Author: Rick Mc

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

coach needed in Singapore

UWCSEA East Dragons Gymnastics Team seeks an experienced Head of WAG from February 2021.

FIG L2 or equivalent minimum.

3 years of experience in a leadership coaching position for WAG competitive programmes minimum.

Details.

Thanks Matt.

Europeans* – day 1

There is no AA competition at European Championships this year.

Romania qualified highest of the teams.

Zsofia Kovacs qualified highest on Bars and Vault.

Larisa Iordache highest on Floor and Beam.

Full results.

Blythe posted Quick Hits. She’s impressed by the improvement in Romania.

Click PLAY or watch Zsofia on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1339601190879817731

Winter Cup, Nastia Liukin, Elite Team Cup Feb. 26-28

Fingers crossed.

Nice to see both men and women together at a meet named for the Men’s National Team selection event, normally held in Vegas.

USA Gymnastics announced Thursday that the Winter Cup will be Feb. 26-28 at the Indiana Convention Center, featuring an expanded field of men’s and women’s senior and junior gymnasts.

Fans will not be allowed to attend, but there will be live television coverage …

Gymnastics road to Tokyo Olympics to start in Indy

Iordache, Romania lead at Europeans

The two-time World all-around medallist returned to international competition for the first time in three years on Thursday.

… competed at her first international competition in more than three years on Thursday (17 December) as she led Romania to the top of the standings during the qualifying round at the Women’s European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Mersin, Turkey.

Many top nations, including defending team medallists Russia, France, and the Netherlands, have chosen to skip the event due to COVID-19 concerns. …

Olympic Channel

Blythe posted Quick Hits.

Florida #1 in preseason poll

  1. Florida (1167 points)
  2. Oklahoma (1152 points)
  3. LSU (1076 points)
  4. Utah (1073 points)
  5. Michigan (1060 points)
  6. Alabama (944 points)
  7. UCLA (943 points)
  8. Denver (919 points)
  9. California (919 points)
  10. Georgia (847 points)

Russia loses in Court of Arbitration

Russia will not be able to use its name, flag and anthem at the next two Olympics or at any world championships for the next two years after a ruling Thursday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

The Lausanne-based court halved the four-year ban proposed last year by the World Anti-Doping Agency in a landmark case that accused Russia of state-ordered tampering of a testing laboratory database in Moscow. The ruling also blocked Russia from bidding to host major sporting events for two years.

Russian athletes and teams will still be allowed to compete at next year’s Tokyo Olympics and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing, as well as world championships …

AP

Europeans preview

BBS – WOMEN’S EUROS PREVIEW

The senior team competition will be a fight between Ukraine and Romania, one will come down exclusively to who has the fewest meltdowns in the team final. …

… Hungary should advance to the team final comfortably and be in compelling position for bronze, though the Czech Republic and an unproven-but-talented Turkish squad will be thinking, “Hey, why the hell not?” …

Click PLAY or watch a podium training montage on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1339118348383236097

Zou Jingyuan training AA

We know Zou Jingyuan as the greatest P Bar competitor of all-time.

But he’s training the AA and has a goal to count on 3 apparatus for team China at the Olympics.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.