Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

compete in Nîmes, France

International invitational.

44th Grand Prix of Women Artistic Gymnastics
Saturday, 26th of January 2019

Details online. Or download the PDF.

‘Full Out 2’ based on the life of …

Christine Peng Peng Lee.

That’s the rumour.

https://twitter.com/uclagymsource/status/1043092309510746112

U.S. Men’s Worlds trials – day 1

1. Sam Mikulak 87.750
2. Yul Moldauer 86.100
3. Alec Yoder 83.500
4. Akash Modi 82.050
5. Colin Van Wicklen 80.750
…

Scores were a tad generous. Especially for Sam.

They’ll be selecting the team around Sam and Yul, I’m thinking.

H Bar is the weak apparatus this time around. (Jon Horton says he won’t make a comeback for it. 😀)

Click PLAY or watch some highlights on Twitter.

Read more.

Fans can watch the final day of competition on Saturday, which begins at 3:30 p.m. MT, in person or via a live webstream on the USA Gymnastics YouTube Channel.

Miss Val plans to retire after this season

She announced it on Instagram. End of an era.

She discusses it in this Pac12 interview.

Or listen to her interview with Sam Peszek.

boycotting Qatar

Though I’m planning to attend Worlds in person, many are staying home in protest.

Homosexuality is illegal in Qatar, and prevailing cultural mores view homosexuality and cross-dressing negatively. The Qatari government does not recognize same-sex marriage or civil partnerships, nor does it allow people in Qatar to campaign for LGBT rights. …

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Though Qatar is one of the more progressive Arab nations, they are still deplorably backwards on human rights.

They do dumb things too. For example Emir Tamim Bin Hamad Bin al-Thani just gifted a $400 million dollar plane to Turkey’s dictator Erdogan.

This is part of the ongoing spat between billionaire dictators in the region.

Democracy is a terrible political system, as we’ve seen. But it’s far better than totalitarian rule as in Qatar.

Still, I’m hopeful that Worlds and the upcoming World Cup further modernize this tiny nation. One bit of good news – Qatar will allow both the flag and national anthem of Israel.  (This has not been the case in the past.)

Katelyn Ohashi on Player’s Tribune

On GymCastic Miss Val mentioned Katelyn’s documentary. The poster girl who was once beat Simone Biles … then quit elite … only to comeback as a viral media superstar in College Gymnastics.

Click PLAY or watch her on YouTube.