Author: Rick Mc

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

Jordan Chiles – Wolf turn

Dvora Meyers:

… Chiles was off balance and rather than fall off the beam like any mere mortal, she decided to do a triple spin up and out of her mistake. Chiles became a true hero tonight.

She also earned her best score of the season on beam—14.2—which allowed her to edge Riley McCusker for second place in the all-around competition. …

Gymnast Botches Turn On Beam, Kind Of Invents New Skill

Oleg on H Bar

I love Oleg. But it’s painful to watch him on his weakest apparatus in an AA final.

This routine is not in the same league as Uchimura and the top H Bar men.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via King of Gymnastics)

Men’s GBR Team training

Nile Wilson provides a glimpse of National Team training at Lilleshall. And talks about his own struggles in trying to comeback in time for Worlds trials.

• CA coaching FX landings
• Rings tip from Courtney Tulloch
• Shrinkage

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Maria Kharenkova – Beam

Excellent. 15.125.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Many would like to see Maria named to the Worlds team, but she’s not on the preliminary list.

Scores were too high, the norm in Russian meets.

related:

• STRATEGY TAKES SHAPE AT THE RUSSIAN CUP

• MELNIKOVA: I STARTED FEELING CONFIDENT AT THE RUSSIAN CUP

U.S. Men’s Team to Worlds

Kensley Behel provides some analysis on Team USA for Montreal and the coming quadrennial. An interesting read.

Moldauer Wins U.S. Nationals, Headlines Worlds Team

USAG

Nikita Nagornyy Russian Cup Champ

1. Nikita Nagornyy 175.30
2. David Belyavsky 175.15
3. Nikita Ignatyev 170.65
4. Artur Dalaloyan 168.90
5. Kirill Potapov 164.75
6. Valentin Starikov 161.25

Melnikova, Nagornyy Win Russian Cup Titles

watch P&G Championships

Senior Women Day 2 online – YouTube playlist.

U.S. Junior gymnasts

At the 2017 Worlds — with no team competition — the Americans are more beatable than they have been in some time.

What about 2018 and the rest of the quadrennial?

There are many, many super talented Juniors vying for Senior team spots this quad. GAGE gymnasts were getting rave reviews at Championships, but it’s difficult to say now which will end up on future Worlds teams.

Dvora Meyers:

There’s a long history of female juniors outperforming their senior counterparts. …

This year’s junior champion was Maile O’Keefe, a 15-year-old from Las Vegas. … But 14-year-old Emma Malabuyo from Texas has been nipping at her heels. Both O’Keefe and Malabuyo have been putting up high all-around scores all season, often topping what the best seniors in the world were recording. At the national championships, both recorded 57+ scores in the all-around, which would’ve beaten everyone in the senior field save Smith. …

After a season spent watching them excel, you can’t help but to start playing a game of “if only” in your head.

If only Gabby Perea was one day older, she’d on the world championships team as an uneven bars specialists.

If only Maile O’Keefe was one year older, she could become world all-around champion. …

At Nationals, The Juniors Stole The Show And Previewed U.S. Women’s Gymnastics’ Golden Future

Click PLAY or watch Gabby Perea’s Bars on YouTube. 14.550 (6.5, 8.05)

new Ring machine

Looks like a great idea so long as the boys cannot tip it over.

A somewhat moveable base of support.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook. 

(via Saleh Gaafar Noor)