The Region 5 All Star team USA takes a trip each year. This time to World Championships. 🙂
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Author: Rick Mc
Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.
refugees allowed to compete Rio Olympics
Highly qualified athletes who are refugees will be allowed to compete in the Olympic Games for the first time in 2016, the president of the International Olympic Committee announced Monday.
IOC chief Thomas Bach made the announcement to the U.N. General Assembly, which adopted a resolution urging all countries to stop fighting and observe a truce during the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro. …
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The 70th Session of the United Nations General Assembly today approved a resolution for observance of the Olympic Truce for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro next summer. The resolution was supported by 180 out of 193 UN member states. …
The resolution calls for the Olympic Truce to be respected from seven days before the start of the Olympic Games until seven days after the Paralympic Games.
During his address to the General Assembly, the President also appealed for help from the member nations to identify top-level athletes who are currently refugees. …
The IOC could ban Saudi Arabia, for example, in protest of women’s rights in that nation. Building a wall. OR … they could try to reward what Saudi Arabia did at the London Olympics – sending 2 female athletes for the first time – along with 17 male athletes.
I was on the bus today at Worlds with girls from Turkey and Morocco. Things for women in sport are improving in many Islamic nations.
update – IOC bans Kuwait over government interference in Olympic movement (2nd time. Could be lifted in time for Rio.)
Kristian Thomas explains Men’s Floor
“I Think We Broke the Aly Raisman”
Balance Beam Situation’s hilarious recap of day 2 women’s prelims. 🙂
related – his day 1 review – “I Think We Broke the Romania”
Leyva on the competition H Bar
He’s not the only competitor who found that pipe different than the ones in the training halls. His strategy was to swing harder. Faster. And it worked.
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Leave a comment if you find that video geo-blocked from where you live. I won’t link to any others, if so.
Worlds women’s team final
Max Whitlock – #hydroHandstand
Share Max’s tweet.
If you are in Glasgow, share your handstand on Twitter or Facebook with that tag.
Women’s Vault finalists
See it on Tumblr.
watch for Xiao Ruoteng
First Worlds for Xiao Ruoteng (born 1996). He’s qualified to the AA Final along with their #1 Deng Shudi.
Click PLAY or watch his Quad twist on Gymnastike.
http://www.gymnastike.org/embed/NjQ1Nzk4NjQ1?related=1&autoplay=false
Gabby Douglas defies expectations
Yep.
Nancy Armour:
No one but Martha Karolyi had her on the team for the 2011 world gymnastics championships and, yet, there she was. No one thought much of her chances in Tokyo, so all she did was post the fifth-highest total in qualifying, make the uneven bars final and help the Americans win the team title.
She was supposed to be the odd-American out in the all-around at the London Olympics, and we all know what happened there.
So it should come as no surprise that Douglas’ name was near the top of the standings after qualifying Saturday. Olympic champions aren’t supposed to come back, and they’re sure not supposed to make their first major international meet in three years look easy. …
USA Today – Olympic champ Gabby Douglas at her best when defying expectations
Gymnastics Coaching.com 