Author: Rick Mc

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

Bars – Porcupine Bar Pad

This soft bristled pad gives feedback to gymnasts to help them feel confident while maximizing their stretch, swing, and tap to learn spatial awareness and proper technique.

Tumbl Trak

Brett Wargo pitched an idea to Tumbl Trak.

While improving long swings, gymnasts can tell how close their feet are to the Bar by the tactile feel of the bristles.

If you are on Facebook, you can watch a video on how it works here.

Asian Championships results

WAG

  1. China 366
  2. Korea 157.566
  3. Japan 154.867
  1. Zhang Jin CHN 55.400
  2. Tang Xijing CHN 53.967
  3. Lee Yunseo KOR 53.633

Vault:

  1. Yeo Seojeong KOR 14.084
  2. Miyata Shoko JPN 13.884
  3. Pranati Nayak IND 13.367

Uneven Bars:

  1. Wei Xiaoyuan CHN 14.767
  2. Yang Xijing CHN 14.700
  3. Lee Yunseo KOR14.333

Balance Beam:

  1. Wu Ran CHN 14.633
  2. Kasahara Arisa JPN 13.833
  3. Zhang Jin CHN 13.700

Floor Exercise:

  1. Wu Ran CHN 13.700
  2. Miyata Shoko JPN 13.633
  3. Lee Yunseo KOR 13.267

MAG

  1. China 366
  2. Korea 157.566
  3. Japan 154.867
  1. Shi Cong CHN 83.833
  2. Carlos Yulo PHI 83.767
  3. Yang Jiaxing CHN 83.733

Floor Exercise:

  1. Carlos Yulo PHI 14.933
  2. Kim Hansol KOR 14.333
  3. Yang Jiaxing  CHN 14.333

Pommel Horse:

  1. Ahmad Abu Al Soud JOR 15.233
  2. Nariman Kurbanov KAZ 14.800
  3. Yin Dehang CHN 14.600

Still Rings:

  1. Lan Xingyu CHN 14.500
  2. Mahdi Ahmad Kohani IRI 14.433
  3. Lin Guan-Yi TPE 14.200

Vault:

  1. Carlos Yulo PHI 14.884
  2. Kim Hansol KOR 14.417
  3. Tachibana Shiga JPN 14.417

Parallel Bars:

  1. Carlos Yulo PHI 15.167
  2. Hasegawa Tsuyoshi JPN 14.700
  3. Yin Dehang CHN 14.700

Horizontal Bar:

  1. Yun Jinseong KOR 14.167
  2. Lin Chaopan CHN 14.167
  3. Milad Karimi KAZ 14.133

IG – Chinese gymnasts, the Philippines’ Yulo dominate Asian Championships in Doha

Worlds qualifiers from Asian Championships

Spencer details who qualified under the new FIG system. And who just missed.

Qualifying Teams:

WAG

China
South Korea
Japan
Taiwan

MAG

China
Japan
Taiwan
South Korea
Kazakhstan

Click through for details including individual qualifiers:

World Championships Qualification Update

British Gymnastics – Whyte Review

The Whyte Review looked into the practices of British Gymnastics.

It was co-commissioned by UK Sport and Sport England and led by Anne Whyte QC.

The review received in excess of 400 submissions of evidence. 190 interviews were conducted for the report, including 133 former and current gymnasts.

The report detailed ‘systemic’ accounts of both physical and emotional abuse of young athletes.

The submissions described sexual assault, excessive weigh management and emotional abuse of gymnasts.

British Gymnastics has a Whyte Review page. It includes a response from CEO Sarah Powell.

British Gymnastics is also facing separate legal action from dozens of gymnasts, including a number of Olympians, who allege widespread physical and emotional abuse.

Last week the 19-year-old gymnast Eloise Jotischky became the first person to win a civil case against British Gymnastics for the abuse she suffered in the sport.

Many around the world are right now reading and responding.