Author: Rick Mc

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

Sam Mostowfi – Kasamatsu 1/1

Another talented British gymnast coming up.

Click PLAY or watch it on Tumblr.

https://courtyard-tapir.tumblr.com/post/159016646219/sam-mostowfi-is-only-14-but-he-does-a-kas-11

Watch the vault on YouTube.

Majesta Valentine – Floor

Sarah Keegan:

… a great example of working the code to the advantage of the gymnast. She only does two tumbling passes, but since one is an E, and the other is a D + A direct combination, she does not receive any penalties for it. …

Her choreography is fun and the routine overall is super dynamic. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

(via NCAA D2 and D3 Routines We Loved This Season)

Gymnast of the Week all-time leader

Senior Akash Modi has been named the College Gymnastics Association Gymnast of the Week, as announced by the organization Monday. The honor is Modi’s 16th of his career, increasing his lead as the all-time leader in NCAA Division I Gymnast of the Week honors. …

Go Stanford

Indy Star wins award for outstanding investigative work

TOM RENNER AWARD

“Out of Balance,” The Indianapolis Star, Marisa Kwiatkowski, Mark Alesia, Tim Evans, Steve Berta.

Details.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (Aug 2016)

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast, Australia

A sensationalist writer in Australia got some reaction to a post titled: The Commonwealth Games Are Old, Irrelevant And It’s Time To Retire Them

I disagree. I’m very much looking forward to Commonwealth Games next year. Here’s the article you want to read instead.

How the Gold Coast is morphing into a Commonwealth Games playground

It’s only one year to go before nearly 7000 athletes converge on Queensland’s Gold Coast for the most exciting Commonwealth Games yet.

Durban, South Africa lost the 2022 Commonwealth Games due (partly) to an incompetent, corrupt federal Government. But I’ve little doubt that the 2022 will be soon awarded to another city. Either Liverpool, Birmingham or Manchester.