MCSMaria's Artistic Gymnastics Blog

It's time for the fifth and final subdivision featuring the ladies of team USA. Japan and China. After this session, the all-around and even qualifiers will have been decided. To follow along, refresh the page every five to ten minutes or so. Happy Worlds!

Today, the ladies take to the floor to compete for team Olympic glory. So many questions float through our heads. Will Team USA dominate as per usual? Will Russia show up and pull of a medal, or will it be a repeat of Glasgow? Will Brazil, equipped with Alexander Alexandrov pull off a medal coup? What about China? SOOOO many questions and no answers. Well, you're in luck. I'll be live blogging this event (best I can) and I will bring you the answers to your questions you so desire. To make all your wildest dreams come true, click below the cut and refresh the page every 15 minutes or so for all the gymnastics action!

The men got their chance to duke it out for their chance at the coveted team gold. Team Japan with Kohei Uchimura was shooting for their first Olympic gold in twelve years. Team Great Britain wanted another shot at the podium. Team USA was hoping for a medal. How did the boys do?

It's the home stretch! It's the fifth and final subdivision in the women's qualifications for artistic gymnastics. This subdivision we will see the Canadian team, lead by Ellie Black and former Georgia gymnast,  Brittany Rogers. We are also going to see team Japan, featuring Sae Miyakawa, and Mai Murakami. We will also see France and a mixed group featuring competitors from Cuba, Mexico, Portugal and Poland. Refresh the page every ten minutes or so to get all the action.

Subdivision 1 has concluded at the 2016 Pacific Rim Championships, now on to Subdivision 2 - featuring team USA, New Zealand, Canada and Japan. Expect a cameo from Georgia star, Brittany Rogers who is representing team Canada. When this girl ever has time to sleep is beyond me.

Japanese World Medalist, Koko Tsurumi has announced her retirement.

Women's team finals at the World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland have officially concluded. It was a huge day for Team USA, who successfully defended their team title and for Great Britain, who had a historic finish in the team finals, taking home the bronze medal after some uncharacteristic falls and mistakes from Russia landed them just off the medal podium for the first time since 2007.

Here is Asuka Teramoto of Japan on the floor exercise during podium training. It's a very nice routine and cleanly done. All of her routines are looking like this from what I have seen. I'm wanting to see what she'll do when the competition starts. Perhaps she'll blow everyone out of the water and medal.

The IOC announced today that Tokyo would host the Olympic Games in the summer or 2020. Tokyo hosted the games back in 1964, making Tokyo a second time Olympian city. With that it's time to put your hair up in that beehive and shellack it with so much aerosol hairspray that it does not move. Get out your record players and your 8-tracks and your Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan (pre-electric) and Janis Joplin records, we're going back to 1964...