Year: 2016

Britain had a great Olympics

Many want to know how the Brits are doing it. And it comes down to one thing: money. …

the money the athletes receive themselves (aside from endorsements). Olympic athletes in Great Britain receive about £36,000 to £60,000 a year from UK Sport, the national funding initiative for Olympic athletes. This allows them to focus on training for most of years leading up to the Games.

Comparatively, Canadian Olympic athletes receive a paltry $18,000, and it hasn’t changed since 2004, making it a challenge for competitive athletes.

“It’s just crazy to me that funding hasn’t increased in more than 10 years,” said Josh Riker-Fox, a retired modern pentathlete who competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. …

Rio 2016: Why Britain is dominating the Olympics and what Canada can learn

Thanks Karl.

Shuji Tsurumi 1964 P Bars

The last time the Olympics were held in Tokyo.

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At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Shuji Tsurumi received a gold medal in team combined exercises, and silver medals in individual all-around, pommel horse, and parallel bars.

(via Gymnastics Lab)

KT Tape is placebo

There’s not much evidence that Elastic therapeutic tape (KT Tape) works. But if an athlete believes it works, there might be some benefit.

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giant diamidov on P Bars

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Gymnastics Ontario Congress a success

All good. That’s the conclusion I heard from all the clinicians, coaches and organizers I spoke with.

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Sunday, however, will be another busy day in Milton, Ontario. A training camp is scheduled with some Congress clinicians instruction. Simultaneously the annual Ontario Coach Education meetings are on at the same venue.

Laurie Hernandez – Dancing With the Stars

The 16-year-old athlete from Team USA is freshly back in the United States following her impressive victories at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hernandez won silver on the balance beam, and gold in the women’s team all-around.

While there’s no word on whether or not pro Mark Ballas will return, it sounds like he could make a perfect partner for Hernandez.

“I absolutely adore @lzhernandez02 just gorgeous,” he tweeted on Aug. 10. “#starpower #needadanceteacher? #RioOlympics2016.”

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RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 15: Silver medalist Lauren Hernandez of the United States celeberates on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Balance Beam on day 10 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Rio Olympic Arena on August 15, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – AUGUST 15: Silver medalist Lauren Hernandez of the United States celeberates on the podium at the medal ceremony for the Balance Beam on day 10 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at Rio Olympic Arena on August 15, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Laurence Griffiths/Getty Images)