“Epke Zonderland sure of Olympic ticket” | Sport

sport">“I should have scored higher here, I didn’t succeed. The route through the World Cups is now the end of the story for me ”, Miyachi told the NOS. “So the ticket is for Epke. I am not going to Doha and Baku. “

sport">The Dutch gymnastics coaches Daniel Knibbeler and Bram van Bokhoven did not count as rich. “We first want 100 percent certainty about this. Until then, we do not draw any conclusions from this. For the time being, Miyachi is still registered for the last two World Cup matches, “Knibbeler responded from Melbourne.

sport">National coach Van Bokhoven indicated that he would contact the Japanese federation to create clarity. “We really want to know for sure before we can draw any further conclusions.”

sport">Zonderland and Miyachi compete for the last Olympic ticket on the horizontal bar. Both now have three World Cup victories to their name, but Zonderland now has a slightly higher total score.

sport">For Zonderland (33), the Olympic champion of London 2012, an alternative route to the Games became necessary when he failed to qualify directly for Tokyo 2020 at the World Cup last fall, hampered by health problems. place one specialist per device with the best three results counting.

sport">The Frisian horizontal bar specialist did his most difficult exercise in Melbourne with two combinations of flight elements and won with a score of 14.900. Miyachi had to release the horizontal bar during his exercise and finished fifth.

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