I had the privilege of watching two training sessions of the Stanford Men’s Gymnastics Team last week in California.
How good are they?
Good. Very good. And deep. With great freshmen. High level difficulty. A great work ethic in the gym.
Two serious contenders for the Olympic Team: David Sender and Sho Nakamori.
Sho – BBC photo
They’ve come a long way since the hugely popular (almost half a million views) YouTube video: Stanford Gymnastics – Strength Comes in the Struggle was posted by Jason Shen in 2006. It documents their struggles up to that point.
Assistant coach J.D. Reive told me everything came together for this team, this season. They couldn’t be more excited to vie for the Championships at home April 17-19th.
Ranked #1 in the preseason coaches poll. Stanford is the team to beat.
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