Brody Malone 6 apparatus

Tough. Consistent. And a fighter.

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Israel’s Artem Dolgopyat wins Floor in Munich

Israeli gymnast Artem Dolgopyat, Olympic Floor champion in Tokyo, won gold again on Sunday at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championship in Munich.

Dolgopyat, 25, was born in Ukraine to a Jewish father and non-Jewish mother and immigrated 13 years ago. 

It was in the same Olympic venue as the Munich massacre by 8 members of the Palestinian terrorist group Black September.

Commonwealth MAG Apparatus Finals

Floor
Jake Jarman ENG 14.666
Félix Dolci CAN 14.166
Regini-Moran ENG 13.966

Pommels
Joe Fraser 14.833 ENG
Rhys McClenaghan 14.133 NIR
Jayson Rampersad 14.000 CAN

Rings
Tulloch 14.400 ENG
Pilakouris 14.300 CYP
Chris Kaji 14.266 CAN

keeping form on 3/1 twist

Nearly impossible.

I compare every attempt vs Courtney McCool. She had the best twisting form I can recall.

Leanne and Courtney both trained at GAGE. In fact, I would say that’s the Gym with the best twisting form in the USA.

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PanAm Championships individual medals MAG

Individual all-around Caio Souza (BRA) Yul Moldauer (USA) Félix Dolci (CAN)
Floor exercise Yul Moldauer (USA) Riley Loos (USA) Félix Dolci (CAN)
Pommel horse Yul Moldauer (USA) Jayson Rampersad (CAN) Andres Martinez (COL)
Rings Arthur Zanetti (BRA) Caio Souza (BRA) Riley Loos (USA)
Vault Caio Souza (BRA) Félix Dolci (CAN) Daniel Villafañe (ARG)
Parallel bars Yul Moldauer (USA) Colt Walker (USA) Caio Souza (BRA)
Horizontal bar Brody Malone (USA) Caio Souza (BRA) Arthur Mariano (BRA)

Fwd Handspring progressions

Once the Flyspring is mastered on a trampoline device, here are some tips for putting it on harder surfaces.

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improving Bwd Handsprings

I really like these progressions for gymnasts already competent to do a series of 5 backward handsprings on a tumbling trampoline.

They are not for beginners.

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Minami Kazuki – Floor

Crazy difficulty.

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