Author: Rick Mc

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

gender equality in sport

Gender equality was at the centre of the discussions of the newly formed FIG Women in Gymnastics Commission, which held its first meeting in Lausanne this week …

FIG

Paris Challenge Cup results

Vault
Coline Devillard France 14.250
Boglarka Devai Hungary 14.025
Michelle Timm Germany 13.275

Bars
Nina Derwael Belgium 14.900
Melanie De Jesus Dos Santos France 14.100
Diana Varinska Ukraine 14.050

Click PLAY or watch Nina’s wild set on YouTube.

Beam
Larisa Iordache Romania 14.200
Marine Boyer France 13.600
Claudia Fragapane Great Britain 13.200

Click PLAY or watch Iordache’s prelims (15.0) on YouTube.

Floor
Claudia Fragapane Great Britain 13.900
Larisa Iordache Romania 13.650
Diana Varinska Ukraine 13.250

Click PLAY or watch Claudia on YouTube.

full results

Paris Challenge Cup Men’s results

Floor
Jorge Vega Guatemala 14.350
Petro Pakhniuk Ukraine 14.150
Marian Dragulescu Romania 14.100

Pommels
Takaaki Sugino Japan 15.200
Cyril Tommasone France 15.100
Saso Bertoncelj Slovenia 14.900

Rings
Eleftherios Petrounias Greece 15.500
Samir Aït Saïd France 15.250
Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 14.800
Chen Chih Yu Chinese Taipei 14.800

Click PLAY or watch the Olympic Champ on YouTube.

Vault
Audrys Nin Reyes Dominican Republic 14.875
Igor Radivilov Ukraine 14.775
Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 14.775

Click PLAY or watch Audrys on YouTube. A Worlds contender.

P Bars
Oleg Verniaiev Ukraine 15.250
Petro Pakhniuk Ukraine 15.000
Axel Augis France 14.450
Marcel Nguyen Germany 14.450

H Bar
Epke Zonderland Netherlands 14.800
Bart Deurloo Netherlands 14.750
Yusuke Tanaka Japan 14.450

Click PLAY or watch Epke on YouTube.

full results

“The Scoop” Convex-Concave Training Mat

Is a concave mat better than a standard “cheese” mat?

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

via Gymnastics Coaches Skills & Drills