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Post by snowy on Apr 29, 2012 17:41:19 GMT -5
Yasuhiro Ueyama is joining Masaki Ito on the Japanese men's Olympic trampoline team. I'm posting here instead of the other Olympics thread based on Ueyama's single Sasuke appearance.
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Post by The Chief on Apr 29, 2012 17:56:24 GMT -5
Ito must really like teaming with Sasuke guys. He won the Asian Cup with Nagasaki.
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Post by arsenette on Apr 29, 2012 21:46:23 GMT -5
Yasuhiro Ueyama is joining Masaki Ito on the Japanese men's Olympic trampoline team. I'm posting here instead of the other Olympics thread based on Ueyama's single Sasuke appearance. Thanks for the update. Between that and the fact that it nullifies Nagasaki from the team as well right? Do we know how he did? Is he even an alternate or still far down the list? |
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Post by snowy on Apr 29, 2012 22:00:00 GMT -5
Yasuhiro Ueyama is joining Masaki Ito on the Japanese men's Olympic trampoline team. I'm posting here instead of the other Olympics thread based on Ueyama's single Sasuke appearance. Thanks for the update. Between that and the fact that it nullifies Nagasaki from the team as well right? Do we know how he did? Is he even an alternate or still far down the list? I dunno. The decision doesn't appear to be made on the basis of a single competition, or on any kind of existing ranking. As far as I can gather, the officials got together to decide which athletes had the best chance to do well at the Olympics, and picked those two. I should also mention that Japan is eligible to send a single female trampoline athlete to the Games. I need to find out her name. Nice photo of the three of 'em on Ito's blog. |
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Post by lostinube on Apr 29, 2012 22:15:24 GMT -5
Her name is Ayano Kishi. 岸彩乃
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Post by The Chief on Apr 29, 2012 22:15:32 GMT -5
Well, the qualification spots are dished out based off of the Trampoline World Championships and the Olympic Test Event(along with host nation and invitation). Masaki Ito won the bronze in both events, so that explains why he would be there. As for Ueyama, I have no idea. He was not in the Test Event and the Trampoline World Championships website is rather poorly designed. Also, the girl is probably Ayano Kishi, given that she did directly qualify for a spot in the Test Event.
EDIT: Alas, I have been sniped by Ube.
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Post by snowy on Apr 30, 2012 14:26:49 GMT -5
Thanks, Ube and Chief!
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Post by lostinube on Apr 30, 2012 19:19:59 GMT -5
Ueyama is in because he placed first in the Japanese competition held on the 28th. Shunsuke was third. Japan did not need to participate in the Test event. They received two places based on their World Championship performance. Had they gone solely by the World Championship standings, Ueyama would have been in anyway as he finished 8th in Birmingham. birmingham2011.fig-gymnastics.com/vsite/vnavsite/page/directory/0,10853,5248-205195-222418-nav-list,00.html |
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Post by lostinube on Jun 24, 2012 2:20:37 GMT -5
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Post by arsenette on Jun 24, 2012 8:31:09 GMT -5
Yeah I just saw it when the reports of the World record broken by Eaton.  That's a shame. Bryan is such a classy guy. My heart goes out to him  |
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Post by arsenette on Jul 30, 2012 3:27:32 GMT -5
Forgot to update this here:
P.S. FIG put a video up of Jordan Jovtchev. Scary to believe I'm slightly older than him but I soooooo agree with him about not recognizing a lot of faces.
He did not only qualify for the Olys he also qualified for the Rings finals!
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Post by lostinube on Aug 5, 2012 2:44:14 GMT -5
Ito and Ueyama ended up 4th and 5th, respectively. Kishi didn't make it to the final round.
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Post by arsenette on Aug 5, 2012 14:04:13 GMT -5
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Post by lostinube on Aug 5, 2012 16:27:58 GMT -5
Not SASUKE but 2002 Pro Sportsman No. 1 winner Koji Murofushi got the bronze in the hammer throw.
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Post by thatoneuser on Aug 12, 2012 13:16:06 GMT -5
Since nobody mentioned this, Jovtchev got 7th in the rings final.
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Post by lostinube on Aug 12, 2012 21:30:07 GMT -5
Saori Yoshida got her third consecutive gold in women's wrestling.
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That's a shame. Bryan is such a classy guy. My heart goes out to him 
