Category: Gymnastics

Paige Calendine, born without legs, competes Beam

#respect

Paige is an 8-year-old gymnast from Zanesville Gymnastics in Ohio, coached by Esther Weibel.

Shawn Johnson and Gabby Douglas are her favourite gymnasts.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Women’s NCAA TV broadcasts

Check now to see what competitions you’ll be able to watch LIVE.

All four regionals will be broadcast on ESPN3.

problems remain at USAG

Nancy Armour:

Leung said Friday that the releases were a mandate by insurers, which are funding the $215 million settlement offer, rather than a choice by the federation. She said she’s open to talking with survivors about their requests for more information, and pointed out that USA Gymnastics has cooperated with six independent investigations.

She also acknowledged that USA Gymnastics had erred – badly – in not having detailed processes in place for the men’s World Cup selections, and not communicating enough in advance with gymnasts and their coaches. …

Opinion: Year after Li Li Leung took over USA Gymnastics, progress made but problems remain

Gymnix Jr Cup results

Check the scores for Skye and Konnor.

Whew.

Skye Blakely USA 56.132
Konnor McClain USA 55.098
Katelyn Jong USA  52.532

USA
Belgium
Canada 2

Full results.

 

Gymnix Sr Cup results

Emily Lee USA 53.831
MyKayla Skinner USA 52.631
Audrey Rousseau CANADA 1 52.532

USA
Belgium
Canada 2

Full results.

 

Sam and Morgan win American Cup

  1. Morgan Hurd – United States 55.832
  2. Kayla DiCello – United States 55.132
  3. Hitomi Hatakeda – Japan 53.799

Full WAG results 

  1. Sam Mikulak – United States 85.332
  2. Oleg Verniaiev – Ukraine 83.064
  3. James Hall – Great Britain 82.999

Full MAG results

CBC Sports commits to gender-balanced coverage

BIG step for the Canadian national broadcaster.

“We’re committed to providing audiences with equal opportunity to watch, read about, meet and hear from female sporting heroes and as a result, allow more young women to visualize themselves achieving great things through sport,” said Chris Wilson, CBC’s executive director of Sports and Olympics.

CBC

Morgan, Angelina, Chen Yile – episode 8

Click PLAY or watch a teaser on YouTube.

https://twitter.com/gymnastics/status/1235699703465078784

You can watch the entire episode here.

I often have trouble getting those videos to play.

big renovation at Lilleshall

The National Training Centre at Lilleshall …

Thanks to a one million pound investment from Sport England and support from Serco and Gymnova, the facility was transformed across a three-month period at the end of 2019, before doors reopened in January.

Two months on and the new gym has provided a huge boost to the British squads as they prepare for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, as well as inspiring the many community clubs that train at Lilleshall on a daily basis. …

British Gymnastics