Category: Gymnastics

interview with Houry Gebeshian’s coach, Levon Karakhanyon

When he left Armenia in 1996, Karakhanyon stayed in contact with the national team coaches and judges and was a judge for Armenia at the 2006 World Championships.

By 2011 he was the head of the Armenian delegation at the Olympic qualifying championships for the 2012 London Olympics, and it was there he first saw Gebeshian, who was competing for Armenia because of her dual citizenship. …

Medfield coach recalls time at 2016 Olympic games

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Levon coaches at MEGA in Massachusetts.

LSU leads week 1

1 LSU C SEC 197.825 197.825
2 Oklahoma SC Big 12 197.750 197.750
3 Florida SE SEC 197.100 197.100
4 Alabama C SEC 196.700 196.700
5 Utah NC PAC-12 196.625 196.625
6 Missouri SC SEC 196.225 196.225
7 Denver NC Big 12 195.875 195.875
8 UCLA W PAC-12 195.700 195.700
9 Oregon State W PAC-12 195.575 195.575
10 George Washington SE EAGL 195.550 195.550

full week 1 rankings on Road to Nationals

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Florida starts with 197.10

… Half of the routines came either newcomers or from returners who moved into a lineup this season. …

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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.

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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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