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Posted by: Mack. 20th July 2021, 10:55 PM

Hi all! This thread is the thread for covering Gymnastics at the Olympics this year.. Feel free to discuss all the ins and outs of Gymnastics (Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoling) Any predictions you may have, support for the athletes and anything else you notice as we kick off on Saturday!

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 26th July 2021, 09:04 AM

Gymnastics qualification has gotten underway - Simone Biles stumbled a few times yesterday so perhaps she is human after all?

Posted by: Jade 27th July 2021, 12:54 PM

Managed to catch women's gymnastics during my lunch break, probably my favourite sport to watch Team GB just won a bronze, wow, thought it'd be Italy!

Hope Simone will be alright, such a shame for her

Posted by: Mack. 27th July 2021, 12:56 PM

Great Britain win bronze in the women's all around, they were seventh after the first bit of apparatus. First time since 1928.

Posted by: Mack. 27th July 2021, 12:56 PM

Really hoping Simone is all right.

Posted by: Bré 27th July 2021, 01:02 PM

Aw I'd have stuck around to watch this as well if I'd known GB still had a medal chance last I checked we were still 7th so quite a comeback! Wishing a speedy recovery to Simone of course.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 27th July 2021, 01:31 PM

Great to see Team GB get a bronze, even if we hardly got to see any of it! Congrats to Russia and hope Simone can recover for at least some of the remaining competitions.

Posted by: Houdini 27th July 2021, 03:04 PM

I don't know anything about Gymnastics but looking at the history of it at the Olympics it's strange how a lot of the females who took part in previous Olympic games are now retired and you see that they're in their mid 20's. It's like they rarely get beyond the age of 24/25. In most other sports they'd have at least another 10 years left in the tank.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 28th July 2021, 09:05 PM

Simone Biles has now pulled out of the individual all-around final to focus on her mental health - really hope she is okay

Daiki Hashimoto looked incredible in the men's all-around though, really glad he managed to get the gold!

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 31st July 2021, 09:25 PM

With the medal flurry Bryony Page has been a bit overlooked but she did manage a bronze in the trampolining yesterday!

Posted by: Mack. 1st August 2021, 10:04 AM

Heap has gone full Johnny Vegas this evening following Max Whitlock's performance.

Posted by: dandy* 1st August 2021, 10:20 AM

Haha yes I know what you mean!

Posted by: Mack. 1st August 2021, 10:25 AM

Many congratulations to Sir Max Whitlock. The master of the pommel horse.

Posted by: PeteFromLeeds 2nd August 2021, 04:06 PM

I've no idea who Heap is but given that I've been thinking that one of the gymnastics commentators sounds uncannily like Johnny Vegas all week I think I know who you mean!

Fab to see Whitlock retain his title, gold medals for Israel and Brazil as well bringing some more colour to the gymnastics field!

Posted by: spiceboy 8th August 2021, 04:43 PM

Was great to see Max get a gold again! The Russian male gymnasts are just so hot lol two of them in particular just wow!