Month: May 2021

Varna World Cup MAG results

  1. Aurel BENOVIC (CRO) 14.950
  2. Artem DOLGOPYAT (ISR) 14.950
  3. Hayden ANDREW SKINNER (GBR) 14.600

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Pommels
1- Illia KOVTUN (UKR) 14.550
2- Edoardo DE ROSA (ITA) 14.450
3- Abdulla AZIMOV (UZB) 14.150

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Rings
1- Vinzenz HOECK (AUT) 14.800
2- Salvatore MARESCA (ITA) 14.700
3- Marco SARRUGERIO (ITA) 14.450

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Vault
1- Nazar CHEPURNY (UKR) 14.700
2- Marine DRAGULESCU (ROU) 14.525
3- Ivan TIKHONOV (AZE) 14.300

P Bars
1- Illia Kovtun (UKR) 15.100
2- Sergei ELTCOV (RUS) 14.950
3- Robert TVOROGAL (LIT) 14.350

H Bar
1- Tin SRBIC (CRO) 14.850
2- Carlo MACCHINI (ITA) 14.650
3- Krisztian BALAZS (HUN) 14.350
4- Robert TVOROGAL (LIT) 14.350

Varna World Cup results

Vault
1- Coline DEVILLARD (FRA) 14.150 (age 20)
2- Uliana PEREBINOSOVA (RUS) 13.950  (age 20)
3- Oksana CHUSOVITINA (UZB) 13.700 … (age 45) ✊

Bars
1- Uliana PEREBINOSOVA (RUS) 14.500
2- Diana VARINSKA (UKR) 14.200
3- Kelly Jay SIMM (GBR) 13.650

Beam
1- Anastasiia BACHYNSKA (UKR) 13.250
2- Marine BOYER (FRA) 13.000
3- Ondine ACHAMPONG (GBR) 12.900

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Floor
1- Dildora ARIPOVA (UZB) 13.150
1- Hann SZUJO (HUN) 13.150
3- Uliana PEREBINOSOVA (RUS) 13.100

Alexa Moreno for Toyota

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whip, whip, triple twist

SO … it is possible to keep form on triple.

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Aerobics Worlds Highlights

Many of us never see FIG Aerobic Gymnastics.

Take the time now to check out extreme aerobic fitness — they never seem to breath hard — as well as unique flexibility elements.

Click PLAY or watch a few highlights on YouTube.

Omar Mohamed & Uche Eke to Tokyo

The top 2 eligible AA competitors from African Championships (maximum 1/nation) earn Olympic spots.

One GOAL of the Olympics is worldwide participation.

Uche Eke is the first Olympian to represent Nigeria in Gymnastics.

I’m astonished an African nation as large and comparatively affluent has been so slow to develop the sport. Hopefully Uche will inspire progress.

Uche is actually from Maryland. Competed for Michigan.

Click PLAY or watch an older interview on Twitter.

Konnor McClain – Beam

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Surprisingly, Konnor just moved to WOGA.

FIG working group on ‘safeguarding’

This working group, chaired by Ms Donatella Sacchi, President of the FIG Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee, aims to propose and support various projects to drive positive cultural change in the Gymnastics world.

… a living group, meaning that rather than … permanent members, people from different backgrounds will be invited to take part in meetings depending on the main focus of the discussion.

… having athletes involved is crucial for the success …

…  interested athletes to send their applications directly to the Safeguarding Unit at safeguarding@fig-gymnastics.org by 10 June 2021.

New working group on safeguarding – Information for athletes who want to contribute

Marcel Nguyen injured out of Tokyo

Marcel Nguyen is now age-33.

He was the winner of the 2012 London Olympics in the AA — of the non-Kohei competitors.