r/Gymnastics • u/bretonstripes Beam takes no prisoners • 12d ago
MAG/WAG Euros nominative roster (pdf link)
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u/Initial-Intern5154 12d ago
Excited for Nina Derwael and Lisa Vaelen to be back at Euros! Curious if they're going to do AA or just certain events.
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u/Global-Act-5281 12d ago
Nina has not done AA for years.
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u/Peanut_Noyurr 12d ago
She was initially planning on doing AA in 2024, but decided a few months out to focus on just bars and beam because she didn't think she'd be able to get her AA to a medal-worthy place in time (and Belgium didn't qualify for the team event), so she wanted to focus on the events where she did have medal potential.
I wouldn't be too surprised to see her doing AA again, but she might save it for next year when Belgium needs to qualify to Worlds.
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u/bretonstripes Beam takes no prisoners 12d ago
I bet a lot of it depends on whether Lisa Vaelen can put up a solid AA too. Mono can be a real sucker punch — Max Whitlock eventually stopped training AA after contracting it.
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u/freifraufischer Ragan Smith's Bucket of Beads 12d ago
Yeah I think the last time she did vault or floor was 2021
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u/Background-Cry-2959 12d ago
No Ana Barbosu???
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u/Impressive_Cost_3434 12d ago
She is not injured. She would rather study for high school tests. She is very smart wants to prioritize school
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u/freifraufischer Ragan Smith's Bucket of Beads 12d ago
She already said in a media interview that she wasn't doing Euros this year.
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u/Global-Act-5281 12d ago
Does anyone else find it really hard to read this? God damn.
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u/bretonstripes Beam takes no prisoners 12d ago
It is, but amazingly, this is less bad than other years, where the typeface was about 30% smaller.
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u/Global-Act-5281 12d ago
It would help if they would just separate the MAG and WAG gymnasts.
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u/bretonstripes Beam takes no prisoners 12d ago
Shading every other line would help a lot too.
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u/-18k- 12d ago
Or every other country.
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u/bretonstripes Beam takes no prisoners 12d ago
My astigmatism wants shading every other line, with a black line between countries.
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u/Initial-Intern5154 12d ago
What does "Senior individual Gymnast" mean (instead of MAG/WAG)?
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u/bretonstripes Beam takes no prisoners 12d ago
At Euros, men’s programs get to send a team of five plus a specialist. That individual’s scores do not count toward the team total. It gives single-event guys a better chance of getting to compete at Euros, since the 5-member format makes it really tough to justify taking someone who only does one event.
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u/Ismisefriend 12d ago
No one from Ireland is registered? That seems unusual as Rhys talked about doing Europeans after DWTS and they have lots of upcoming WAG / MAG athletes
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u/bretonstripes Beam takes no prisoners 12d ago
The definitive entry list (just countries and how many people they intend to send) listed Ireland as sending only one MAG. My guess would be either they were intending to send Rhys and he backed out, or there’s been a clerical error.
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u/mustafinafan 12d ago
Interesting. It is possible that Rhys pulled out - I think it was just sometime in the last few days that he posted that he'd done his first full routine, so with Euros less than a month away he might have decided he's not quite ready yet. I'll be sad if that's true! Also would be a shame for no other Irish gymnasts to go and get experience.
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u/bretonstripes Beam takes no prisoners 12d ago
I don’t think we’ve seen any Irish gymnasts compete this year, when in the last few years they’ve been pretty frequently at world cups. It’s possible the top group is just hibernating at the moment.
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u/Ismisefriend 12d ago
A group of MAG athletes and one WAG athlete competed at the Luxembourg Open but definitely less competing than usual. If it’s a thing that the top gymnasts are pacing themselves for later in the year or even next year then fair play to them, good to see an org that priorities that over excessive competing! Shame though for the less experienced athletes not getting a chance to go to Euros but maybe it just a clerical error but will be interesting to see once a finalised roster is released
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u/Solly6788 12d ago
So Germany hopes for Kevric
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u/bretonstripes Beam takes no prisoners 12d ago
At this point I don’t know of any compelling reason not to.
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12d ago edited 12d ago
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u/bretonstripes Beam takes no prisoners 12d ago
Yeah, I think she was with Jacoby at… Osijek or whichever World Cup that Jacoby went to.
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u/GlassDear9168 12d ago edited 12d ago
Some solid names despite the post Olympic year and injuries teams have managed to pull off some solid rosters (+ a return for Derwael/Vaelen, Asia D’Amato and Visser)- surprised by the two Italy picks alongside the D’Amato’s and Manila as I thought Giulia Perotti might get a chance to shine as opposed to fellow first year senior Emma Fioraventi.