Category: Gymnastics

Osijek Challenge Cup MAG Final

day 1

Floor
1 Matthias FAHRIG GER 6.700 15,050
2 Alexander SHATILOV ISR 6,700 14,975 (VIDEO)
3t Steven LEGENDRE USA 6,800 14,875
3t Paul RUGGERI III USA 6,700 14,875

Click PLAY or watch Matthias on YouTube.

Pommel
1 Oleg VERNIAIEV UKR 6,900 15,225
2 Saso BERTONCELJ SLO 6,500 15,200
3 Slavomir MICHNAK SVK 6,300 14,750

Rings
1 Denis ABLIAZIN RUS 6,800 15,825
2 Ibrahim COLAK TUR 6,700 15,675
3 Igor RADIVILOV UKR 6,900 15,500
full results

Click PLAY or watch Denis on YouTube.

related – GymCastic 195: Feedback & Rio Test Event with Coach Rick. We discuss the possibility of Fabian Hambüchen (shoulder injury) not recovering in time for the Olympics.

Osijek Challenge Cup WAG Final

Day 1 – Couch Gymnast report

Vault (average)
1. Ellie DOWNIE GBR 14.850
2. Tjasa KYSSELEF SLO 14.200
3. Rose WOO CAN 13.638

Bars
1 Ellie DOWNIE GBR 6,300 14,675
2 Seda TUTKHALIAN RUS 6,000 14,525
3 Natalia KAPITONOVA RUS 6,400 14,450
full results

Click PLAY or watch Downie’s Bars on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch Tutkhalian’s Bars on YouTube.

related – Russian Europeans Team – Kapitanova or Tutkhalyan? The ever changing seas of Russian gymnastics

NEW recruits at Oklahoma

Everyone knows K.J. Kindler can work miracles with pretty much any recruit who shows up at Oklahoma.

But she’s got her hands full with these two – (former) football players Baker Mayfield and Nila Kasitati.

Click the image to watch it on NCAA.com.

football gymnast

Thanks Brenna.

reviving Belarus Gymnastics

Kylie Dickson will represent Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

This was a controversial decision. Nellie Kim – President of the FIG Women’s Technical Committee and vice president of the Belarusian Gymnastics Federation – played a key role in the decision to send two American trained Belorussians (who’d not actually ever been to Belarus) to 2015 Worlds.

Will Kylie Dickson inspire gymnasts who actually live in Belarus?

I doubt it.

But here’s some good news:

… The Belarus Gymnastics Association has set a task to revive the former glory and traditions of this sport. Particularly intensive work in this area began a year and a half ago, when Helen Skripel, a famous businesswoman in Belarus, became the Association’s Chair. These ambitious plans have become one of the priorities of her work and the Association’s activities.

To implement the “Revival Plan” the comprehensive program has been developed based on the study of problems, consultations with highly qualified specialists, including foreign ones, and bold marketing ideas. The program has received strong support from the Ministry of Sport and Tourism of Belarus and the National Olympic Committee.

The basic items of the project are sports facilities, coaching staff and promising athletes. Several gyms have already been renovated and equipped with the latest equipment. World-renowned expert Oleg Ostapenko has started working as the head coach of the women’s national team. …

UEG

Nellie Kim