Category: Gymnastics

’26 NCAA Individual National Qualifiers

Big respect for those who made Nationals without their full team.

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Cheng Fei Floor 2004

The first truly great tumbler and vaulter from China.

Japanese Gymnastics (2): Training Protocols

Part 2 of an analysis by zhoxxyy.

Read part 1 here.

The Japanese gymnastics training system emphasizes injury prevention through extensive warm-up routines, active mobility, and specific strength development. Techniques focus on enhancing flexibility and precision, optimizing performance in key events while strategically managing strength.

Table Of Contents

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The Warm-Up & Body Care: The “Injury Prevention” Protocol

Conditioning: “Specific Strength” vs. “Big Strength”

Apparatus Deep Dive: The Technical Secrets

Summary of Technical Specialties

Read the article online ➙ Inside Japanese Gymnastics (2): Training Protocols


Yang Fanyuwei 15.266 Bars

Great routine. But the surprise for me was a Chinese gymnast achieving 6.6 Difficulty without using the usual Forward Giants in different grips series.

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Osijek World Cup ’26 RESULTS

Full results.

Vault

Bars

Beam

Floor

Floor

Pommels

Rings

Vault

P Bars

Barajas has the top P Bar score in 2026, so far.

H Bar

Super fantastic Final this year.

Elena Colas – Beam

Hamlet Manukyan – Pommels

Amazing.

We’re going to need more deductions in the Code to separate the best specialists.

  • Stretched position on Circles?
  • Hip extension and split on Flairs?
  • Amplitude of C of G above the Horse?

Perhaps more credit for VARIETY of elements.

Daniel Marinov – Floor

One of the rare MAG Floor routines you can actually enjoy watching in 2026.