Chris Kaji – double double

Phoenix Gymnastics, Vancouver.

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tall gymnasts – Alexander Shatilov

Q: There aren’t many 6 feet tall gymnasts like you. Obviously, such height can be an obstacle for many things in gymnastics. Can it be an advantage sometimes?

A: … I’ve never complained about my height. It actually helped me. I first started catching the attention of judges and fans because I stood out as so tall.

When I went to my first World Championship as a 19 years old everyone was surprised that such a tall gymnast is doing so well. I looked impressive and people remembered me. And I qualified to a final at my first Worlds, so I guess, my height has only been helping me in both gymnastics and regular life.

Q: So, when everyone got used to your height you decided to surprise people with something else and grew a beard?

Alexander Shatilov: “I’m used to breaking the stereotypes”

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related – NCAA Men’s Gymnastics Six-Feet and Over Club

Denis Ablyazin training triple back

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8 new skills in the Men’s Code

Eight new elements named, added to the Men’s Gymnastics Code of Points

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Doha World Cup Final day 1

Vault
1-Oksana Chusovitina UZB – 14.166
2-Emily Little AUS – 14.099
3-Teja Belak SLO – 14.08

Bars
1-Luo Huan CHN – 14.433
2-Sofia Kovacs HUN – 13.066
3-Georgia-Rose Brown AUS – 13.033

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Floor
1-Tang Chia-Hung TPE – 14.366
2-Milad Karimi KAZ – 14.266
3-Marian Dragulescu ROU – 14.100

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Pommels
1-Krisztian Berki HUN – 14.933
2-Xiao Ruoteng CHN – 14.800
3-Artur Davtyan ARM – 14.066

Rings
1-Artur Tovmasyan ARM – 15.133
2-Igor Radivilov UKR – 15.066
3-Zou Jingyuan CHN – 15.033

full results

Surprises on the Podium in First Doha Finals

AAI Competition Air Floor

At the UCIC competition in Calgary WAG competed on a new Air Floor. MAG the regular AAI Floor.

One elite coach told me it was pretty good for takeoffs, a bit unforgiving when landing short on front tumbling. Durability is the main question.

Set up of the Air Floor starts at about the 2min mark on this video.

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Darren Wong 9.45 E-score Floor

The 2020 Men’s Code of Points on Floor is resulting in routines just as ugly as the 2016 Code. Gymnasts rushing through only attempting to maximize D-score.

One guy with control and style is Canadian Junior Darren Wong from Phoenix, Vancouver. Coached by Sasha Pozdniakov who loves good basics.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. 13.950 1st