Other contenders named on a GymFever2012 thread include: Thomas Bouhail, Oleg Vernyayev, Igor Radivilov.
Leave a comment if you have anyone else to put up against those.
Recall that Dragulescu Olympics Final Vault #2 was one of the many big scandals of the Athens Games under MTC Chair Adrian Stoica. Four judges were later sanctioned for impossibly high E-scores.
Amanda Turner and others on the Gymnastics – A Golden Era Facebook page have a thread discussing the most flexible Artistic gymnasts ever.
Amanda named Canadian Jacki Bender. I’d agree. No other Artistic gymnast ever had this much active flexibility control.
____ original post from Aug 2010:
This video was taken at a clinic at (one of my former clubs), Can-Am in Saskatoon. It was the early 1990s. Her handstand coach was Mr. B (Vladimir Bereschnoy), an “acrosport” specialist. The clinician at this event was Yuval Ayalon.
FIG is running a series of 2014 retrospective posts.
The first includes Louis Smith’s comeback, Rhythmic judges sanctioned, Simone Biles leaves Bannon’s Gymnastix, Elizabeth Price and Sam Mikulak dominate American Cup, Gymnix, Karen Cockburn comeback, Cottbus, Jesolo, African Championships, Junior Pan Ams, Doha …
According to Jay Deverett, the total budget for the film is approximately $1.5 million, which he said is “higher than average productions by independent film standards, but it’s not a lot.” The producers hope to eventually sell the movie rights to a major U.S. television network.
$1.5M gymnastics movie filmed this week at Oakville club
… As she zoned in on her Olympic goals, 14 year old Ariana Berlin’s life took a sharp turn when she was involved in a debilitating car accident.
Gaining her confidence and movement back through learning hip hop dance, she unexpectedly found herself called back to the gymnastics world thanks to world renowned UCLA Coach Valorie Kondos Field. With Val’s help, Ariana was eventually able to secure a spot on the UCLA gymnastics team and win an NCAA championship …
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