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I saw chunsong crying for the First time and it just broke my heart. She is so Strong and fought Till the very end. She is amazing and I hope she continues.. I don't know if there's a chance that she do ... And then 4. Place my little girl. What a pity :'''(

She said she will keep going c:

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I’m heartbroken

And Shang finished a tenth away from bronze >:(

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songsong always giving us 110% we dont deserve this gem

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Ok yes wow phew

she was really far back on the springboard

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Shang completely fucking underscored as usual, I’m so mad

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Master reference post for WAG at Rio 2016 Olympic Games!

I know most of my followers likely already have this information marked in their calendars, but just in case you don’t here’s all the details you need!

General Information:

Countries That Qualified Full Teams to Rio (in order of QF Rank):

United States of America

People’s Republic of China

Great Britain

Russian Federation

Japan

Canada

Italy

The Netherlands

Brazil

Germany

Belgium

France

Mixed Group Composition According to FIG:

Podium Training & Qualification Details/Schedule:

Subdivision Composition and Apparatus Order:

Livestream Times for WAG Podium Training on Thursday, August 4th, 2016:

All times are in Eastern Time (UTC-5) and this schedule is from NBC.

Livestream Times for WAG QFs on Sunday, August 7th, 2016:

All times are in ET (UTC-5) and this schedule is from NBC.

Finals Information:

Team Final Apparatus Order Based on Qualification Rank:

Livestream Time for WAG Team Final on Tuesday, August 9th, 2016: 

All times are in ET (UTC-5) and this schedule is from NBC.

All-Around Final Apparatus & Competition Order Based on QF Rank:

Livestream Time for WAG AA Final on Thursday, August 11th, 2016: 

All times are in ET (UTC-5) and this schedule is from NBC.

Event Final Competition Order Based on QF Rank: 

Livestream Times and Dates for WAG Event Finals:

All times are in ET (UTC-5) and this schedule is from NBC.

Sunday, August 14th, 2016:

Monday, August 15th, 2016:

Tuesday, August 16th, 2016: 

[NBC Livestream Source] | [FIG Competition Draw Source]

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me watching a shitty periscope stream

me: is this seda?

gymnast: *falls*

me: ok yes

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I never really liked her as a commentator (bring back Mitch Fenner), but yes, her blatant bias is awful now.

Thing is, it’s not just her, it’s the entire British commentary team. So I think it’s a directive they’ve been given from on high, now that GB is doing better in the sport. I think London changed everything. The commentary team of Christine-Matt-Craig-Beth is just horrible:

- extreme bias, where they just blatantly ignore major form errors from the Brits, even in slow mo, but happily pick apart others’ routines.

- the fact that commentary goes out the window when British gymnasts are up, being replaced with ‘C’mon!’ and ‘Yes!’ and ‘You can do it!’ They basically turn into Alan Partridge (for a 100% accurate representation of their commentary on the Brits, see 0:17 of this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhlx43rTs2Q)

- general squealiness, especially from Matt. He began life as a children’s TV presenter and that is definitely his natural level.

- incredibly droning statements of the obvious from Beth, at great length, all the time. My heart sinks whenever they ask her something. Oh god please stop.

Individually, they’re not great commentators. Together, they’re a hot mess. During Euros this weekend I found myself pressing the mute button to shut them up, and it’s such a shame that I’ll probably be doing that during Rio too (especially for Beth).

I think ever since Christine had an athlete eligible for British team assignments, she’s lost everything that I loved about her as a commentator. British girls do no wrong even when crunched in slow mo. Anything America related is atrocious. Being powerful is a crime. Stop.

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Courtney McCool’s floor with Lieke Wevers’ floor music

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Songsong will be my obsession in Rio. I want her to win all the prizes.

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Shang Chunsong BB (AA)

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Fan yilin ;) One look like the reflection of the other :P

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IAG 2016 | Sanne Wevers scores 15.500 on balance beam (6.6 D score) x

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*sobs*

Andreea Iridon (x)

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Paul Ziert (publisher of International Gymnast) posted this on Facebook. He had quite a bit to say:

AN OPEN LETTER TO THE ROMANIAN WOMEN’S TEAM

I want to shout it out loud and clear that it was not solely your fault that the Romanian team did not qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics. In fact, I don’t think it was your fault at all. You were simply pawns in a very ugly game of power and egos. It bothers me deeply to watch totally irresponsible adults make very poor decisions for young people in this world. Who in their right minds would have structured the qualifying of the team the way it came down? How is it even possible to make such poor decisions at the administrative level to put these lovely and talented young women in the position that they found themselves in Rio this weekend. For at least 40 years, it was always which medal would the Romanians win not whether they would even be there or not. OK, the draw for both the Glasgow Worlds and the Rio Test Event couldn’t have been worse; nevertheless, a sound strategy with input from everyone involved should have negated any unlucky draw. Instead, the Romanian hierarchy push the big RED button and the panic set in at all levels. I have lost so much respect for Octavian Belu, Mariana Bitang and the Romanian Olympic Committee. Socially, I like Octavian and Mariana, but how egocentric and stupid can they be to have stepped into the situation the way they did!! They are far from being miracle workers. How can this team function properly when they have been coached by 3 different sets of coaches in the past 5 months? How can Belu and Bitang take over the coaching of this team after Glasgow and not travel with them to Rio. What message does that send to this largely inexperienced team of talented young women. One does not need to be a PhD in Psychology to know that their not going would easily bred thoughts that this team was an embarrassment to them. They were inferior to the great teams they had coached to Olympic glory earlier in their careers. A team in trouble needs to know that everyone involved is accountable for the results. Had this team been shown respect and unconditional love, they would surely have performed better and thus qualified. Anyone who has been touched by the texture of the Romanian culture and people knows and feels how special these young ladies are. My thoughts and love are with each of them as they shoulder the blame of a fiasco where they had no representation in the decisions that led to this failure!!!

Paul Ziert, Publisher

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I’ll be 8 months pregnant when Rio is happening I wonder what my chances are of going into early labour

Rio Test Event starter pack

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Eww the bum twerk thing. I can’t watch.

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WHO LET THIS HAPPEN LMAO