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Post by Admin on Oct 13, 2018 19:52:02 GMT
Artistic Gymnastics | Youth Olympic Games 2018 | Buenos Aires  Fifteen-year-old Amelie Morgan wins silver for Great Britain in the all-around gymnastics final behind Italy's Giorgia Villa at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires.  |
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Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2018 18:58:41 GMT
Morgan claimed her silver medal with consistent performances throughout her all-around gymnastics event.
The 15-year-old was sitting in fourth position after two of the four apparatus and finished with a total of 53.432 - just 0.634 points short of gold meda"I'm over the moon," she told BBC Sport.
"That is the most nervous I've ever been and to be honest I didn't expect it, so to come away with a medal makes me really pleased."
Morgan, who also claimed a British record haul for female gymnasts of five medals at the European Junior Championships in August, is seen as a potential contender for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
She has qualified for all four of the individual apparatus finals and will return on Saturday for the vault and uneven bars. The winner was Giorgia Villa of Italy, with Anastasiia Bachynska of Ukraine third.
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Post by Admin on Oct 15, 2018 18:51:43 GMT
RE-LIVE | Day 08: Artistic Gymnastics | Youth Olympic Games 2018 | Buenos Aires The final of the rings was tight. Kitazono did not get the highest difficulty rating (4,900) or performance (8,633) score, but his rivals failed to achieve his consistency on both aspects of the scoring, and his 15,533 total was enough to secure victory. The best execution score (8.366) went to Canada’s Felix Dolci, who won the silver medal with 13.366. China’s Yin Dehang achieved the highest difficulty points (5.100) to finish in the bronze medal position (13.300).  "I'm very happy to have been lucky," said Kitazono, who at 15 is already a triple gold medalist at the Youth Olympic Games. His achievement means he is being seen as a possible successor to compatriot Kohei Uchimura, a triple Olympic champion and ten-times world champion. Kitazono triumphed on the rings after winning the all-around competition and a first apparatus final in the floor exercises. |
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Post by Admin on Oct 16, 2018 19:40:23 GMT
RE-LIVE | Day 09: Artistic Gymnastics | Youth Olympic Games 2018 | Buenos Aires  The finals of the Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina saw plenty of success for our British gymnasts. Artistic gymnast Amelie Morgan impressed to win two silver and one bronze medal, and trampoline gymnast Andrew Stamp claimed a stunning silver medal in his final. There were also encouraging performances throughout the Games from artistic gymnast Adam Tobin who qualified for and competed in five finals, trampoline gymnast Jess Clarke who finished 6th in her final and our acrobatic pair of Clyde Gembickas and Sophie Imrie-Gale who also made finals. |
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Post by Admin on Oct 17, 2018 18:46:39 GMT
RE-LIVE | Day 10: Rhythmic Gymnastics | Youth Olympic Games 2018 | Buenos Aires Russian athletes won four medals (one gold and three bronze) during the tenth day of the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Argentina’s Buenos Aires, maintaining their strong lead in the overall medals standings.  Daria Trubnikova won the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around competition. Dmitriy Kachanov took the bronze in men’s pole vault, while Mariya Privalova was third in women’s triple jump. Diver Ruslan Ternovoi also won the bronze medal in men’s 10m platform. |
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