Olympic AA Champions 1972 – 2016

Don’t worry. They got 2000 correct – Andreea Raducan. 🙂

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#FireAlTrautwig

The Busy Fan was surprised to hear of all the hate directed towards Al Trautwig during the Olympics.

After all, he’s the everyman of the NBC Primetime commentary team. The one who’s supposed to make the casual fan feel less stupid in not understanding all the nuance.

Analysis – GYMNASTICS. HARDCORE FANS VERSUS CASUAL FANS. AN ANALYSIS OF THE CLAIM THAT AL TRAUTWIG SHOULD BE FIRED.

Click through if you want to read the details.

NBC Primetime seems to work for the casual fan. Coaches should watch pretty much any other source of coverage. All are better for us than NBC Primetime.

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Who Is Al Trautwig?

Personally I always enjoy listening to Tim Daggett. He’s a coach. He knows what he’s talking about. Of the three he does by far the most research in advance of the competition.

Victoria Nguyen – elgrip Jaeger to mixed grip

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

http://papaliukin.tumblr.com/post/149375454519/fronttriplefull-victoria-nguyens-jaeger-half

gymnasts on the beach

If you want to compete with the Team USA, you’d best be VERY strong.

Strength to weight ratio is critical.

related – WHY OLYMPIC GYMNASTS DON’T HAVE TO BE SUPER SKINNY ANYMORE

via Gymternet Clan

Dominick Cunningham’s new tumbling pass

Seriously crazy.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Greatest American Olympians 2016

Like this Sports Illustrated cover on Facebook.

via AdWeek – Every One of the ‘Final Five’ Gymnasts Absolutely Crushed the Internet Last Week

NBC Primetime Olympic coverage sucks

NBC’s 2016 Olympics broadcast is the lowest-rated in years.

I’ll say it again. Serious Gymnastics fans should boycott NBC Primetime.

(The NBC live streaming coverage is pretty good, I hear. But I couldn’t watch it myself as I didn’t have a login. NBC was too fearful to offer something like a one time $35 online Olympics package.)

NBC’s TV coverage is the worst in the world

Starting on the wrong foot, NBC delayed the opening ceremony by one hour on the east coast of the U.S. and by four hours on the west coast of the U.S. The bizarre nature of the American delay caused mass confusion on social media, where the ceremony was being tweeted about in real time. …

It is 2016. Someone tell the Olympics.

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Fake, Jingoistic, And Stupid: Gymnastics Coverage Is The Worst Part Of NBC’s Olympics

… The coverage is fragmented, with fans seeing a routine or two, then being bombarded with ads. This procedure is repeated two or three more times until NBC cuts away to another sport. …

Why NBC Needs to Do Better

I don’t blame the commentary. It’s the Network mucky mucks who need to be replaced.

related:

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