tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
Early season. Ellie did not compete. Shallon Olsen did not do the AA.
I expect qualifying for the Paris team to be very competitive.
1. Cassie Lee 51.750
2. Clara Raposo 50.600
3. Maddison Hajjar 50.200
4. Ava Stewart 49.950
5. Aaliyah de Sousa 49.350
6. Laurie Denommee 49.200
Olympic qualifying points on the line.
zhoxxyy did a deep dive into the history of Men’s Floor exercise.
Exactly WHY the 2004 Olympics was won by the very artistic Kyle Shewfelt — yet is fugly as Hell 20 years later.
The discussion on men’s floor routines revolves around the balance between artistry and athleticism, as their since the 1930’s has primarily emphasized challenging tumbling skills.
With updates to the Code of Points on the horizon, the potential inclusion of choreography has sparked excitement and skepticism, raising questions about the impact on technical specifications and gender…
Men’s Artistic Gymnastics: Exploring the Inclusion of Choreography on Floor
Personally, I’d love maximum time of routine to be reduced.
I’d love FIG to go to 8 counting skills, rather than the current 10.
Points are awarded towards individual apparatus Olympic qualification.
Team USA are ready to settle in a small French town, far from the hustle and bustle of central Paris, when they set up their quarters at the revamped Athletica centre for this year’s Olympics.
Some 1,200 athletes and staff will use a state-of-the-art facility in Eaubonne, which has a population 25,000 and is 15km north of Paris, after the Athletica training centre’s renovation is completed in a few weeks.
“It’s really close to the athletes’ village, so it’s really convenient for our athletes to go back and forth,” Rocky Harris, chief of Sport and Athlete Services at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), told Reuters.
… features high-tech massage tables, cryotherapy units, physiotherapy rooms and about 100 bedrooms.
Reuters
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What motivates an Olympic Champion?
Getting her name in the code.
The new Men’s Gymnastics Ramblings blog has a good overview.
The surprise for me is Kelton Christiansen on H Bar. No Kovacs releases.
This guy can hit handstand angles as well as anyone. Great execution.
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I wish it were FREE — but pay-per-view is better than NO VIEW online.
The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) is delighted to announce a new pay-per-view live streaming offer that will allow fans of Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline Gymnastics to watch the finals of World Cup and World Challenge Cup events in this Olympic year.
The World Cup season starts on 15 February with the Apparatus World Cup in Cairo …
FIG
Nobody knows better than gymnasts how to fall safely. And get back up.
It’s not the falls that stop girls from training sport.
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