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Agnes Suto – elbow lever Beam mount
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Dong Fangxiao – 2001 Beam
Today she’s coaching in New Zealand.
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Dong Fangxiao is a retired Chinese international gymnast who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics. She won a bronze medal with the Chinese team at the Olympics, but the award was stripped when she was discovered to have competed underage.
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Johnson half Beam mount
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the Mostepanova on Beam
One of the many naming blunders perpetuated by FIG WTC is the Mostepanova on Beam.
It’s still called the Onodi in the Code.
Click PLAY or watch Olga Mostepanova on YouTube. (1983)
The wonderful Henrietta Onodi competed it 1989.
related – Meet The Originators: Onodi Acrobatic Element On Balance Beam
Ohashi’s bhs+bhs+layout 1/1
Beam skills upgraded in the 2020 Code
A few examples:
• 3 flying flairs upgraded from a C to a D.
• Split leap fwd (leg separation 180°), upgraded from an A to a B.
• Split jump (leg separation 180°) from cross position, upgraded from an A to a B.
• Straddle pike jump (both legs above horizontal), or side split jump from cross position, upgraded from an A to a B.
• Walkover bwd, with support of one arm, upgraded from an A to a B.
• Free (aerial) cartwheel into salto bwd tucked, upgraded from a D to an E.
related – Beam Skills Which Got Downgraded And Which Are No Longer In 2017-2020 CoP
Peng Peng – new Beam dismount?
Beam routines contest
Coach Kelsey Arnold.
15 points if you hit the first routine. 10 points for the rest.
Manjak’s Gymnastics in Toronto is booming these days. All programs growing quickly.
originality on Beam
Yang Bo – Beam
Click PLAY or watch Yang Bo on YouTube. (1989)
I’m searching for contemporary gymnasts with a good Yang Bo leap. Leave a comment if you know of one.
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