Asian Games - moments

Below is a gallery of of the best pictures from the Asian Games so far (Getty/Daylife)

Yuliya Gureva (UZB) on Vault

 

Koko Tsurumi (JPN) on Beam

Yang Yilin (CHN) focuses on the beam 

The Vault judges watch Krystal Khoo Oon Hui of Singapore

Huang Quishang (CHN) on floor

Jo Hyun-joo (KOR) leaps on floor

Uzbekistan's bronze medallists - (L-R) Diana Karimdjanova,
Irina Volodchenko, Yuliya Goreva, Asai Saparbaeva,
Darya Elizarova and Luiza Galiulina

 

Team China - Asian Games Champions

Meanwhile...

Back in the world of gymnastics-

The Chinese nationals are taking place. This will be one of the first stage in selecting the world team for them. Will they be able to stay on top of the world as they were in Beijing?


Olympian Jiang Yuyuan is one of the gymnasts debuting a new floor routine. We all loved her olympic routine- but she had outgrown it somewhat.

Whilst in the USA the newly assembled national team (minus Vanessa Zamarippa- who has been nudged by Marta that her routines lack difficulty) are down in Texas for the first of 2 worlds selection camps.


The US do like to draw out team selection! As I mentioned in my previous post, my picks for the team would be -

Rebecca Bross, Mattie Larson, Alicia Sacramone, Kytra Hunter,
Bridget Sloan - if she can be ready in time (Cassie Witcombe if she can't)

I confess I can't remember if there are teams of 5 or 6 this year. Ali Raisman would be a fairly safe and consistent 6th member and it would be sad to see her miss out to her own gym-mate, Sacramone.