Nadia 50 years later

As a young coach, I almost jumped in a vehicle and drove 3 days to Montreal to watch Nadia win the 1976 Olympics.

It seemed to far. Too expensive. I didn’t go.

My mistake.

Her performance in Montreal was one of the great stories of our sport.

Nadia had a lot of difficulty. But — Nellie Kim had more. Nadia was more impressive to me for her astonishing execution.

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Varna World Cup – Highlights

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Kaylia competes layout Jaeger

The best ever on Bars must get bored. 😀

I’m thinking this won’t end up in her Worlds 2026 routine. She doesn’t need it. And there are deductions.

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Forster Bar Pro Adjuster

Great add-on idea for AAI Bars.

$139.00 as I post.

The new Forster Bar Pro Adjuster is designed and made by Asher Athletic to transform setup time into seconds, giving you more time to train while mitigating possible injury or mistake.

No more jumping or pinched fingers (or worse) – Safe & easy AAI bar height adjustment is here

SAFE FOR COACHES AND GYMNASTS WHEN ADJUSTING THE HEIGHT OF MOST AAI UNEVEN BAR SETS. UPGRADE YOUR GYM!

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Varna World Cup ’26 RESULTS

Vault

🥇 Mara Slippens, Netherlands, 13.233
🥈 Julia Weissenhofer, Liechtenstein, 13.116
🥉 Tijana Korent, Croatia, 13.100

Bars

🥇 Roni Shamay, Israel, 13.200
🥈 Shantae-Eve Amankwaah, Great Britain, 13.133
🥉 Coralie Demers, Canada, 12.800

Beam

🥇 Maria Drobniak, Poland, 12.866
🥈 Nikolett Szilagyi, Hungary, 12.700
🥉 Amy Jorgensen, Canada, 12.600

Floor

🥇 Shantae-Eve Amankwaah, Great Britain, 13.233
🥈 Grace Davies, Great Britain, 12.966
🥉 Floor Slooff, Netherlands, 12.800

Full WAG results.

Floor

🥇 Victor Tournicourt, Belgium, 13.466
🥈 Martin Miggitsch, Austria, 13.300
🥉 Ravshan Kamiljanov, Uzbekistan, 13.166

Pommel

🥇 David Ivanov, Bulgaria, 14.633
🥈 Ravshan Kamiljanov, Uzbekistan, 14.166
🥉 Ihor Dyshuk, Ukraine, 13.900

One of the BIG stories of the meet was the return of Max Whitlock, the greatest British gymnast of all time. With nothing more to prove, now age-33, Max qualified for both the Pommel and P Bar Finals, but didn’t medal. This time.

Rings

🥇 Artur Avetisyan, Armenia, 14.233
🥈 Artur Sahakyan, Germany, 13.566
🥉 Akhrorkhon Temirkhonov, Uzbekistan, 13.466

Vault

🥇 Ng Chun Chen, Malaysia, 14.183
🥈 Daniel Trifonov, Bulgaria, 14.083
🥉 Botond Molnar, Hungary, 14.050

P Bars

🥇 Altan Dogan, Türkiye, 14.166
🥈 Yoan Ivanov, Bulgaria, 13.866
🥉 Ron Pyatov, Israel, 13.866

H Bar

🥇 Timo Eder, Germany, 13.666
🥈 Daniel Trifonov, Bulgaria, 13.566
🥉 Ron Ortal, Israel, 13.566

Full MAG results.

World Championships ’26 qualifiers from Oceania

Australian Men & Women both qualified a full team.

That was the main goal for Oceania Championships.

Here are the AA winners.

Expect to see Georgia Godwin at Worlds for Aussie.

Bars dismount – Double Front Pike 1/2-out

introducing Bars Tap Swings

Two of my favourite FREE YouTube channels for beginner WAG are:

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Every Perfect 10 from ’26 NCAA Gymnastics Regionals

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