Month: August 2017

Pan-Am scores

gimnasia latina posted some day 1 results from Lima, Peru. Qualification round.

Vault
Dayana Ardila (COL) 13,650
Brooklyn Moors (CAN) 13,500
Francesca Santi (CHI) 13,350

Bars
Ahtziri Sandoval (MEX) 12,830
Jade Chrobok (CAN) 12,600
Maria Maldonado (MEX) 12,550

Floor
Tomás González (CHI) 14,550
Jorge Vega (GUA) 13,900
Kevin Cerda (MEX) 13,550

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Pommel
Caio Souza (BRA) 13,350
Jackson Payne (CAN) 13,200
Israel Chiriboga (ECU) 13,150

Rings
Christopher Bohorquez (COL) 14,550
Federative Molinari (ARG) 14,500
Daniel Villafañe (ARG) 13,850

Aimee Boorman interview

The best I’ve read.

What was your favorite way to spend a day as a child?

I was a latchkey kid. Single mom. We lived close by the park district where I started doing gymnastics. Then when I switched to private club gymnastics, I would go home and get ready for gym. I’d eat a snack, get on the public transportation and go to gym. My mom would pick me up after and that’s pretty much what I did every day, because my life was gymnastics …

… (Simone) came in during a field trip. You walked in and you see all these 6-year olds on a field trip. She got a note sent home with her that said, “Hey, do you want to come in and try some classes?” …

As far as Simone goes, she has star quality. She did really ugly gymnastics when she was little, but she was powerful. She was this teeny little thing. People would see how high she would tumble, how dynamic she was, and that she had this smile from ear to ear because she was doing what she loved. It was just fun for her. …

What is the most important word that embodies that relationship? 

I think it is trust. We were together for 12 years. It was a long relationship …

AN INTERVIEW – Sarasota Scene Magazine

which Kolman is best?

Tough call. 

Look for a regrasp with both hands simultaneously AND good position for the next giant.

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when your coach gives you a standing ovation

Puerto Rican National Team Member Paula Mejias.

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“beauty sickness”

Teach Girls to Think About What Their Bodies Do Instead of How They Look 

Psychology researcher Renee Engeln:

… 34% of five-year-old girls deliberately restrict what they eat at least “sometimes.” And 28% of these girls say they want their bodies to look like the women in films and on TV. …

proposed new Gym for Nebraska

A new $14 million practice facility for the Nebraska gymnastics programs is on the table, one that — if approved— would give NU one of the premier training structures in the country.

The NU Board of Regents will vote on it at its Aug. 11 meeting. …

The exact project cost is $14,076,000. Private donations and athletic funds would be used to pay for the new facility.

Journal Star

Jordyn LEVI – Yurchenko double back

#impressed

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https://www.instagram.com/p/BXlHlK2FBi5/?taken-by=allolympiagymnastics

I had the wrong name on this post. Thanks Kevin for making the correction.