Author: Rick Mc

For the second consecutive season, the Oklahoma men’s gymnastics team landed the No. 1 spot in the College Gymnastics Association Preseason Coaches Poll.

Coming off their ninth national championship in program history, the Sooners received 373 points and 14 first place votes, double the amount they garnered last year. …

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2016 PRESEASON COACHES POLL
1. Oklahoma (373 points, 14 first place votes)
2. Ohio State (340 points, 2 first place votes)
3. Stanford (337 points, 2 first place votes)
4. Penn State (303 points)
5. Michigan (302 points)

Odense (DEN), November 26-29, 2015.

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Brazil’s men have already qualified a full team to Rio. The women have not. But will have another chance at the Olympic Test Meet.

1. Lorrane Oliveira – 58.500
2. Jade Barbosa – 56.150
3. Leticia Costa – 55.750
… bonus points in effect

The field at this year’s Brazilian Championships, held less than a month following World Championships in Glasgow, was a little thin with everyone – including stars Flavia Saraiva and Daniele Hypolito – in recovery mode. But that didn’t stop 17-year-old Lorrane Oliveira from showing off huge routines to take the gold above veteran Jade Barbosa!

Oliveira has flown somewhat under the radar with the surprising depth of the Brazilian program, especially after not competing in her first senior season last year due to injury. …

Oliveira Captures Brazilian Title

Vault
1. Letícia Costa 13.638
2. Thayse Silva 13.638
3. Isabelle Cruz 13.425

Uneven Bars
1. Lorrane Oliveira 14.225
2. Letícia Costa 13.350
3. Jade Barbosa 13.150

Balance Beam
1. Jade Barbosa 14.750
2. Isabel Barbosa 14.175
3. Lorrane Oliveira 14.075

Floor Exercise
1. Lorrane Oliveira 14.875
2. Thayse Silva 14.050
3. Carolyne Pedro 13.550

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(via Doble en plancha)

“blob” vs “bottom” 🙂

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Meet Milda Graham of Montreal, Canada, mother of three and competitive gymnast! This year, she is celebrating 40 years of participating in competitive gymnastics. She has been a loyal customer of GK since 1995 and is still sporting her favorite brand of adult gymnastics leotards. Milda is living proof that you are never too old to live your dream!

GK Elite

(via Just like fine wine…Adult Gymnastics Group on Facebook)

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Daniel thinks it just might be Audrys Ninreyes. Crowd goes mad. 🙂

Nunca me habia sentido tan preparado para una competencia como esta…. pero veo hasta la sombra traiciona #vault

A video posted by Audrys Nin Reyes (@audrysninreyes) on Jul 29, 2015 at 7:34pm PDT

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The elegant Valentin Victorovich Mogilny (USSR), who won more than a dozen World and European medals between 1985 and 1990, passed away following a heart attack Sunday, according to the Russian Gymnastics Federation. He was 49. …

Coached by Alexander Alexandrov, Mogilny also won World gold on Parallel Bars in 1985 and silver in the All-around in 1989, and helped the Soviet men to the World team title both years. He closed out his career in style, winning the European All-around title in 1990. …

FIG – Valentin Mogilny, five-time World gold medallist, 1965-2015

I was a huge fan as were most coaches of that era.

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Instagram. 😦 I do think FIG must widen the Vault landing mats. Ken Ikeda from Canada suffered a similar landing injury a couple of years ago. On Yurchenko.

News has travelled pretty fast around the world anyway, so I thought I would inform you all correctly. At the weekend, the 21/11/15 to be specific. I had a freak accident on vault. I went wonky on a yuchenko and landed with one leg on the landing matts (right leg) the other on the concrete (left leg) which left me with a broken leg both tibia & Fibia. I had to have surgery shortly after. The pain as excruciating as it was I could handle, but the disappointment & heart break from going from such a high at the world championships to the lowest low after a little mishap was very hard for me. all my emotions just erupted and I've found myself constantly In tears. This may be a big stepping stone to overcome but most if not all successful athletes have had to overcome adversity to reach their goals. That moment at the world championships I will never forget & it's something I want to feel again. So after my recovery stage I will be grinding to get myself back better than I have ever been. I would like to thank a lot of people for your support, my family & team mates which are basically the same thing @jaythompson_96 @maxwhitlock @reissbeckford @haydenskinner43 & the biggest thank you to my coach and father figure @scotthann who never left my side once and I know your behind me every step of the way. My motto I live by; Tough Times Don't Last Tough People Do

A photo posted by Brinn Bevan (@brinnbevan) on Nov 23, 2015 at 8:04am PST

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Double bouncing a gymnast on Tramp is dangerous. Right?

Cirque du Soleil made an incredible act out of double bouncing. And it’s still evolving.

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