Author: Rick Mc

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

Switch Split Beam mount

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LSU hype video

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Canada names Olympians

Congratulations.

Ana Padurariu was unable to trial due to injury.

Thanks Dorina.

Women’s Gymnastics to Clemson 2024

Fantastic.

Degrees of Difficulty by Georgia Cervin

How Women’s Gymnastics Rose to Prominence and Fell from Grace

How the Cold War era changed the trajectory of women’s gymnastics

Georgia Cervin is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia and a former international gymnast.

Electrifying athletes like Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci helped make women’s artistic gymnastics one of the most popular events in the Olympic Games.

But the transition of gymnastics from a women’s sport to a girl’s sport in the 1970s also laid the foundation for a system of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse of gymnasts around the world.

Georgia Cervin offers a unique history of women’s gymnastics, examining how the high-stakes diplomatic rivalry of the Cold War created a breeding ground for exploitation. …

Cervin also charts the changes in style, equipment, training, and participants that transformed the sport, as explosive athleticism replaced balletic grace and gymnastics dominance shifted from East to West. …

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Endo Jaeger

Laurie caught the release that many have tried over the decades.

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Sam Mikulak on mental health

Sam recommends getting professional help if you ever struggle with mental issues.

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Kenzo has retired age-24

One of the most decorated MAG gymnasts all-time, he’ll be long remembered with so many named skills in the Code.

Dianne Durham to Hall of Fame

Dianne Durham, the first Black gymnast to win U.S. Nationals, will be inducted four months after her death at age-52.

  • The 2004 U.S. Men’s Olympic Team
  • Jim Aamodt – Longtime trampoline & tumbling coach and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
  • Rebecca Bross – Six-time women’s artistic World medalist
  • Dianne Durham – 1983 U.S. women’s artistic all-around national champion and pioneer
  • Chris Estrada – 2008 Olympian in trampoline
  • Gene Watson – Longtime men’s program coach and volunteer

The 2021 class will be inducted on Saturday, June 26 at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which will also include the induction of the 2020 Hall of Fame Class, whose ceremony was forced to be postponed last summer.

The event will also coincide with the 2021 National Congress & Trade Show, the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics, and the USA Gymnastics Championships, which serve as the national championships for the acrobatic, rhythmic, and trampoline and tumbling disciplines.

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