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Can't get enough of this routine. Suni getting it done! pic.twitter.com/gXzxk2IlBS
— FloGymnastics (@FloGymnastics) June 2, 2021
Suni 6.8 D Bars warm-up
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Career gymnastics coach who loves the outdoors, and the internet.
Jade Carey – triple twisting double layout
Kyle Shewfelt – make it happen
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3-time Olympian and Floor champion — Kyle Shewfelt — has finally released his biography. He’d been working on it since 2004.
A great read for everyone. Life lessons through sport.
I still recall Kyle‘s first day at Altadore Gym Club in Calgary, Canada.
He was 6-years-old. And obviously talented.
At age-22 Kyle was Olympic Floor champion.
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Kelly Manjak coached Kyle from pre-competitive through two Olympics.
The EASY thing to do in 2004 as Olympic Champion was to retire. At the top.
BUT after a good break, Kyle decided to keep training for Beijing 2008. His 3rd Olympic cycle turned out to be the most challenging.
Changes to the Code of Points in 2006 didn’t help.
Kyle’s idol was Alexi Nemov for his artistry and style. Like Nemov, Kyle was a fan favourite.
Though I knew the story well — coaching at his club in 2004 — I was still enthralled to hear it told from Kyle’s point of view. Know that he’s very modest in this telling.
It’s well written as Kyle worked on his sports biography together with Blythe Lawrence. And had editing by Steve Cooper.
For 10 years, while one of the best in the world on Vault and Floor, Kyle was the most consistent. The more pressure, the more likely he’d HIT.
Kyle took maximum advantage of specialists: sport psychologist Hap Davis, dietitian Kelly Anne Erdman, physiotherapist Susan Massitti, and many others.
Uldi Hajdu, Eugene Galperin, Edouard Iarov and Tony Smith are additional coaches Kyle credits in the book.
Today Kyle Shewfelt is a public speaker, broadcaster, Gym owner and father who believes in “optimism and the power of a high five“.
I’d recommend the audio version, as it’s read by Kyle himself.
Alternatively, you can buy a personalized signed copy online. An ideal gift.
Related – The Hungarian Academy Award nominated film featuring Kyle – White Palms.
Listen to a new interview with Kyle. It starts 1 hour 18min into the podcast.
Skye Blakely Is World All-Around Champion + Kaylia Nemour's Vault Disaster: Worlds Women's AA Final – GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast
Skye Blakely is the world all-around champion. The 21-year-old Florida Gator won gold at the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam with 55.733, becoming the ninth American woman to win the world all-around title and the first since Simone Biles, and she did it on her own plan, without the Cheng. Liudmila Roshchina took a surprise silver and Ke Qinqin of China won bronze despite a fall on beam. Favorite Kaylia Nemour overran the springboard on her opening vault, landing on the safety collar, and fought back to finish fourth, while Claire Pease was one beam fall away from a medal. Our sleep-deprived reactions from inside Rotterdam Ahoy. This is the free 27-minute preview. The full 57-minute show is for Club Gym Nerd members. That's 30 more minutes, more than half of the show, including the international world peace officer, why press row cried for Skye Blakely, Claire Pease and Valeri Liukin's mirrored beam ritual, and your letters on Fujitsu and Skye's beam D score. Join Club Gym Nerd to hear it all. Want to try it first? The Worlds Coverage Bundle is 3 months of Club Gym Nerd for $14.99, no auto-renewal. GymCastic Live GymCastic Live in Rotterdam: Saturday, October 24, 7:00 pm CEST (10:00 am PT), with Bart Deurloo and Eythora Thorsdottir. In-person is sold out; stream it live from anywhere. GymCastic Live in New York City: Friday, December 4, 7:00 pm ET (4:00 pm PT), with Katelyn Ohashi. In-person and streaming tickets. Rotterdam World Championships coverage is brought to you by Sand and Sea Travel. Use code GYMCASTICWORLDS. Thank you to Gina Pongetti of MedGym for caring for Fact Checker. Chapters 00:00 Welcome to the women's all-around final 00:46 Skye Blakely is world all-around champion 03:20 Winning Worlds on her own plan 06:09 Kaylia Nemour's vault disaster 10:22 Ke Qinqin's beam is so good she can fall and still medal 11:33 Liudmila Roshchina's surprise silver 13:02 Claire Pease's beam fall 15:15 Skye, Florida and the college-elite path 18:37 Skye's four events 20:23 The world feed problem 21:33 Opportunity for comedy: Alena Glotova falls off beam twice 22:43 Best moment: Lisa Vaelen's straddle full 23:52 Ellie Black performs the beam rage away 24:46 A correction: Gina Pongetti and MedGym 25:51 Club Gym Nerd and GymCastic Live 27:11 Club preview: the international world peace officer 2026 World Championships Headquarters: every session in your time zone, every qualified team and gymnast. Episode page and show notes
- Skye Blakely Is World All-Around Champion + Kaylia Nemour's Vault Disaster: Worlds Women's AA Final
- Daiki Hashimoto Makes It Four, Joe Fraser's Bronze + an Ex-Stanford Gymnast Sues: Worlds Men's All-Around Final
- Worlds Women's Team Final: China Ends the U.S. Streak, Japan's First Medal Since 1966
- Japan Wins Team Gold, the Floor Breaks Again + Great Britain's Heartbreak: Worlds Men's Team Final
- Kaylia Nemour Leads, China Tops Qualifying, Great Britain Misses Out: Worlds Day Two
Yurchenko on Simone
I was lucky enough to see Natalia Yurchenko compete in person. She instantly became one of my favourite gymnasts.
Natalia was the first woman to compete her eponymous vault, at 1982 Moscow News.
The element was controversial at first, Yurchenko explained. Another parallel to Biles’ daring innovations.
“There were a lot of debates to allow it or not to allow it,” Yurchenko recalls. “I performed it in America, and the American judges, some of them, were really against it because it seemed way too dangerous …
A boycott of the 1984 Games in Los Angeles meant Yurchenko never got the chance to compete her element at the Olympics.
Natalia Yurchenko on Simone Biles’ feat: “I was dreaming about seeing it”
Tom Elder on coaching ETHICS
Ethics in coaching is critical for all our clubs and organizations.
Many Federations are under investigation at the moment, for example.
Our goal is keeping everyone safe, while bringing the most benefits to the greatest number of participants. Fairness. Equal opportunity. And more.
Tom Elder is assistant coach at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bioethics scholar.
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Watch the entire interview. (79min)
Meg Griffin – Floor 😀
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Gymnastics Australia report
An independent review into gymnastics in Australia says the sport has enabled a culture of physical, emotional and sexual abuse which many participants have described as “toxic”.
The report, carried out by the Australian Human Rights Commission (AHRC), made 12 recommendations …
… the report explored power imbalances between athletes and coaches, body-shaming and bullying, and a culture which it said helped “create an environment where abuse and mistreatment can thrive”.
In response, Gymnastics Australia said it “unreservedly apologises …”
Gymnastics Australia report reveals ‘significant cultural challenges’, including physical, emotional and sexual abuse
lazy Olympic sport reporting
Every 4 years, the mainstream media tries to cover Olympic Gymnastics. 😁
Brave but foolish. It would be like me trying to write about Short Track Racewalking.
The inevitable mistakes are good for an insider laugh, but we should try not to get irked. Gymnastics needs MORE media coverage, not less.
Professional baseball players are paid millions / year. Gymnasts who train much harder are mostly paid nothing.
Spencer put together his Best.Post.Ever mocking a lamestream article. Don’t miss this one.
SIMONE BILES GOT A NEGATIVE ZERO AT GUMNERSTICS. YOU WON’T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED NEXT.
Olympic Sport Climber Shauna Coxsey
Sport climbing is one of five sports to make its Olympic debut in Tokyo and will be contested from 4 to 7 August. …
… three disciplines – speed, bouldering and lead. …
All athletes compete across the three disciplines with the lowest combined scores deciding the final standings.
Shauna Coxsey named as first Team GB sport climber
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