During a pandemic
I volunteer to negotiate Jordyn Wieber‘s next coaching contract. 😀
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Author: Rick Mc
Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.
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It’s going to be a very competitive season. 😇
Kohei plans on the AA March 12th
… he intends one last hurrah – an exhibition in March during which he will take on all six apparatus.
“I’ll whip this hurting body through to perform on all of them,” he said with a smile.
“It’ll be tougher than qualifying for Tokyo, and that depresses me a bit, but I want to go out this way.”
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He’s calling that last exhibition THE FINAL.
Others will be joining him including members of the Japanese 2016 Rio and the 2009 Tokyo teams.
Celebrating Kohei Uchimura
Blythe Lawrence:
… back-to-back Olympic all-around golds in 2012 and 2016 (the first man to do so since Sawao Kato in 1972), six consecutive world all-around titles collected between 2009 to 2015 (in a sport where no other man has more than two), and 21 world medals (including individual titles on floor exercise, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.) …
“He’s my hero,” echoed Carlos Yulo, the reigning world champion on vault, who on his best days shares Uchimura’s crystal-clear sense of execution and extreme difficulty.
The Philippines-born 21-year-old, who trains in Japan, credits watching Uchimura compete at the London Olympics as a key moment in his childhood. …
In pursuit of perfection, ‘King’ Kohei created pure art
Music professor Lasse Nettum created an original piece to accompany Uchimura’s horizontal bar routine from the 2011 World Championships.
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related – Magnastics – A History of Uchimura Kohei’s Winning Streak
Mikaël Kingsbury dominates Moguls
Mikaël Kingsbury (born July 24, 1992) is a Canadian freestyle skier and the most accomplished mogul skier of all time. …
He will defend his Olympic title in Beijing.
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WOW – Audrey Davis – Bars
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Lynnzee Brown – Floor
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Shaun White’s 5th Olympics?
Legend in two sports.
The defending champion has still not been named to the U.S. team for Beijing.
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Joe Tracini revisits Beth Tweddle 😀
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Aria Brusch – team player
Aria is the kind of athlete coaches are looking for.
And congratulations Tara Walsh.
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