Author: Rick Mc

Congratulations to Marisa Dick, Pauline Schaefer, Kitti Honti, Simone Biles (again), Brenna Dowell, Sophie Scheder & Kelly Simm for inspiring new elements in the Code of Points.

One example:

Gymnast: Kitti Honti
Country: Hungary
Skill: Gainer Flic Flac with 1/4 twist to handstand (2 sec) – lower to optional end position. If performed with additional half turn in handstand, no 2 sec hold is required.
Rating: C

Only Marisa Dick, Kitty Honti and Brenna Dowell got their skills named after them. The rest were just added without a name.

The Six New Skills That Were Added To The CoP In 2015

WAG WTC has historically been inconsistent in how and when skills are added. And whether or not the skill is named after the innovator.

Alia from Heathrow Gymnastics

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How cool is this!!!!! #myprodigy So much talent at @heathrowgymnastics can't wait to see what Alia and the others achieve in the future!! @leigh_1989

A video posted by Danusia Francis (@danusiafrancis) on Dec 29, 2015 at 3:11pm PST

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Well done Boudewijn de Vries. Respect.

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I almost killed this kid… #fail #ftw #gymnastics #almostdead #turnen #highbar #crash #lucky #luckykid #veiligsportklimaat #vsk #tickettoheaven

A video posted by Boudewijn de Vries – Gymnast (@bejdevries) on Dec 23, 2015 at 4:34am PST

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Stella Savvidou, who competed for Cyprus at the 2015 World Championships, has enrolled at UCLA for the winter quarter and will compete for the Bruins in the upcoming 2016 gymnastics season.

Savvidou, who hails from Melbourne, Australia and trains at Methodist Ladies College Gymnastics Club, was an all-around finalist at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and also competed at the 2015 European Games. She won the Australian Level 10 national vault and bars titles …

Bruins

If you missed the “25 days of things we want to see from the 2016 NCAA gymnastics season” click over to NCAA Gym News to catch up.

You can see many Parkour videos on internet, but I try to bring something different. I’m not focused on impressive movements but more on the atmosphere of the trainings, the emotions…

I want to share more of the artistic aspect of Parkour.

I always take my camera with me to capture some moments that I love, to keep a track of memories that make me smile.

Samuel Gvdn (France)

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Thanks Vadim.

FloGymnastics:

3. Marian Dragulescu
2. Bridget Sloan
1. Gabby Douglas

Best of 2015: Comeback of the Year Best of 2015: Comeback of the Year

Anna Rose Johnson:

Doni Thompson is a former U.S. National Team member. She was coached during her most successful elite days by the Forsters at Colorado Aerials; Doni became a member of the bronze medal-winning 1995 U.S. World Championships team.

She took a break from gymnastics to compete in diving before returning to her first sport in 1998. She eventually began competing in NCAA gymnastics for UCLA, winning a team title in 2001 and placing second on uneven bars at the 2002 NCAA Championships. We caught up with Doni to see what she’s up to now!

Inside: What have you been up to lately?

Doni: The last five years have been exciting with a move to Iowa and the opening of my gym, Eyas Gymnastics.

Eyas is a predominately boys’ gymnastics program that runs out of the University of Iowa. My husband, JD Reive, is the Head Men’s Gymnastics coach at the University and our mission has always been to provide opportunities and education to help propagate the men’s side of the sport in the surrounding communities associated with a varsity program.

The transition into boys’ gymnastics was accidental, as I fell into it in California by helping my husband run his club program while he was the assistant at Stanford. I fell in love with it and have never looked back. I am excited to say that I had three boys that qualified to the Future Stars National Championships in Colorado Springs. It was a great opportunity for my program and a wonderful chance to hang out in my old stomping grounds.

Inside Gymnastics

Click PLAY or watch Eyas Gymnastics video on YouTube. The theme is falling … and getting back up.

This is good.

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Did you know Mckayla Maroney And Mykayla Skinner have the same birthday?

Had the outcome of the uneven bars final of Glasgow happened at the Olympics, China’s Fan Yilin wouldn’t have made the podium

Strange But True Things About This Quad’s Gymnasts