Author: Rick Mc

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

REALLY High Bar under a Hot Air Balloon

Madman Sergey Boytsov.

At 1500 meters *without* a parachute.

Technique’s not great. 😀

He’s done other sports under the balloon.

Tashkent World Challenge Cup RESULTS 1

Vault

Bars

Floor

Pommels

Rings

teaching beginner Vault

Keep the horse LOW.

Keep the horse SOFT.

The worst mistake you can make is to (somehow) get the child fearful of Vault. That’s likely to affect the sprint.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. Here’s what U.S. judges are looking for.

Karla Navas – Vault

One of the highlights of the Pan American Gymnastics Championships 2025 in Panama was seeing this great Vault from Karla Navas — from Panama.

She’s won a LOT of Vault medals over her career.

safety issues at PAGU Gymnastics competitions

Fair criticism.

I work with the Pan American Gymnastics Union (PAGU) on a regular basis — and I find them often … disorganized. This despite having many of the BEST gymnasts in the world.

The 1st thing to improve is safety at major competitions.

I assume FIG certified equipment is being used. But how can a Ring break in half at a major meet? That engineering problem was solved decades ago.

PAGU inspected the venue for safety in April.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

The equipment used in this competition was from Cannice, China. It’s a subsidiary of Abéo, a French company that owns Gymnova, Jannssen-Fritssen, and Spieth. They should know what they are doing.

Nakamura Haruka – Bars

This is her routine when she leaves out the Def. Still great.

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Here’s the Def in competition. Fantastic.

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PanAm Gymnastics Championship ’25 Apparatus Final RESULTS

Vault

  1. Karla Andrea Navas Boyd PAN 14.334
  2. Lia Fontaine CAN 14.200
  3. Jayla Hang USA 13.850

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Bars

  1. Gabrielle Hardie USA 13.600
  2. Jayla Hang USA 13.533
  3. Lia Fontaine CAN 13.167

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Beam

  1. Lia Redick CAN 13.267
  2. Jayla Hang USA 13.233
  3. Hezly Rivera USA 13.000

Floor

  1. Lia Fontaine CAN 13.800
  2. Jayla Hang USA 13.433
  3. Gabrielle Hardie USA 13.133

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Full results.