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Month: July 2017
Justin Spring swinging Horse better than ever
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Australian Ninja Warrior is a HIT
Australian Ninja Warrior … premiered on 9 July 2017.
Nine Network will bring back its smash hit program Australian Ninja Warrior for an expanded second season and possibly for some international specials, Media has learnt. …
Its ratings, ranging from 1.68 million to 1.47 million over three nights, surprised everyone …
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Schwaiger wins record 6th National tumbling title
Jon Schwaiger of Calgary, AB – now training in Cambridge, ON, won a record sixth consecutive national title in senior men’s tumbling Sunday on the final day of the 2017 Canadian Championships in Trampoline gymnastics. …
The World Games team of Schwaiger, Sugrim, and Tamara O’Brien of Vancouver, BC will leave for Poland this upcoming Thursday and compete July 25th and 26th in Poznan, Poland. The World Games feature sports that are not contested at the Olympic Games. …
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FIGymnastics 2.0 app
The app, available free for download from the iTunes and Google Play stores, has been enhanced to include sections on non-Olympic disciplines Acrobatic Gymnastics, Aerobic Gymnastics, Synchronised Trampoline, Tumbling and Double Mini-trampoline, as well as Gymnastics for All, the inclusive discipline that is the foundation of the sport.
Amy Smith to Utah State
Amy Smith has been named the head gymnastics coach at Utah State University… Smith replaces Nadalie Walsh, who is the new gymnastics coach at Illinois.
“The combination of her experience and success, both as a student-athlete – winning a national championship at UCLA – and as a coach, whether it was at UCLA, Florida, Missouri or North Carolina, clearly in her progression as a coach, she is ready to take over a program of her own,” Hartwell said. …
Smith joins the Aggies after spending the past five seasons at North Carolina. She was promoted to associate head coach in 2014. In all, Smith brings 16 years of coaching experience with her to Utah State.
top 3 male gymnasts all-time?
Sam Oldham poses the question. Post your answer on Sam’s YouTube channel.
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I’d go …
1. Uchimura
2. Scherbo
3. ??
Hard Way To Success – Andreas Toba
Worst case scenario. Injured during your most important meet.
Andreas tore his ACL on Floor in Rio. Then hobbled to Pommel Horse because Team Germany needed it to qualify for the final.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. One of the best Hard Way documentaries yet.
Nabieva: I will stay in Gymnastics until I die
Many have been celebrating the planned return of Tatiana Nabieva to competition. But has she ever really retired?
When asked till what age she plans to continue, she answered: “Until I die”. Her actual plan is to compete until a serious injury or until she realized she can’t perform at a high level anymore. When she retires, she plans to focus on coaching full time. She dreams of opening her own gym in Dagestan. …
When asked whether she regrets not making the 2012 Olympic team:
“That’s a very painful topic for me. Yes, of course, I regret it very much. If I had the opportunity, I would turn back the time and change everything, I’d do everything I could to make the team and even more.” …
Marvin Kimble wins Men’s National Qualifier
· Kimble: 83.550
· Wiskus: 82.200
· Bock: 81.700
The individual events titlists are: Eddie Penev of Penfield, N.Y./U.S. Olympic Training Center, 15.050, floor exercise; Brandon Ngai of Sacramento, Calif./University of Illinois, 14.600, pommel horse; Trevor Howard of Columbus, Ohio/Ohio State University, 14.600, still rings; Matthew Wenske of Houston/University of Oklahoma, 15.050, vault; Jordan Valdez of Louisville, Colo./University of Illinois, 14.350, parallel bars; and Kimble, 13.800, horizontal bar.
Dylan Young of Burbank, Calif./Gymnastics Olympica, topped the combined junior all-around standings at 127.450, followed by David Willett of High Point, N.C./High Point, at 124.600. Spencer Goodell of Tigard, Ore./OMEGA, finished third (124.100).
Eighteen senior athletes qualified to the 2017 P&G Championships based on the results of the National Qualification Points System. The top seven junior elite gymnasts also qualified to the P&G Championships based on the two-day, all-around rankings (optional + technical sequence score). …
Kimble, Young win all-around at 2017 Men’s National Qualifier
After moving back to his home state of Wisconsin earlier this year, Kimble has been training at Salto Gymnastics under the able tutelage of Andrei Kan and Alex Belanovski. The change in scenery from the Olympic Training Center seems to have been quite a spark. …
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