Jim Hartung profile

Here’s an excellent article on one of the greatest American gymnasts all time.

A longtime Nebraska assistant coach under Francis Allen and now Chuck Chmelka, his prep and collegiate teammate, Hartung helped lead Nebraska to four consecutive national team gymnastics championships in 1979-80-81-82. …

He’s a cancer survivor.

“I was judging the World Gymnastics Championships in Belgium in 2010,” he told me. “I wore a tie all day, and when I took it off, I rubbed my neck and found a bump. I remember thinking ‘I don’t have a sore throat. I don’t have a cold.’ I just had an ominous feeling from that moment to the rest of the trip. When I got back to Lincoln, I saw a doctor the next morning. I was diagnosed with a type of throat cancer that was right behind my voice box.”

Humble Hartung Values Life More Than the Gold Medals

Hartung

Joe Fraser 2015 montage

Joe got famous literally throwing the Code on Pommels at a very young age. He’s a strong AA gymnast too, obviously. 🙂

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Katelyn Ohashi is back

Click PLAY or watch her Beam for UCLA on YouTube.

keeping knees straight on Giants

The tap on a giant is like a soccer kick. You can gain power by bending your knees through the bottom.

… Unfortunately the judges may deduct for bent knees if you do. Jason recommends some drills.

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Leyva – Kolman gif

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THIS IS SO COOOOOOOOL

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(via Papa Liukin)

point-of-view H Bar

With the great former Stanford gymnast Rico Andrade. A new perspective.

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related – Rico’s Double Twisting Kovacs attempt from 2008 (VIDEO).

harder vaults in the NCAA

Now that Yurchenko layout 1/1 is only out of 9.95 maximum, there’s more incentive to compete other vaults.

CalicoIzzy is compiling a list of women competing alternatives.

Yurchenko doubles
Ashleigh
Ashleigh Gnat, LSU

Piked front 1/2s
Hunter Price, Oklahoma
Alexis Mattern, Ohio State
Bailey Abernathy, Minnesota

Tsuk fulls or Kasamatsu fulls (1/2s?)
Nina McGee, Denver
Emily Richardson, Cal
Mary Jacobsen, Oregon State

Who’s throwing the harder vaults? And other standout skills

Click through to see the rest.