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Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel is a monthly sports newsmagazine on HBO that debuted on April 2, 1995.
Year: 2016
day in the life of Max Whitlock
extreme slackline
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Thanks Nancy.
when you feel like quitting
Rio medals
Aleah Finnegan
Sarah’s sister at GAGE. (One of my favourite Gyms.)
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11 gymnasts to CDN Olympic Trial
Dave Brubaker:
“The pool of athletes to choose from for our Olympic team is deeper than it has ever been, and I’m confident that we will be sending an exceptionally strong team to Rio.”
Black and Onyshko headline Gymnastics Selection Camp for Rio
Onyshko, Brandon, MB – Brandon Eagles Gymnastics
Ellie Black, Halifax, NS – Halifax Alta Gymnastics Club
Shallon Olsen, Surrey, BC – Omega Sports Centre
Brittany Rogers, Calgary, AB – Calgary Gymnastics Centre
Megan Roberts, Toronto, ON – East York Gymnastics
Madison Copiak, Calgary, AB – Calgary Gymnastics Centre
Sabrina Gill, Oakville, ON – Manjak’s Gymnastics Club
Rose-Kaying Woo, Brossard, QC – Gym-Richelieu
Victoria-Kayen Woo, Brossard, QC – Gym-Richelieu
Maegan Chant, Waterdown, ON – World Class Gymnastics
Kirsten Peterman, Cambridge, ON – Revolution Gymnastics
disaster for Dunedin Gymnastics, NZ
It’s not clear whether or not insurance will cover this kind of loss. 😦
Dunedin Gymnastics Academy will have to write off more than $100,000 worth of equipment after health and safety tests last week revealed traces of asbestos on the rafters and window sills.
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related – Give A Little fund-raiser
Sorry to hear the bad news, Imogen.
Gymnastics – right or left?
Do you put down your right or left hand first on round-off?
Are you a a right or left twister on saltos in the air?
It has something to do with the differences between the right and left sides of your brain.
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related – Bill Sands’ study of 171 high level WAG gymnasts indicated that right hand first on roundoff gymnasts tend to twist to the right in the air. Left hand first gymnasts tend to twist left. That means the majority are able to compete Kasamatsu vault. (A minority would compete the more difficult Tsukahara full.)
In Men’s Artistic that percentage is even higher. Certainly well over 90% of male gymnasts can do Kasamatsu.
Russian men in Rio
Queen Elizabeth posted an excellent preview:
… Andrei Rodionenko says that the Russian government has not set the team a medal winning target, but that they hope to match their medal tally from London four years ago – eight in total across MAG and WAG. Considering the waning fortunes of the women’s team, the men will probably be expected to provide a greater proportion of gymnastics medals than they did in London – but, of course, the competition is much deeper than WAG, so this may present problems.
…RRG – ‘Nothing is impossible’ – Nikita Nagorny and the Russian men
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