Category: Gymnastics

Defying Gravity – part 5

This is the criminal doctor episode.

Kathy Johnson is always good. But it’s Dominique who’s most eloquent of many gymnasts interviewed.

Jordyn Wieber too. She recalls that the Ranch was closed the day after Simone said she didn’t want to go back to the place of all that sexual abuse.

Olga Korbut calls her former coach a monster.

In part five of our documentary series, survivors of abuse describe the culture that allowed a USA Gymnastics physician and many dozens of other coaches and officials to take advantage of athletes, and explain how they’re using their voices and the life skills that gymnastics taught them to reclaim their sport.

You MIGHT be able to watch Defying Gravity free weekly with ads — or watch all episodes uninterrupted with YouTube Premium.

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Szombathely World Cup highlights

I was worried this first FIG meet might be a disaster.

But … so far, so good.

European Championships is planned for December in Turkey. Not all nations will participate due to COVID-19 so it won’t qualify anyone for the Olympics.

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Ellie Black training legs

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Ebee Price interview

Great gymnast. Great student. Great person.

ELIZABETH PRICE LOOKS BACK ON HER GYMNASTICS CAREER

Elizabeth Price is a retired gymnast who competed on the US national team as an alternate for the 2012 Olympics and at Stanford University.

She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in design engineering at Harvard.

At Stanford, Price won national championships in the vault and the uneven bars.

… she spoke to Just Women’s Sports about her career as an elite gymnast, her experience with the national team, and the necessary changes the sport is undergoing

Ebee in 2014

The Pakhniuk on P Bars

This is tough.

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https://twitter.com/courtyard_tapir/status/1312807241439944706

Szombathely World Cup Final – day 2

Read Blythe’s QUICK HITS.

Beam
GOLD: Christina Zwicker CRO 12.8
SILVER: Elina Vihrova LAT 12.25
BRONZE: Aneta Holasova CZE 12.1

Floor
GOLD: Angelina Radivilova UKR 13.2
SILVER: Marta Pihan Kulesza POL 12.9
BRONZE: Lisa Zimmerman GER 12.8

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https://twitter.com/i/status/1312795584257044481

Vault
GOLD: Igor Radivilov UKR 14.15
SILVER: Ondrej Kalny CZE 14.15
BRONZE: Sebastian Gawronski POL 14.025

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P Bars
GOLD: Petro Pakhnyuk UKR 14.95
SILVER: Milad Karimi KAZ 14.3
BRONZE: Yevgen Yudenkov UKR 14.1

H Bar
GOLD: Tin Srbic CRO 14.65
SILVER: Milad Karimi KAZ 14.15
BRONZE: David Vecsernyes HUN 14.0

Szombathely World Cup Final – day 1

Blythe has Quick Hits.

Vault
GOLD: Boglarka Devai HUN 13.95
SILVER: Anastasia Motak UKR 13.775
BRONZE: Angelina Radivilova UKR 13.625

Bars
GOLD: Diana Varinska UKR 13.4
SILVER: Lara Marie Hinsberger GER 12.8
BRONZE: Lisa Zimmerman GER 12.7

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter. Great release combo.

Floor
GOLD: Rok Klavora SLO 14.0
SILVER: Ilyas Azizov KAZ 14.0
BRONZE: Petro Pakhnyuk UKR 13.9

Milad Karimi missed.

Pommel
GOLD: Nariman Kurbanov KAZ 14.6
SILVER: Robert Seligman CRO 14.35
BRONZE: Matvei Petrov ALB 14.05

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https://twitter.com/lsovi/status/1312400183725096960

Rings
GOLD: Vincenz Hoeck AUT 14.15
SILVER: Igor Radivilov UKR 13.8
BRONZE: Yevgen Yudenkov UKR 13.75