Donatella SACCHI new FIG WTC Chair

Nellie Kim was elected as an FIG vice President so withdrew her name from the WTC election.

Women’s Technical Committee:

DOWDELL Kym AUS
ZHOU Qiurui CHN
VALENZO AOKI Naomi MEX
ANDRIANOVA Liubov RUS

DAVYDOVA Elena CAN (New)
ZINAL Radie SYR (New)

Steve BUTCHER ran unopposed for MTC Chair.

related – Lauren Hopkins – A New Era in Gymnastics

Oleg Verniaiev – Tsuk arm position

For a small man he’s well able to vault with the most powerful big guys. Technique needed. He can’t use brute force.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

First arm used to push. Second arm to block.

Aiko Sugihara wins All-Japan Championships

aiko-sugihara1 Aiko Sugihara – Asahi Seimei 57.700
2 Sachiko Maeda – Iwate Prefecture 52.050
3 Mizuki Nishi – Sogo Gymnastics 51.900

full results

Lauren Hopkins:

In her first competition back since her Olympic performance two months ago, 17-year-old Aiko Sugihara swept all five titles at the All-Japan Senior Championships, a club gym competition held in Tokyo over the weekend. …

Her hard work is already paying off, and I think Sugihara will be a star in the coming quad. This weekend, Sugihara earned a 57.7 in the all-around, partly thanks to a brand-new DTY upgrade that earned a 14.6. …

Sugihara Sweeps in Olympic Return

Gymnastics demonstration in Japan

Following the last competition a funny demonstration was scheduled. Kohei did some amusing commentary. 🙂

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A1 Tumbling – A report of sorts

Morinari WATANABE elected FIG President

LIVE results.

We don’t know much about Watanabe. He’s a former gymnast, a businessman who headed the organising committees of the 2009 Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Mie and the 2011 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Tokyo.

Read his campaign platform.