Nori Iwai – new Oklahoma coach

… University of Oklahoma men’s gymnastics coach Mark Williams continued to bolster the international success of OU’s program by naming former Japanese Olympian Norimasa Iwai (pronounced “Nor-ee-mah-sa Ee-why”) as the Sooners’ assistant coach Wednesday.

Along with his numerous accolades as a competitor, Iwai has built up experience of coaching gymnasts at the Gymnastics Network and Swan Gymnastics Club in Japan and recently at the Houston Gymnastics Academy.

As a personal coach, Iwai guided United States gymnast Raj Bhavsar, who claimed a bronze medal in team competition at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China …

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