Remember the name. One of the best up-and-coming tumblers in the world. Super clean.
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One of the best Triple Backs I’ve seen on competition Floor.
This is the guy who kicks out of Double Pike.
gymnasts are heavier than they look
When people guesstimate the weight of female College gymnasts, they always guess low. Young women who have been doing Gymnastics for years have dense bones. Muscle is heavier denser than fat.
Fitness blogger and new Mom Kelsey Wells wanted to lose weight after she gave birth to her son. That didn’t happen.
Nadia 50 years later
As a young coach, I almost jumped in a vehicle and drove 3 days to Montreal to watch Nadia win the 1976 Olympics.
It seemed to far. Too expensive. I didn’t go.
My mistake.
Her performance in Montreal was one of the great stories of our sport.
Nadia had a lot of difficulty. But — Nellie Kim had more. Nadia was more impressive to me for her astonishing execution.
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Varna World Cup – Highlights
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Charleigh Bullock 55.500
That’s the kind of score that pencils Charleigh on to the potential 2028 Olympic team.
Meanwhile, she’ll be a favourite in the all-around at 2026 Pan American Championships.
Kaylia competes layout Jaeger
The best ever on Bars must get bored. 😀
I’m thinking this won’t end up in her Worlds 2026 routine. She doesn’t need it. And there are deductions.
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World Gymnastics caved on Russia & Belarus
Executive Committee (EC) decided at their 16-17 May meeting to lift all restrictions applicable to Russian and Belarusian athletes since February 2022, with immediate effect.
Personally, I would have voted against. Putin’s war has killed officially over 400,000 — but likely over a million.
Yes, you could argue other nations should be banned, as well. I’d like vote for those bans.
NOW ➙ what about Russia’s top down illegal use of performance enhancing drugs?
Dong Yixuan – Beam Handspring Front
Have we ever seen higher on Beam?
Amazing.
monitoring height in Gymnastics
Dr. Dave Tilley on monitoring for peak height velocity.
Dave’s been tracking 3 numbers for each of the growing kids:
• height
• seated height (torso length)
• wing span
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At MINIMUM your gymnasts age 10-17 should have a place in the Gym where they pencil in their standing height on some regular basis. They should know when they are growing. There are implications for training load.
If you want to research this topic, get Handbook of Sports Medicine and Science, Gymnastics. (2013).
Here’s the Google Books preview.
Giorgia Villa retires
One of the GREATS is hanging up her grips.
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