top Men’s NCAA routines wk 5

A great week for Illinois.

Men’s Gymnastics Ramblings has a good overview of what happened.

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Men’s wk 3 top routines

All 6 apparatus.

Hmm. Fred Richard used a Free Hip on H Bar.

I haven’t seen that skill in an elite routine in some time.

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Charlie Larson – Shirai 3

Charlie competes for Minnesota.

He was an elite Power Tumbler.

top men’s NCAA routines – week 2

  • FLOOR: Emre Dodanli (Oklahoma) – 14.75
  • POMMEL: Khoi Young (Stanford) – 14.85
  • RINGS: Javier Alfonso (Michigan) – 15.10
  • VAULT: David Wolma (Michigan) – 14.90
  • PARALLEL BARS: Asher Hong (Stanford) – 14.45
  • HIGH BAR: Caden Spencer (Ohio State) – 14.35

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P Bars Triple Back from the end

Jairo Ruiz Casas is the coach.

Camilo Verá (COL) the amazing gymnast.

He’s also training Double Double off P Bars.

And Triple Pike on Floor.

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Charlie Larson – tumbling

Impressive.

Charlie Larson is a Power Tumbler who can compete MAG, as well.

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Yuri Korolev interview

Rewriting Russian Gymnastics posted a year end remembrance of the 1981 and 1985 World Champion who died suddenly April 2023 at age-60.

Average life span in Russia is short compared against the rest of the developed world. 

Would you have won the AA at the 1984 Olympics?

I’m 90 percent sure that I would have won it. It’s impossible to say one hundred percent in sports, but there is no doubt that I could have fought for first place. …

Yuri Korolev interview

Yuri Korolyov (Russian: Юрий Николаевич Королёв; 25 August 1962 – 29 April 2023) was a Soviet artistic gymnast who competed during the 1980s, winning many World and European Medals. Part of a deep Soviet team that, throughout the 1980s, featured such names as Dmitry BilozerchevValeri LiukinVladimir ArtemovValentin Mogilny, …

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Evan Manivong – Floor

Top score in the modified rules 2023 CGA All-Stars meet.

Score: 9.700 (10.0 start value, 0.05 stick bonus)

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Jake Jarman 9/2 twist

I recall Kenzo doing this on a competition floor in training.