Category: Gymnastics

Gymnix this weekend

Best Junior Meet of the Year in Montreal This Weekend

Team USA

The 2017 International Gymnix takes place this weekend in Montreal, featuring one of the best junior battles in the world with the top young gymnasts from the United States, Russia, Italy, Japan, and Canada expected to attend.

Following a training camp held in February, national team coordinator Valeri Liukin named reigning junior national champion Maile O’Keefe, Emma Malabuyo, Gabby Perea, and Sunisa Lee …

But the hometown favorite will be Canada’s own Ana Padurariu …

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nominate your coach to FloSports

FloSports will conduct a nationwide search for coaches who provide the fundamental groundwork for their athletes to excel by building strong communities and showing the importance of teamwork, goal setting, and work ethic. FloSports will award the top coach with a $25,000 cash prize on behalf of national mortgage lender Quicken Loans. …

The criteria that each nominee must meet includes:

· Be a coach of high school-age athletes.
· Has a strong presence in their community.
· Continues to enrich their athletes’ lives all-around.
· Has received praise from other coaches and peers.

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the race for NCAA’s top 36

The pressure is not on the top 6, it’s on teams close to Regional qualification.

Next week, once we know final maximum RQSs to be achieved after conference championships, I’ll get into the race for the top 36 in more detail, but for now, here’s the group to keep an eye on.

Balance Beam Situation – WEEK 9 RANKINGS, NOTES, RQS UPDATE

#NCAAMGym Week 8 Recap

Read Logan Bradley’s excellent weekend review:

Indeed it was as the Huskers (418.35) defeated Iowa (413.5) and Penn State (409.6). It marked the first time since 1999 that Nebraska has defeated PSU in the regular season. …

Watanabe, Alexandrov at CDN Training Camp

The President of FIG made a surprise visit. Alexandrov was there as a guest coach.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BRTuc6ll0z0/
 

 
Montreal.

via Fans of Canadian Gymnastics

Maggie Nichols 10s on all 4 apparatus

The major accomplishment of week 9 was Maggie Nichols completing the career gym slam with a 10 on bars, giving her at least one on every event. She’s the 9th gymnast to do this, following Sloan, Kupets, Kelly, Maloney, Lichey, Stepp, Kenoyer, and Marlowe, and is the second after Lichey to have accomplished it solely in her freshman year. …

Balance Beam Situation – WEEK 9 RANKINGS, NOTES, RQS UPDATE

Oklahoma freshman gymnast Maggie Nichols completed the “GymSlam” Saturday night by getting a “Perfect 10” on the uneven bars in the Sooners’ meet against Michigan. …

It was Nichols’ fifth 10.0 this season, which ties her with Haley Scaman for the most perfect scores in an Oklahoma career. …

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