how to exit the water slide …

… with style.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

(via Mashable)

Emma Malabuyo – Beam

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Aly Raisman: Wear what you want

Wear whatever makes you feel happy and confident. Don’t EVER let anyone tell you how you should or shouldn’t dress. We are all entitled to wear what we want. …

Instagram

 
Some are criticizing this particular photo.

(via Mashable)

Mélanie De Jesus Dos Santos 55.450

One of the best gymnasts in the world right now.

French National Championships

Mélanie De Jesus Dos Santos 55.450
Marine Boyer 54.050
Alison Lepin 53.400

Click PLAY or watch Mélanie’s 4 routines on YouTube.

Talitha Ilacqua posted details and videos on WOGymnastika.

decline in the number of NCAA Gymnastics teams

Shelli Koszdin:

Up until about 1992, the NCAA sponsorship of both men’s and women’s teams was declining at almost identical rate …

Around 1992, something happened to cause the fortunes of men’s and women’s teams to diverge. The decline of the women’s was slowed (but not halted) and that of the men accelerated. What happened? …

Stick it Media – Another Look at the Decline in NCAA Sponsorship of Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics

triple back from ski floor 1992

Steve Elliott was a terrific tumbler. One of the pioneers.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

You don’t hear the name mentioned often any more.

Today Steve Elliott is on USA Gymnastics’ Permanently Ineligible Members list.

ranking National Teams 2017

Balance Beam Situation:

Nations are ranked by what their best possible team of five senior gymnasts would score in a hypothetical 3-up, 3-count team final, using scores recorded so far in 2017. …

USA
Russia
China
Japan
GBR
France
Germany
Canada
Italy
Brazil
Australia
Romania

NATIONAL TEAM RANKINGS – JUNE 2017