Category: Gymnastics

Doha Qualifications day 1

Vault
1 Wang Yan China 14.566
2 Oksana Chusovitina Uzbekistan 14.249
3 Emily Little Australia 14.100

Bars
1 Luo Huan China 6.0 8.433 14.433
2 Liu Tingting China 6.0 8.366 14.366
3 Rianna Mizzen Australia 6.0 8.133 14.133

Floor
1 Pablo Brägger Switzerland 5.9 8.233 14.133
2 Tang Chia-Hung Chinese Taipei 5.8 8.300 14.000
3 Marian Dragulescu Romania 5.8 8.200 14.000

Pommel
1 Krisztian Berki Hungary 6.2 8.633 14.833
2 Zou Jingyuan China 5.7 8.733 14.433
3 Filip Ude Croatia 6.0 7.800 13.800

Rings
1 Artur Tovmasyan Armenia 6.2 8.900 15.100
2 Igor Radivilov Ukraine 6.3 8.800 15.100
3 Vahagn Davtyan Armenia 6.4 8.633 15.033
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Protecting Gymnasts

Vinnie Silber has been following the Larry Nassar scandal closely. Here is some good advice on how we move forward.

Parents and coaches need to become better educated on the warnings signs of sexual abuse.

Parents, coaches, and gym owners need to fully understand their roles in protecting gymnasts from predators.

Another thing we need try to do is change the mindset of some parents, athletes, and coaches that “winning at no cost” is not the only option. …

Op Ed – Learn and Grow

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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Tippelt gone wrong

As a nation, the Chinese are the best in the world on Parallel Bars. Right?

Still — everyone makes mistakes. Here’s one that was impossible to cover up in competition.

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LOVE Rutgers Gymnastics

Many in the NCAA are jealous. For the first time Big Ten Championships was hosted on podium.

4,081 spectators

‘Rutgers is the 1st to do this’ | How RU officials staged the Big Ten Gymnastics Championships

Hey recruits. Rutgers is planning to build a new training Gym. Operational at some point in the 2018-19 school year.

Doctor Oz – Abuse Allegations

Originally aired on 3/20/2017

ESPN investigative reporter John Barr discusses the rise of USA Gymnastics, the national team coaches Bela and Marta Karolyi, and the national team physician Dr. Lawrence Nassar, and the abuse allegations against all three parties.

GUESTS: John Barr , Dominique Moceanu , Jamie Dantzscher , Jeanette Antolin , Jessica Howard , John Manly

Watch the full episode online free.

(via Mike Canales)