meanwhile … at Round Lake

Valentina Rodionenko:

“Round Lake is our home, we’re not going out. What does it matter where we stay – in self-isolation [at home] or at the training center?  …”

Artur Dalaloyan:

“There weren’t any major changes.

The only thing was the increased number of prophylactic measures – to rub hands with alcohol more often. Everywhere – at the entrance to the dorms, at the canteen entrance, at the gym entrance – they put special devices that you can use to disinfect your hands and anything you want, even feet.

At the entrance to Round Lake, they put medics who are checking the body temperature of anyone who enters with contactless thermometers that are now used everywhere …”

Q: Is the training center locked down. Or you can leave it and come back?

A: “You can leave. You just need to put your name down in a journal and when you come back – check your body temperature and tell about how you are feeling. …”

https://twitter.com/LubaBaladzhaeva/status/1242484549172506624

 

USA Jesolo team not going to Italy

A Jesolo team was named. But will not be going in case of expanded virus infection.

Instead, a competition will be organized for these teams at the National Team Training Center in Indianapolis April 3-5, 2020.

Senior
Sophia Butler of Houston, Texas/Discover Gymnastics Inc.
Kara Eaker of Grain Valley, Mo./GAGE
Shilese Jones of Westerville, Ohio/Future Gymnastics Academy*
Leanne Wong of Overland Park, Kan./GAGE

Junior
Love Birt of Camden, Del./First State Gymnastics*
Katelyn Jong of Allen, Texas/Metroplex
Kaliya Lincoln of Mountain House, Calif./Airborne Gymnastics
Katelyn Rosen of Boerne, Texas/Mavericks Gymnastics*

*Athletes have been added to the U.S. Women’s National Team.

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Hamline’s Doug Byrnes

Hamline is an NCAA Division III team that doesn’t get much Press.

But their coach, Doug Byrnes, is one of my favourite clinicians. Great guy. Excellent people skills.

A local paper posted a feature on his 20 year career.

In 1989 Hamline Gymnastics founder Mary Jane Olson asked Coach Byrnes if he wanted to work at Hamline. Byrnes declined. After Olson asked him four more times, Byrnes agreed to work Saturdays as a spotter for the team.

He’s never left. …

The Oracle

Mykayla Skinner – Camp THEN and NOW

Mykayla is happy with the change to Indianapolis from the Ranch.

It’s going in the right direction.

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Raj Bhavsar now U.S. MAG JO Assistant

… Raj Bhavsar has been named the Men’s Junior Olympic Program Assistant, effective this month. Bhavsar will report to Jason Woodnick, Vice President of USA Gymnastics Men’s Program and will work closely with Dusty Ritter, the Men’s Junior Olympic Program Coordinator. …

… responsibilities include assisting with the tracking of USA Junior National Team and top junior athletes around the world. He will also help the Junior Olympic Program Coordinator with the creation of clinics and presentations for Junior National Team development. Additionally, Raj will assist with the coordination and management of the Junior National Team coaching staff as well as contribute to the production of the Junior Olympic program manual.

USAG

FlipFest Camp 2020

Fantastic promo video.

Crossville, Tennessee.

It runs 11 weeks from May 24 to Aug 7th,

Details. **$899 / week if you register by Feb. 14th.

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Kohei and Epke in Australia

Heart this.

No Limits Gymnastics Camp – Calgary, Canada

June 30 – July 2nd.

Hosted by Jeremy Mosier at Pegasus Gymnastics.

JO Levels 3 – 10
Ages 7 and up

Details (PDF)

Coaches include DANIELA SILIVAS, TONY RETROSI, WENDY BRUCE MARTIN, GARY ISAACS, ROB MURRAY, JUDY HOWARD-HOMES, STEPHEN DAVID, KAREN HAVERSTOCK, TASHA LEIBEL.

You can opt in for a private hour in addition to camp, if you wish.

new U.S. National Team Training Gym Indy

No more Ranch.

It’s Indianapolis now.

Riley McCusker is back.

“I think it means a lot for all of us,” Biles said Monday before she and 15 other hopefuls for the U.S. Olympic team opened a four-day training camp at The Gymnastics Company, a 42,000-square-foot gym that USA Gymnastics has rented for its periodic national training camps for the next two years, with an option for a third.

“… I think it’ll be a good start to the Olympic year. It’s kind of a ­steppingstone to the road to ­Tokyo.” …

Simone Biles calls USA Gymnastics interim training base ‘a good start’ on road to Tokyo Olympics

related – BLOG: American gymnasts have first day of training in Indy (VIDEO)