Steve Penny. Continue reading Things Are Happening – June 6, 2018
Summer 2018 Schedule
A daily guide to your summer of gymnastics fandom. Check back as times are resolved and events added.
Wednesday, June 13
Junior Pan American Gymnastics Championships
9:30am ET/6:30am PT – Women’s Team/AA, Subdivision 1
(ARG, MEX, PER, DOM, JAM, PAN, GUA, ARU)
12:45pm ET/9:45am PT – Women’s Team/AA, Subdivision 2
(USA, CAN, BRA, COL, CHI, CRC, ECU, NCA, PUR, VEN)
The US will be sending a squad of Leanne Wong, Jordan Bowers, JaFree Scott, and Tori Tatum that will be heavily favored to take the team title.
Thursday, June 14
Junior Pan American Gymnastics Championships
10:10am ET/7:10am PT – Men’s Team/AA, Subdivision 1
(BRA, COL, ARG, PUR, CRC, ECU)
2:30pm ET/11:30am PT – Men’s Team/AA Subdivision 2
(USA, CAN, MEX, DOM, VEN, CHI, CAY)
Guimaraes Challenge Cup
10:00am ET/7:00am PT – Qualification Day 1
The roster includes Isabela Onyshko, Taeja James, Maisie Methuen, Manrique Larduet, Ray Zapata, Giarnni Regini-Moran, Joe Fraser, and Yuri Van Gelder
Friday, June 15
Junior Pan American Gymnastics Championships
10:00am ET/7:00am PT – Event Finals
(Women’s VT, UB; Men’s FX, PH, SR)
3:10pm ET/12:10pm PT – Event Finals
(Women’s BB, FX; Men’s VT, PB, HB)
Guimaraes Challenge Cup
10:00am ET/7:00am PT – Qualification Day 2
Saturday, June 16
Guimaraes Challenge Cup
10:00am ET/7:00am PT – Event Finals Day 1
Sunday, June 17
Guimaraes Challenge Cup
10:00am ET/7:00am PT – Event Finals Day 2
Friday, June 22
Brazilian National Championship
11:30am ET/8:30am PT – Men’s and Women’s Day 1
Saturday, June 23
Mediterranean Games
9:00am ET/6:00am PT – Qualification Day 1
Spain, Italy, France, and Greece among others are expected to send teams. Italy is the defending team champion and Vanessa Ferrari the defending all-around champion.
Youth Olympics Qualifier – Europe
2:00am ET/11:00pm PT – Subdivision 1
6:00am ET/3:00am PT – Subdivision 2
9:30am ET/6:30am PT – Subdivision 3
Participants will include Elisa Iorio (ITA), Asia D’Amato (ITA), Ksenia Klimenko (RUS), Daria Belousova (RUS), Celia Serber (FRA), Carolann Heduit (FRA), Amelie Morgan (GBR), Phoebe Jakubczyk (GBR), Emilie Petz (GER), Iulia Berar (ROU), Ana-Maria Puiu (ROU), and Anastasia Bachynska (UKR)
German European Championships Trial
11:30am ET/8:30am PT – Senior & Junior competition
Brazilian National Championship
7:00am ET/4:00am PT – Men’s and Women’s Day 2
National Team Rankings – June 2018
How It Works
Taking into account all scores recorded at competitions in the last six months, each nation is given a team total based on how its best-scoring group of five senior gymnasts would do in a hypothetical 3-up, 3-count team final.
Each individual’s best scores may come from any official competition (they need not all be from the same meet), and whichever group of five gymnasts would produce the highest score is the one selected.
Countries that have not shown enough senior routines in the last six months to fill a 3-up, 3-count team on each event are not included.
Rankings will be updated on the first of each month, and scores will expire after six months in order to provide the most up-to-date snapshot of where nations are at the current moment. The current rankings include only scores from December 2017–May 2018.
Leaving the rankings this month were Ukraine, Poland, and the Dominican Republic temporarily without three scores on each event in the last six months. (Ukraine would be ranked #36 even without the full complement of routines, but has only two bars scores in the last six months.) Rejoining the rankings this month were Denmark, Slovenia, Ireland, Taiwan, and Greece, and joining for the first time were Algeria and Namibia following the African Championship.
Last month’s ranking is in parentheses. Continue reading National Team Rankings – June 2018