Author: Rick Mc

Is it too soon to speculate?

When Olympic Champion Kohei Uchimura was asked, he didn’t name the younger Tanaka brother, he named Ryohei Kato.

Ryohei: In London, I had promised myself to defeat Kohei Uchimura one day. As for the team competitions, I will work hard with the team to get the gold medal for Japan be it in the World Championships or the Olympics.

Host: What do you think about Kato saying that he wants to defeat you one day?

Kohei: In 4 years time, I think he will be the strongest competitor. If possible, I would like for us to compete for the same gold medal on the same stage. …

Supermura

Ryohei is the son of Hiroyuki Kato, the Japanese Olympic coach in London.

Ryohei turns age-19 today.

Examiner links to news that Gabby will have one book out in time for gift giving. And another in future.

… Gabby Douglas captured hearts and gold medals with her performances at the Summer Olympics. Now she’ll be telling her story (with the help of a co-writer) in a memoir due out by Christmas.

The book, titled “Grace, Gold and Glory: My Leap of Faith,” will be published by Zondervan, the predominantly Christian publishing arm of HarperCollins. …

… She said, “I want people to read my story and say, ‘If Gabby can do it, I can do it too. Anything is possible.'”

LA Times

Those will fly off the shelves. 🙂

YESSOOO!

This is funny.

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Coach Yin Alvarez is known worldwide after the Olympics. 🙂

I saw that video on Gymnast Crossing.

Zach Liebler:

Just a quick montage I made of Kohei Uchimura’s unique/difficult skills and combinations. …

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Check Zach’s 3 1/2 twist on Floor. (VIDEO).

BEGINS !

September 8th – San Jose, CA
more tour dates

… for the Gym parents visiting.

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(via Tastefully Offensive)

United Sports Academy is a member club using one of the USA Gymnastics TV Campaign ads. (PDF)

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

For the first time USAG is offering two TV commercials that can be customized for member gym clubs.

Cost is as low as $100. Click through the PDF link if you want to know more.

They can be used on club websites and social media. Or presented on local TV stations.

Great idea.

General physical preparation, end of week.

Springers Gymnastics, Winnipeg, Manitoba:

We have no air conditioning so we turn up the tunes, get a good workout, and sweat it out!

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