Category: Gymnastics

NCAA attendance 2016

Greg Marsden.

Gymnastics USA – “explosion of diversity”

Team USA:

Penny said his federation does not chart participation demographically, but his intuition and that of federation Chief Operating Officer Ron Galimore from watching events at all age levels since the 2012 Olympics suggests an “explosion of diversity.”

Such a change has been slow coming to the elite level of a sport where public tumbling programs, often free or very inexpensive, give way to private clubs for top-level training, which is costly. …

Simone Biles And Gabby Douglas Are Latest And Greatest Heroes In A Storied History Of African-American Gymnasts

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - OCTOBER 29: Simone Biles of USA and Gabrielle Douglas of USA celebrate after the All-Around Final on day seven of the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at The SSE Hydro on October 29, 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND – OCTOBER 29: Simone Biles of USA and Gabrielle Douglas of USA celebrate after the All-Around Final on day seven of the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships at The SSE Hydro on October 29, 2015 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)

via David Holcomb

related – GymCastic 189: Blinded by the Swag 2016 American Cup:

The Under Armour gymnastics commercial featuring an all white team: We know Aly, Gabby and Simone can’t do the commercial because they are signed to other contracts! We are talking about the lack of diversity! Gymnastics isn’t dominated by white girls!

British Teams Competition

The Academy 208.600
City of Liverpool 206.450
South Durham 203.000
Park Wrekin 200.400
Sapphire 198.550
City of Birmingham 197.000

Vault
TINKLER Amy 14.900 1
CHEETHAM Ellee 14.100 2
KATKEVICA Samanta 14.050 3
TUNNEY Rebecca 14.050 3

Bars
TUNNEY Rebecca 14.400 1
JUPP Gabrielle 14.150 2
HARROLD Ruby 14.150 2
*Becky Downie 15.10

Beam
TINKLER Amy 14.100 1
MATTIS Tyesha 14.000 2
ACHAMPONG Ondine 13.350 3
*Becky Downie 14.650

Click PLAY or watch Becky’s Beam on YouTube.

Floor
TINKLER Amy 14.250 1
TURNER Phoebe 13.900 2
PARKER Megan 13.350 3

Click PLAY or watch Amy’s Floor on YouTube.

British Gymnewstics – Results and Scores British Teams and Trialists

That’s a very comprehensive report. 🙂

Sadly, Tyesha MATTIS was injured competing Floor. 😦

Utah 197.675 over Georgia 197.125

A great competition. Full results.

… Unfortunately, Saturday’s meet wasn’t all good news for the Utes. Sophomore Maddy Stover, the anchor on balance beam and a key performer on floor, injured her shoulder during her balance beam routine, which earned a 9.825. …

Farden said he isn’t sure if the Utes will have her back for the postseason, which starts Saturday with the Pac-12 Championships. The Utes already are without sophomore Kari Lee, who tore her Achilles’ tendon earlier in the season.
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Utah gymnastics » Hughes scores 10 on floor to beat Georgia.

Click PLAY or watch Utah highlights Senior Night on Facebook.

Kacy Catanzaro – Air Flare

What other female acrobats do this skill?

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Day 20 #AirFlair Challenge. It will be a journey for sure ? Small progress is still progress ???

A video posted by kacycatanzaro (@kacycatanzaro) on Mar 12, 2016 at 2:36pm PST

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29 teams to Regionals

Road to Nationals:

29 teams have mathematically made Regionals. 10 more to fight for the final 7 spots … See the teams here.

24 Eastern Michigan 195.875 MAC
25 Illinois-Champaign 195.870 Big Ten
26 Southern Utah 195.840 MRGC
27 West Virginia 195.805 Big 12
28 Penn State 195.800 Big Ten
29 Ohio State 195.765 Big Ten

Ohio State
Ohio State

Giulia Steingruber documentary

Back from injury at World Championships 2015.

Click PLAY or watch The Hard Way profile on YouTube. (21min)

She also talks about her 2014 mental block on twisting. Giulia went back and relearned twisting from the beginning.