Author: Rick Mc

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

Kyle Shewfelt Olympic Floor champion

For Canada Day let’s relive that fantastic Gold medal routine 2004 Athens.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Canadian Olympic gymnast Kyle Shewfelt looks at a photo of himself before announcing his retirement during a news conference in Calgary, Alberta, on Thursday, May 21, 2009.

Shewfelt Retires Gymnastics
(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh) – original – ESPN

Claudia Fragapane‏ on reality TV

🙂

Central American Sports Festival results

Hosted by Guatemala.

1 Yesenia Ferrera Cuba 54.550
2 Marcia Vidiaux Cuba 52.300
3 Karla Vielma Mexico 50.850

1 Mexico 153.450
2 Cuba 152.450
3 Colombia 149.200
WAG results

Cuba won the Men’s team competition. MAG AA results.

new NCAA Gymnastics postseason format

Starting 2019.

I’m still trying to get my head around it.

Spencer:

The new format adds an extra super-regional round to the postseason and eliminates all six-team meets and byes.

Why is this important? It’s a million times better for TV and the fan experience. It adds an additional round of exciting elimination meets and creates faster, clearer, and more interesting competitions with less downtime and fewer teams hanging around …

Balance Beam Situation


See another version of the bracket.

NCAA Committee Approves Changes to Women’s Championships Featured

Read some feedback from Emily Howell-Forbes and Tara Graeve — Explaining the Proposed Postseason Changes (and Holes that Still Need Filling)

Beam Queen Bootcamp

Sam Peszek:

This is the debut of the Beam Queen Bootcamp!

It’s only fitting that I start this event where I trained growing up, DeVeau’s School of Gymnastics.

This is a 2-day clinic on August 6th and 7th (Sunday & Monday) at DeVeau’s School of Gymnastics …. We will be working on beam and only beam from 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM both days.

I’m bringing Olympians and NCAA beam champions, Kyla Ross and Bridget Sloan to join me in coaching your gymnasts. …

$225 

https://www.instagram.com/p/BVmx9a7FJ0K/?taken-by=beamqueenbootcamp

Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics – Stick

Since Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics is not officially sanctioned by Federation International of Gymnastics, there are different formats to Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics outside Japan.

However in Japan, we have our own format and it has been performed at Japan National Athletic Meets; firmly establishing itself as Japanese Men’s Rhythmic Gymnastics with a history of over 80 years.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (2011)

(via papa-liukin)

NatWest Island Games

June 24 through June 30 in Gotland, Sweden.

1 Tara Donnelly Isle of Man 49.950
2 Nicole Burns Isle of Man 47.700
3 Anna Francoeur Bermuda 46.700
full AA results

The Island Games (currently known as the NatWest Island Games for sponsorship reasons) are an international multi-sports event organised by the International Island Games Association.