Category: Gymnastics

Oklahoma upsets #1 Stanford

Game on.

Oklahoma 418.900 – Stanford 413.800

In a year where Stanford could compete as their own nation — and be competitive — they got beat by Oklahoma.

Mark Williams credits his Pommels and H Bar line-ups.

Aleah Finnegan – Vault

GAGE form. Great landing.

best Tippelt – Hristos Marinov

Hristos Marinov competes for Bulgaria. This is easily the best Tippelt I’ve ever seen.

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1st annual Grand Prix Gymnastics series

The U.S. hasn’t been on the podium since the team last won bronze in 2014, but they also haven’t fallen below fifth place at a single world championships or Olympic Games since …

In an effort to incentivize adding difficulty, the men’s program introduced a bonus system for domestic competitions, which allows the athletes to try out new, harder skills without risking their spots on the national team if they end up falling. It was a good start …

… The collapse of the USOPTC training program shortly after worlds last year came as a shock, but ultimately made sense as the relocation of most of the athletes to EVO Gymnastics in Sarasota, Florida came with massive benefits.

Under the leadership of three-time U.S. Olympic head coach Kevin Mazeika, along with former FIG executive Steve Butcher overseeing operations via the Powers Gymnastics Group, EVO is privately funded by investors and donors, and offers salaries and performance-based bonuses for select senior elite athletes to train full-time as professional gymnasts. …

READ MORE on thegymter.net

Javier Rojo, Colin Van Wicklen, Shane Wiskus, Alex Diab, and Stephen Nedoroscik

UCLA Beam – loud, distracting music

Freshman Selena Harris said throughout beam practice in Westwood on Wednesday, the Bruins’ coaching staff played intentionally distracting music to help prepare the team for the atmosphere at the Red Rocks’ Jon M. Huntsman Center.

“The day before we left (for Utah), we trained beam with super obnoxious songs, and we played them super loud so that it could distract us,” Harris said.

“… That was horrible. But that was the whole point – to still do a strong beam routine while so much noise is happening.” …

Daily Bruin

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Rebekah’s Ripley team choreography 😀

Mya HooTEN – Floor

Mya really sells it.

Maile O’Keefe – Beam

Jessica Hutchinson – Floor

Jessica Hutchinson competing a variation on her mom’s — Silvia Mitova — Olympic Floor routine.

Great forward layout 2/1 twist.

Jessica’s Grandmother was Olympic gymnast Maya Blagoeva.

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Here’s the TV version uploaded to Twitter.

Click PLAY or watch Silvia’s 1992 routine on YouTube.