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In the early days of the gymternet, Blythe was the only trained journalist. To start she wrote for a site called Gymnastics Examiner.
Liked and respected by all, Blythe got called up to work for FIG in Switzerland. She speaks French. That helps.
When Aly Raisman asked her to collaborate on her book Fierce, Blythe left FIG.
Happily — for us 🙂 — Blythe is back posting under the name Rocker. Check a sample post with the highlights of this past weekend.
In advance of Simone’s appearance at the Superstars Of Gymnastics in London on 23 March, the Guardian newspaper posted an in-depth feature.
… At times, she seems younger than her years, a product of the almost religiously sheltered upbringing of the professional child athlete. At others, she sounds like a 45-year-old woman who should be running for political office. …
What has become apparent, in the last year, is Biles’ moral courage. As an athlete, she is talked of in the same breath as Serena Williams …
Like most professional athletes, she is incredibly hard on herself and competes less with others than with her own internal set of ideals. …
“Even when I win, there are still times when I’m upset. Like at Worlds, last year. It doesn’t mean, because you win, you’ll be happy.” Why? “I fell twice. Yes, I still won. But I didn’t put out my best performance.”
Toni-Ann Williams is one of the 6 finalists for the AAI.
Sadly she had a season and NCAA career ending injury — Achilles tendon tear.
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Claudia will be competing Europeans, replacing Kelly Simm who had to withdraw due to a foot fracture.
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It’s dangerous. It ain’t easy.
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Coach Will Banthorpe posted this.
Handspring to double salto forwards with 1/2 twist ~ Morandi with 1/2 turn.
Yep. It should be impossible.
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Gabriel competed it this weekend and was awarded E-value.
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Brazil’s obviously a team medal contender for Tokyo. But don’t count out Canada. Just saying’.
With smaller team size and increased parity, it could come down to who has the best performance on the day. #consistency
Another superb edit by Deanna Hong. The montage to finish is to Macklemore’s Good Old Days. It couldn’t be any better.
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Is Deanna leaving UCLA after this season? … That would be very sad. ☹️
There are six finalists for the AAI Award, which goes to the most outstanding senior gymnast in the country.
Sami votes for Sarah. 🙂
Ebee Price won in 2018.
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