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Tumble Tots and Teens is a recreational gymnastics gym in Crowley, Louisiana run by Debbie Jabusch since 1981.
The gym was under water by two feet during the recent flooding and they have lost most of their equipment. 😦
They are trying to raise money to help get the club back operational. Spread the word.
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Miss Val:
… (UCLA) is like the United Nations.”
Danusia: Jamaican and Polish, looks Black but has blond hair.
Sadiqua: Black with a mohawk.
Sophina: Puerta Rican and Black with died blue hair.
Peng: Chinese Canadian with her traditional elegant bun.
Angi: Hispanic
Mikaela: One of the few blond Anglo-Saxons.He said, “I’m not talking about how they look. I’m talking about how you encourage them to develop and celebrate their own personal style.”
“Your team proves that celebrating diversity can actually be unifying versus divisive.” …
UCLA was the most entertaining team for me last season. I believe they’ll be even stronger this year.
I love Olympic stories like these. 🙂
They have been awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal, which has only been awarded previously 17 times in Olympic history.
Hamblin tripped and fell during the semi-final race and brought D’Agostino crashing down behind her.
D’Agostino was quickly up on her feet, but then stopped and helped Hamblin up and encouraged her to run with her. But the American then realised she had injured her knee – in fact she had torn her anterior cruciate ligament – and urged Hamblin to race on. But the Kiwi refused to leave her side and they completed the race together.
Nikki Hamblin and Abbey D’Agostino awarded Olympic medals for sportsmanship
Thanks Jeremy.
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Bizarre.
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One goal of the Olympics is to break down barriers. Here’s some history for us. 🙂
Bronze medal in Taekwondo 57kg.
Rio 2016: Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin becomes first Iranian woman to win Olympic medal
Some of the deductions are summarized in this video tutorial.
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Though it’s less aesthetically pleasing, I don’t think we should deduct for this kind of position.
Many gymnasts cannot keep heels and toes together due to their anatomy.
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(via Couch Gymnast)
Yet another Olympic Gold medal for Simone Biles. Well deserved.
1. Simone Biles 🇺🇸 15,966
2. Maria Paseka 🇷🇺 15,253
3. Giulia Steingruber 🇨🇭 15,216
4. Karmakar 15.066
5. Wang 14.999
6. Hong 14.9
7. Chusovitina 14.833
8. Olsen 14.816
full results
Clearly FIG rules reward difficulty too much relative to execution. There’s too much incentive to chuck double fronts and Yurchenko triple twist despite a very low chance of landing safely. I’m embarrassed for FIG WTC. The E-score judges are ranking, not judging. Ranking in a very small range.
The NCAA rules remind me of the bad old days when professionals could not compete in the Olympics. Sooner or later the NCAA are going to have to come to terms with allowing student athletes to profit from their sports.
American collegiate sport allows EVERYONE to profit … aside from the athletes. 😦
This loophole might speed the process.
Singapore’s Joseph Schooling, set to be a junior at the University of Texas, won the gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly at the Rio Olympics …
The achievement – Singapore’s first medal in Rio — qualified him for an award of about $740,000 from the Singapore National Olympic Council that he will be able to keep without forfeiting his remaining college swimming eligibility.
Prior to the NCAA rules change in 2015, that would not have been possible. …
Under the incentive program’s rules, Schooling will have to give 20% of his award money to the Singapore Swimming Association, but he’ll still be left with a tidy sum. …
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