Category: floor (men)

Specific to Artistic gymnastics. More posts are included in the TUMBLING category.

Luke Whitehouse – triple tuck

Nearly stuck.

Watch the full routine from the Doha Final.

late twist Tumbling drills

These encourage LATE twist.  AND good ROTATION.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

tumbler broke the fluorescent light !

Aaron needs a higher Gym. πŸ˜€

Yulo sets goals for 2028

He want’s an AA medal.

FΓ©lix Dolci is fired up, as well, after his unexpected grip rip on H Bar in Paris

introducing Airflair

TheΒ airflareΒ (orΒ air-flare)Β is one of my favourite skills on Floor.

… the 1990s, a dancer named Paulo Nunes in Europe had created the variation which is essentially the same move as the modern airflare. …

At that time in Europe it, was referred to as theΒ airtwist. …

By the mid 1990s video arrived by way ofΒ EZ-RockΒ ofΒ RocksteadyΒ which introduced the maneuver …

The video showed Nunes as well as a French b-boy who executed a move very similar to the modern airflare. …

Pablo FloresΒ of Climax / Soul Control successfully performed continuous airflares completing the manifestation of the move. It is this modern form of the airflare thatΒ Morgan HammΒ introduced into gymnastics, after learning it from the b-boy community. …

We await Airflare on POMMELS.

Then Beam. πŸ˜€

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Yulo’s former coach is proud

Even afterΒ parting waysΒ with one of his top wards, Japanese coach Munehiro Kugimiya feels proud to see the culmination of his gymnastics partnership withΒ Carlos YuloΒ …

Kugimiya, who was part of a gymnastics delegation in Paris, watched Yulo live from the venue sidelines, delighted to see his gold-winning performances …

Personal differences led to their breakup, with Yulo telling Rappler back in May: β€œI feel like I’ve outgrown our relationship.” 

Filipino Aldrin CastaΓ±eda has since taken over as Yulo’s coach. …

Kugimiya cited the many individuals and institutions that helped them, including Teikyo Senior High School, Oizumi Swallow Taiiku Club, Tsukahara Gymnastics Center, Tokushukai Gymnastics Club, Japanese Olympic Committee, Japan Gymnastics Association, Teikyo University, and the Japan Embassy.Β 

EXCLUSIVE: Carlos Yulo’s former Japanese coach proudly watches from Paris Games sidelines

Olympic Vault Champ – Carlos Yulo

An amazing Final.

AND this should put away any discussion of whether or not Yulo should have switched coaches this cycle.

Olympic Apparatus Finals 1

If you missed the competition on Aug. 3, 2024 β€”Β here are some recaps.

Floor

1. Carlos Yulo, Philippines, 15.000
2. Artem Dolgopyat, Israel, 14.966
3. Jake Jarman, Great Britain, 14.933

Vault

1. Simone Biles, United States, 15.300
2. Rebeca Andrade, Brazil, 14.966
3. Jade Carey, United States, 14.466

Pommels

1. Rhys McClenaghan, Ireland, 15.533
2. Nariman Kurbanov, Kazakhstan, 15.433
3. Stephen Nedoroscik, United States, 15.300
4. Max Whitlock, Great Britain, 15.200

Olympic Floor Champ – Carlos Yulo

1. Carlos Yulo, Philippines, 15.000
2. Artem Dolgopyat, Israel, 14.966
3. Jake Jarman, Great Britain, 14.933
4. Illia Kovtun, Ukraine, 14.533
5. Milad Karimi, Kazakhstan, 14.500
6. Luke Whitehouse, Great Britain, 14.466
7. Rayderley Zapata, Spain, 14.333
8. Zhang Boheng, China, 13.933

Judges will be arguing the rank order of the top three β€” look at those scores!

Personally, I’m happy to see Yulo and Philippines leave Paris with a Gold medal.