Category: floor (men)

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

Sam Mikulak Achilles injury

Bad news from Winter Cup.

Sam Mikulak – Floor

Training for #wintercup2017 in Las Vegas, Feb. 16-18th. 

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

related – read a 2017 Winter Cup Preview

(via @GymCastic)

are Arabians forwards or backwards tumbling?

WAG considers them forward (SALTOS FORWARD & SIDEWARD). MAG backward. It’s silly that the two Technical committees can’t agree.

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The takeoff is more critical than the landing position in my opinion. Arabians are much more a backwards tumbling skill than forwards.

(via Gigi)

Men’s Floor – E, F, G,H elements

Ws van Wijk:

… most of the common E,F,G and H elements according to the MAG 2017-2020 CoP. …

Some element are missing because they’re just not that common and either weren’t competed at a major competition in the last quad or will probably not be competed in the next quad. …

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Diego Hypólito finally wins Olympic medal

Recall Diego competing with Paul Hamm and Kyle Shewfelt?

Diego’s been one of the best on Floor for a long, long time. #respect

Click PLAY or watch his story on Facebook.

new Tumbl Trak video

If you have NO equipment, buy mats first.

Next … a tumbling trampoline. It’s so useful for every level of ability.

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advanced roll-out skills banned starting 2017

Great move from the FIG MTC. In the next Olympic cycle multiple salto roll-out skills are banned for Men as they have been for Women.

Gymnastics is dangerous enough without encouraging athletes to risk their lives.  Many gymnasts have suffered serious concussions on these skills.

Elena Mukhina was paralyzed training the Thomas salto  just two weeks before the opening of the 1980 Summer Olympics leaving her permanently quadriplegic. Elena died Dec 22, 2006.

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Voronin Cup – Men’s Results

Team
1. Russia 170.650 – Kirill Potapov, Aleksei Rostov
2. Russia-Dynamo 168.565 – Artur Dalaloyan, Andrei Lagutov
3. Armenia 167.532 – Artur Davtyan, Vigen Khachatryan

Senior AA
1. Artur Dalaloyan RUS 87.632
2. Artur Davtyan ARM 86.533
3. Aleksei Rostov RUS 85.299

Junior AA
1. Shigeto Iwakawa JPN 83.166
2. Shigeto Suzuki JPN 82.499
3. Carlos Edriel PHI 82.323

Click PLAY or watch Dalaloyan in training on Instagram.

https://www.instagram.com/p/-EECMVgohH/