Author: Rick Mc

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

Russian Jr Championships

WAG – Qualification All-Around MS
1. Ksenia Klimenko 54.466
2. Anastasia Agafonova 54.128
3. Varvara Zubova 52.902 

WAG – Qualification All-Around KMS
1. Olga Astafyeva 52.929
2.  Irina Komnova  51.996
3.  Elena Gerasimova 51.336 

full WAG results

MAG – Qualification All-Around MS (b. 2000-2001)
1. Mikhail Yurchenko 78.799 (not related to Natalia Yurchenko btw)
2. Aleksei Ryabov 76.800
3. Dmitry Dubinin 76.765

MAG – Qualification All-Around KMS (b. 2002-2003)
1. Valentin Beskhmelnitsyn 77.100
2. Vladislav Lukyanov 76.833
3. Dobrynya Evtukhov 73.999

papa-liukin 

 

British Gymnastics Safeguarding and Protecting Policy

If an incident or concern is immediate and you think a child is in immediate danger of abuse or at risk of significant harm or are in need of protection, then call the Police on 999 and/or your local Social Services.

If the matter is not immediate, please speak to the person responsible for welfare or contact a member of our Safeguarding and Compliance Team by calling 0345 1297129.

In either circumstance, please also complete the Child Protection Incident form. This form should be used to record the details of any concern they wish to report. A copy should be sent to the British Gymnastics Safeguarding and Compliance team at ethics@british-gymnastics.org  …

Kevin Lytwyn comeback

Canadian star Kevin Lytwyn returned to his home club – Burlington B.G.s – before the 2016 Olympics due to an ACL injury.

Renato Araújo (former coach of Diego Hipólito) moved from Brazil to Canada and  is now coaching Kevin.

Click PLAY or watch some H Bar on Instagram.

 
via Fans of Canadian Gymnastics

Thais Fidelis – Beam handspring to Arabian

Click PLAY or watch it on Tumblr.

http://anastasiyagrishina.tumblr.com/post/159126266964/rylalary-thais-fidelis-back-handspring-arabian

Aly Raisman for Playtex Sports

Cosmo – Final Five Drama and Free-Bleeding Through Competitions

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Sunisa Lee – Nabieva combo

Call me impressed.

Sunisa trains at Midwest Gymnastics Center.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BSfJm5IB-5D/
 
(via Irish Daniel)

Kohei competes this weekend

Uchimura on Thursday said he is not looking to push himself too hard at the championships which double as the second round of trials for the world championships in October in Montreal. He said his focus will be to get his feel back for competition.

“I’ve somehow got myself fit enough to take part in all six apparatus,” Uchimura said. “I’m not concerned by how I do, but I’m thinking more about getting my instincts back for competitions.” …

Japan Times 

via @GymCastic

USAGym Collegiate Championships 2017

Seattle Pacific University will host the three-day 2017 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate Championships April 7-9. …

The USAGym Collegiate Championships are open to NCAA Division I, II, and III gymnastics programs that allocate six or fewer scholarships. Nine teams will compete for the national team title and 33 additional individual gymnasts from non-qualifying schools compete for the all-around and individual event championships. …

2017 USA Gymnastics Women’s Collegiate Championships

Click through to watch a cool Adobe Spark photo preview of top teams and individuals.

Denelle Pedrick – DTY

Denelle, a Central Michigan freshman from Regina, Canada, shocked everyone at Regionals by competing a double twisting Yurchenko for the first time.

Yes she qualified for Championships. And she’ll be a medal contender.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

(via GymCastic)