Author: Rick Mc

Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.

RUS Gymnastics invited to Asian Games

This event does not qualify anyone to the Paris Olympics.

Russia’s gymnastics and wrestling federations said on Tuesday they had been invited to take part in this year’s Asian Games …

Organisers of the Asian Games — scheduled to take place in Hangzhou, China, from Sep. 23 to Oct. 8 — did not immediately respond to a request for comment. …

reuters

I doubt any of the Asian nations will boycott in protest, but hope they do.

Denelle Pedrick interview

It’s been a long, strange journey for Denelle Pedrick from age-14 little-bit-of-a-train-wreck to Worlds medalist for Canada, qualifying the team to the Paris Olympics.

Listen to part 1 of the interview on Nicole Langevin’s podcast – What Makes DENELLE PEDRICK Think…” pt. 1

Click PLAY or watch a few highlights on YouTube.

She details how she learned the Pedrick by accident when Ellie and her coach were at the Tokyo Olympics. It started by working the Hecht back tuck dismount.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Sam Oldham on coach Sergey Sizhanov

Sergey coached Olympic medalist Sam Oldham for 15 years. They are now friends for life.

This from The Sam Oldham Podcast.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

LSU – NCAA Champs @ social media

These LSU videos are best in College Gymnastics right now.

Alabama season high 198

impossible Judging scores

Yurchenko 1/1 is out of 9.5 in NCAA.

When a judge deems that vault has no deductions — with this landing — that judge should be reprimanded and lose future assignments.

Lara Mori retired

Tokyo Olympian Lara Mori, age-24, was the 2018 Mediterranean Games champion in the all-around.

Oklahoma upsets #1 Stanford

Game on.

Oklahoma 418.900 – Stanford 413.800

In a year where Stanford could compete as their own nation — and be competitive — they got beat by Oklahoma.

Mark Williams credits his Pommels and H Bar line-ups.