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Year: 2016
will Shang compete Tokyo 2020?
Shang Chunsong was left in tears during the Rio AA finals when she finished short of a medal by 0.116 points. She then vowed to continue till 2020 …
However, less than half a year later, she mentioned in a fan chat that she might NOT be doing AA in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. …
… We know from Bless the Blooming Flowers of Chinese Gymnastics that Team China will undergo huge adjustments next year, which will involve not only coaches but also athletes. …
Shang would be 24 in 2020, the eldest Chinese Olympian ever.
Sun City Poms dance troupe (age 55-84)
Watch them on BBC. VIDEO
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Round-off drills for Yurchenko
Tumbl Trak Floor Bar
My favourite of those commercially available. Velcro keeps it secure on carpet bonded foam.
On sale today for $152.10.
Russian Acrobatic gymnasts in bus crash
Horrible news. Twelve people, including 10 teenagers, were killed. 😦
gymnast Brijesh Yadav dies from injuries
Brijesh Yadav, just 17 and a national silver medallist, was widely admired by his peers and coaches for his determination to make it big in gymnastics, and a work ethic to back up that hunger for success. …
Brijesh was injured Oct 11th falling while training double front on Floor. 😦
Rest in peace.
Stuttgart wins Bundesliga
1 Stuttgart 213.500
2 Karlsruhe-Söllingen 206.700
3 Chemnitz-Altendorf 198.300
full results
The Bundesliga season in Germany came to a close this weekend with the team final for the top four clubs in the country, and the ladies of Stuttgart easily won their fifth title in a row, defeating second-place Karlsruhe-Söllingen by seven points with a 213.5.
This season, two-time Olympian Kim Bui has been behind Stuttgart’s success, but she had some outside help in this final competition on Saturday. In the absence of strong contributors like fellow two-time Olympian Elisabeth Seitz, who hasn’t yet returned to the sport after her success in Rio, and Kim Janas, who retired last week due to a third ACL injury, Dutch Olympian Eythora Thorsdottir joined the club and earned the top all-around score of 54.95 ahead of Bui’s 53.0 to help the team to victory. …
Gymnastics Coaching.com 