2016 Olympic Test Event Subdivision 4 Live Blog

We’re here at the 2016 Olympic Test Event, bringing you all of today’s action LIVE! Update your page every few minutes to see updates. The most recent will appear at the top.

10:50 pm. Australia, Switzerland, Romania, and South Korea each get one individual non-nominative spot. Nominative spots go to Sofi Gomez of Guatemala, Jessica Lopez of Venezuela, Vasiliki Millousi of Greece, Zsofia Kovacs of Hungary, Ana Perez of Spain, Angelina Kysla of Ukraine, Alexa Moreno of Mexico, Marcia Vidiaux of Cuba, Ana Filipa Martins of Portugal, Katarzyna Jurkowska of Poland, Lisa Ecker of Austria, Toni-Ann Williams of Jamaica, Irina Sazonova of Iceland, Phan Thi Ha Thanh of Vietnam, Dipa Karmakar of India, Barbora Mokosova of Slovakia, Courtney McGregor of New Zealand, Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan, Houry Gebeshian of Armenia, Ariana Orrego of Peru, Simona Castro of Chile, Teja Belak of Slovenia, Tutya Yilmaz of Turkey, Emma Larsson of Sweden, Marisa Dick of Trinidad & Tobago, Ana Derek of Croatia, Catalina Escobar of Colombia, Kylie Dickson of Belarus, Ellis O’Reilly of Ireland, and Ailen Valente of Argentina!

10:48 pm. Looks like all but Abdul Hadi and Nekrasova are out, there were actually only 32 here instead of 33 with Algeria originally included in that 33 an they already have a spot.

10:37 pm. Mori BB- Hit back tuck combo, full Y turn with a wobble, excellent bhs loso, great 2.5 to finish.

10:32 pm. Moreno BB- Punch front pike, solid, as is her bhs loso. Side somi is good as well. Over-time. Double pike with a step.

10:29 pm. Lago BB- Hits jumps to start. Everything good from what I saw. Double tuck with a step back.

10:24 pm. Yilmaz BB- Off on bhs tuck full, slams her leg really hard as well. UGH.

Klinckaert FX- Nails double layout to open after a problem with her music initially. Second pass is also killer. Big stuck double tuck. Killing this choreo. I’m seriously SOOOO excited to finally see this live. Nails double pike AND BELGIUM HAS AN OLYMPIC TEAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10:23 pm. Hermans FX- Tucked full-in, little bounce. Hit second pass. SASSY PANTS OVER HERE in her middle choreo. 2.5 to low front tuck, nearly sat but she somehow doesn’t brush her bum to the floor, I don’t think. Good save!

Lechenault UB- Blind change to straddle Jaeger, caught her second release but I missed it, pak, nailed dismount.

10:19 pm. His UB- Toe full, Chow to Hindorff, Jaeger, pak, double layout with two little steps.

Mys FX- 2.5 to front tuck skidded but held up. THEY ARE FIGHTING SO HARD. Big stuck double tuck! Excellent routine.

Mader BB- Off on bhs loso. Off a second time as well. 😦

Belak VT- Good Yurchenko 1.5 and a solid front tuck full.

10:16 pm. Brevet UB- Maloney, then has a fall but I missed the skill. Sat her double front as well. Ugh.

Croket FX- Crowd literally craps themselves with her Xtina music. Nails first pass, then hits front full in second pass. Big double tuck with a step. Aww big hugs and she’s SO happy. A big “TEAM BEL GYM” chant.

Mader BB- Hit side somi. Good jumps. Believe I saw a tucked gainer full dismount off the end of the beam. What I saw was good.

Williams VT- FTY, huge and clean, just a small step.

Sazonova VT- Another good VTY, nearly stuck.

10:13 pm. O’Reilly VT- Handspring front tuck half-out, good!

Kuhm UB- Doing well so far, clear hip to giant full, near-stuck double layout! Good work.

Campana BB- Full-twisting bhs, jumps are good. Switch ring, stumble. Double pike. She may have fallen at the beginning, I thought I saw her climbing back on.

Waem FX- Clean double full. Double tuck with a step. Excellent work!

10:07 pm. Lago UB- Messy legs on van Leeuwen, dynamic swing into giant full and Gienger, huge Tkachev, pak is good, full-out nearly stuck.

10:04 pm. Woo FX- Piked full-in, almost stuck. Double tuck with a hop. hit everything.

Moreno UB- Also missed this, there’s literally so much going on, I’m trying my best! Whenever I look at bars, someone is dismounting and I’m like WHERE DID YOU COME FROM.

10:00 pm. Mys BB- Onodi!! Great acro. Nailed double tuck. BELGIUM SAVED THEMSELVES FROM COUNTING A FALL!!!!!

Yilmaz UB- I didn’t see any of this.

Onyshko FX- Whip whip to double tuck, good. Tucked full-in nearly stuck. Great work from her.

9:55 pm. Mader UB- Fell on something but I missed it. Catches Maloney to bail to toe shoot once she’s back up. Then over-arches a handstand and takes an extra swing. Another dead swing and she comes off. Ugh, feel so bad for her and give her all the credit in the world for being here. Finally hits dismount.

Klinckaert BB- Wolf turn. Solid punch front tuck. SOLID BHS LAYOUT. O.M.G. Wobble on front aerial, hits jumps. Big stuck double pike!!!! GET IT AXELLE!!!!!!!!!

Sazonova FX- 2.5 to barani to stag, YAS!!!! Double tuck with a hop. Double pike.

9:53 pm. Waem BB- Starts with good leap series. Side aerial to back tuck, little wobble but hits! Front aerial, side somi, double pike with a slight step.

Williams FX- Huge double layout with a big bounce. Tucked full-in with a hop. Another huge tumble with her double pike.

Ecker UB- Bail to toe full to toe shoot, big stuck double pike. YAY LISA!!!

Boyer VT- Think it was just an FTY, for some reason I thought she’d do a double, but it’s a good one, powerful.

9:52 pm. His VT- Another good FTY, clean and big with a slight hop back.

9:51 pm. Hermans BB- Hit jumps. Bhs loso is good. Clean side somi. Front aerial, side aerial, both golden. 2.5 dismount is good.

O’Reilly FX- Opens with either a double tuck or a full-in, I couldn’t see the first tuck. Second pass is a solid double pike. Oh, there’s the double tuck so first as a full-in.

Campana UB- Saw the Jaeger, bail, toe shoot, hit dismount, looked stuck.

Brevet VT- Clean stuck FTY!

9:49 pm. Kuhm VT- Clean FTY with a little bounce

Mori UB- They chalked bars for 53 years before this routine. Hit everything so far, I’m coming in at stalder full, double layout. What I saw was good, no falls out of the corner of my eye.

9:46 pm. Vanhille VT- Clean FTY until the landing, which she skids a tiny bit.

Croket BB- Off on bhs loso. My head is already imploding. SIGH. Hits side somi. Stuck gainer layout. Hopefully they won’t have to count that.

Belak FX- Punch double front, cowboyed but big and great landing. Something into a front lay, maybe a 1.5? Good front full to finish.

9:40 pm. Onyshko BB- Nails her bhs bhs layout series, best I’ve seen her do it. Switch to side aerial with a slight check. Bhs tuck full has a wobble but she holds on. Front aerial, side aerial, full Y turn, all good. Double tuck with a step.

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9:39 pm. Some scores…

Belgium UB- Croket 13.433, Deriks 14.333 !!!!!, Hermans 13.566, Klinckaert 13.9, Waem 14.2, 55.999 total

France FX- Boyer 13.166, Brevet 13.483, His 13.466, Kuhm 13.266, Lechenault 13.533, total of 53.748, love Lechenault casually getting their best score.

9:36 pm. Sazonova BB- Front aerial, good extension. Hand down on what was supposed to be a tour jete half I believe, but she hits it as like, a tour jete quarter. Side somi is good, skids a bit on bhs layout, double pike dismount, small step.

9:33 pm. Williams BB- Great jump series. Solid bhs loso. Switch to switch side, super quick. Great punch front, couldn’t see if it was tuck or pike but it was very well hit. Full turn, tiny check. Double front dismount nearly gets a standing ovation, she ALMOST sticks, fights for the college stick and holds on but eventually takes a little step.

Moreno VT- NAILS her Rudi!!!! DAYUM. Second vault is a tsuk double full, lands with legs apart but it’s a pretty solid vault as well. I’m sure there’s form stuff I can’t see from here but proud of her for that!

Brevet FX- Big double layout, steps back with one foot. 2.5 to stag. Great double back.

9:31 pm. His FX- Tucked full-in with a hop. Another routine I love. Double full I think is pass three and it’s lovely. Big stuck double tuck.

I must’ve missed Mader’s vault.

Yilmaz VT- Huge near-stuck FTY!!! Great.

Croket UB- Toe full, toe on to Maloney to bail (leg sep) to toe shoot, big Tkachev, blind change to front giant to double front with a step.

9:30 pm. O’Reilly BB- Hit everything at the beginning, I caught it from the side aerial, standing back tuck, double tuck with a step.

Waem UB- Weiler half to shaposh to pak, Maloney to bail to toe shoot, giant full to Tkachev, YES. Big full-in with a hop.

9:28 pm. Boyer FX- Hit first pass. 2.5 with a hop forward. Double pike with a step back, stays in-bounds. Good job!

Mader VT- Clean FTY with a step.

9:27 pm. Campana VT- Hit it.

Belak BB- Switch to split leap. I missed the middle but she nails her switch half. Stumbled back and sat double tuck.

Deriks UB- Toe on to Komova II to pak, good. Stalder to Chow to stalder full, Tkachev, front giant half, huge full-in with a tiny hop SENNAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!! SO HAPPY FOR HER.

9:24 pm. Lago VT- Big floaty FTY. Lovely.

Hermans UB- Toe on to toe full, Maloney to bail to Ray, some leg separation but it’s tiny. Blind change to straddle Jaeger a bit close, hit dismount. PHEW.

Lechenault FX- SO excited to see this live!!!! Her opening choreo KILLS ME. Just brilliant. Big tucked full-in. Great extension on switch ring. Double pike with a bounce back but does a good job holding it up. Has the crowd clapping along and going a bit nuts for her. As they should Nails double tuck. WHAT first-year senior nerves?!

Mori VT- FTY with a hop.

9:22 pm. Klinckaert UB- Maloney, toe full to Tkachev, toe on to bail to Ray, front giant, stuck full-in. AXELLE!!!!!

Woo BB- Hit flight series, then stumbles on a random dance element, saves it but falls. Side aerial is good. Double spin with a big wobble. 2.5 with a step.

Kuhm FX- She hit everything but I only saw the 2.5 in detail, which she skidded forward but then arabesqued her back leg and was like “yeah I meant to do that.”

9:19 pm. 12.8 for Tutya with a 7.5 e-score due to landings and her leaps, as she is the MyKayla Skinner of Turkey.

9:15 pm. Yilmaz FX- I love her so much, I just want her to hit ONE floor or beam routine in her life. IT’S ALL I WANT. AM I GETTING IT? SHE JUST NAILED HER FULL-IN. Go Tutya!!! Big double tuck with a small step, YES!!! Double full with a step. Full turn to Popa is nicely controlled. Double pike is excellent! BEST FLOOR SHE’S EVER DONE!!!!!!!!!

9:14 pm. Some scores…

France BB- Boyer 14.0, Brevet 14.166, His 13.8, Kuhm 13.033, Vanhille 12.833.

Belgium VT- Croket 13.6, Hermans 13.8, Klinckaert 14.2, Mys 13.9, Waem 13.8

9:10 pm. Sazonova UB- Toe full to Maloney to pak, good. Toe on to van Leeuwen with messy legs, toe half to Markelov, the third Markelov of the day that I’ve seen! Full-in with a step forward.

Mader FX- Jet lag floor routine opens with a lovely double L turn to illusion, nice. Double tuck is big, step back. Double full, hit last pass, good job considering her situation.

9:07 pm. His BB- Punch front is solid. Switch with a wobble, misses connection to switch half. Hits bhs loso. Side somi. Hit dismount. PHEW. Only one fall counted shouldn’t hurt.

Ecker FX- My breakfast buddy! Double tuck, bounce. Hit the rest well.

Williams UB- Shaposh, bail to toe shoot or Ray, I couldn’t see. I also missed her release. Good full-in to finish and she fist pumps like it’s a college routine!!!

9:06 pm. Mori FX- Tucked full-in a little short with a hop. Solid triple full. Nice double tuck. Good energy in this routine too. Hit final pass.

O’Reilly UB- Tkachev, giant full, some pirouette work before her bail, and hit her double front! Good work.

9:04 pm. Boyer BB- Big pause before roundoff layout, which is solid. Wobble on leap series, I think on her switch half. Sissone, pause before front aerial to split jump to wolf jump. Clean side aerial. Full L turn to full pirouette. Wobble on side somi and a big save that gets cheers. Double pike with a step. ONE MORE TO GO.

Belak UB- My first time seeing her in person after being obsessed with her vaults. Great Jaeger, clean bail, double front stuck!

9:03 pm. Campana FX- Double tuck, stuck. Hit second pass. Double pike with a step back. Easy routine but she wouldn’t be used there come August.

9:01 pm. Onyshko UB- Maloney to clear hip full to Tkachev, falls. Gets back up, nice van Leeuwen, toe half to front giant to double front with a step. Good recovery.

Klinckaert VT- Huge clean and nearly stuck FTY. BRAVA.

Brevet BB- Switch to switch half. I missed a bit but she hit it all. Side aerial, side somi with a wobble, double pike with a step.

9:00 pm. Croket VT- FTY, a little short with a hop back.

8:59 pm. Kuhm BB- Nice bhs loso. Excellent full turn. Check on front aerial. Sheep jump. Switch leap. Back tuck. Not connected at all but safer this way. Sat double pike. France will count a fall.

Mys VT- Clean FTY with a big bounce back.

Lago FX- Big double layout with a hop. Tucked full-in with a little bounce back. Double tuck then double pike to finish. Solid work.

8:58 pm. Woo UB- Shaposh to clear hip 1.5 with leg breaks but damn 1.5! Jaeger, clear hip to bail to Ray, 900th clear hip, and then a super clean double layout dismount.

8:57 pm. Hermans VT- Another great FTY, slight hop back.

8:55 pm. Waem VT- Lovely FTY to start them off.

Vanhille BB- Front aerial, clean. Sissone to side aerial. Off on bhs loso. Switch half, side somi, switch to wolf jump, stuck gainer layout.

Moreno FX- Full-in opening pass, great height. Hit second pass. 2.5 is a little sloppy but hit. Finishes with a solid stuck double pike.

8:50 pm. Athletes are coming out! Everyone give a shoutout to Jasmin Mader, who flew in THIS MORNING after Elisa Hämmerle had to withdraw due to an Achilles injury.

8:49 pm. IT’S HAPPENING. Judges marching out. I seriously feel so bad for the gymnasts who have been waiting FIFTY MINUTES to qualify.

8:46 pm. Nope, apparently that bell didn’t mean anything. People are starting to scream in the crowd. Just heard “COME ON!!!!”

8:43 pm. A bell just dinged…DOES THIS MEAN SOMETHING??? I feel like I live here now.

8:40 pm. Still. Waiting. Looks like there might be some action? These poor girls…

8:32 pm. Apparently multiple generators went down and they had no backup power system? Oof. Looks like it might get going again soon?

8:24 pm. Little lesson in who qualifies…there are 98 WAG spots at the Olympics. 60 spots go to teams and 38 go to individuals.

Of the 38 individual spots, four are already taken up:

  • Two by the universality clause that states two athletes from each continent must be represented (Farah Boufadene of Algeria has one spot and I believe Claudia Cummins of South Africa has the second)
  • One by the tripartite rule that states a spot will go to a country at 2015 worlds that had fewer than six athletes at the Games at the previous two Olympics (Bolivia, the Cayman Islands, Malta, and Monaco are the only countries that fit this rule)
  • One for Hong Un Jong, who earned a nominative spot at worlds last year for becoming an event medalist on vault.

That means 34 individual spots remain. There are 33 nations represented by individuals here, PLUS one spot for each of the four nations that don’t qualify a full team, making it 37 gymnasts in contention for those 34 spots. The bottom three all-arounders not part of a qualifying team will not earn spots at the Olympic Games, Right now, this is Ailen Valente of Argentina, Marina Nekrasova of Azerbaijan, and Farah Ann Abdul Hadi of Malaysia, though this can change if an individual in this final subdivision gets a lower score than them.

8:19 pm. Update…”TEAM BEL GYM” is on fire once again while everyone else here is mostly dead.

8:12 pm. Getting kind of quiet and antsy in here. Belgium still makes the occasional racket behind their eight flags but they have to conserve their energy!!!

8:02 pm. Two minutes past the start time and there’s a megaphone out saying “the fourth subdivision will begin in 30 minutes.”

7:58 pm. The arena isn’t even bothering to play music before this subdivision. What a great atmosphere of dead silence aside from the Belgians losing their minds. BLESS THEM. I might join. This session has Belgium (OBVIOUSLY) and France, in addition to individuals from Canada, Slovenia, Ireland, Jamaica, Iceland, Mexico, Italy, Austria, and Turkey.

7:43 pm. One to go!! Belgium is here and their fans and family are ROWDY. Lots of “GO BEL-GYM” chants. Loving their enthusiasm.

Article by Lauren Hopkins

14 thoughts on “2016 Olympic Test Event Subdivision 4 Live Blog

  1. Uhoh, they better get started before the Belgian fans lose their voices and silence reigns. I wonder if the delay is because they’re having a problem with the sound system.

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  2. Considering that the South African Olympic Committee refused to nominate both field hockey teams even though they met qualification standards by winning their continental tournaments, I’d be surprised if RSA did send a WAG. I’m guessing the universality spot would go to Egypt? Any other country in Africa that would be considered?

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  3. I just want to say that this has been the best commentary ever. So many times I’ve caught myself laughing out loud. Thank you so much for doing this!

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  4. I’m super impressed of how supportive the crowd was with other teams/gymnasts ( beside brazil obviously).

    Crowd was extremely chearfull for romania team. Every single move from Ponor beam was appreciated, after her dismount the crowd started chanting and clapping ( Ponor, clap clap, Ponor…..) I haven’t seen such thing for a while in this sport.

    Schaefer beam, specially on her own skill.

    Dipa’s “hit” produnova .

    Sannes beam.

    Even Beckys big messed up bars.

    And many other sweet moments!

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    • No, the tripartite nomination can only go to a country that has had six or fewer athletes at the previous two Olympic Games, which only includes Bolivia, Malta, Monaco, and Cayman Islands for gymnastics.

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