… Half of the routines came either newcomers or from returners who moved into a lineup this season. …
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Category: Gymnastics
Lexie Priessman – Bars
Check the dance moves with Jay Clark following the routine. 🙂
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gymnasts at the Golden Globes
Leonid Arkayev fired
A single source — Saransk and Mordovan Times — reports that famed Soviet Head Coach Leonid Arkayev has been fired from the gymnastics center in Saransk that was named after him.
Rewriting Russian Gymnastics posted a translation by Liubov Baladzhaeva:
Leonid Arkayev press allegations – a translation
Amongst many other things Arkayev is accused of sexual harassment.
related – papaliukin’s take on the accusations
Maggie Nichols – Floor
Funny seeing one of the best gymnasts in the world compete a simple front tuck. 🙂
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Sylvie Wentzell – Vault
One of my favorite older gymnasts is Sylvie Wentzell of Germany. She’s 41, the exact same age as Oksana, coaches at the Dortmund club in Germany, and keeps competing for her club because…why not? She can, and so she does. She has no desire to be at the national level or anything, but she does all of the Bundesliga meets with her team because she has fun competing alongside the kids she trains. …
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Ohio captains: Jake Martin, Sean Melton, Andrew Rickly
In previous years, the 5-foot-10, 170-pound Martin did not want to be captain. He didn’t need an additional differentiation. As a tall, black man, Martin is already unique on the Ohio State team [the team’s average height is 5-7; 5-10 is tall for a gymnast], and since his sophomore year, he’s been out as gay on the team.
Martin is believed to be the only publicly out college gymnast currently competing …
Martin was part of Ohio State head coach Rustam Sharipov’s first recruiting class, and Martin credits Sharipov with embracing diversity.
“The atmosphere of the gym has changed dramatically …
Utah 196.625 v 195.525 Michigan
14,675 fans in Utah were happy last night.
MyKayla Skinner shines in Red Rock debut as Utah defeats Michigan
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Peng Peng, Madison Kocian – Bars
Biggest crowd for a first meet in UCLA’s history — 6,513 fans .
No. 4 UCLA Wins Season Opener vs. Arkansas
Kocian wins all-around, three events in collegiate debut.
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highlights from LSU’s opening 197.825
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