Category: Gymnastics

Paul Ruggeri wins

Simone declines to challenge.

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https://www.instagram.com/p/B-7zEQwlHTn/

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https://www.instagram.com/p/B-79nZMFL_9/

 

Verona van de Leur autobiography

Simply Verona: Breaking All the Rules

Published in hard cover March 19, 2020.

Verona was an excellent gymnast, named Dutch Sportswoman of the Year in 2002 after winning the all-around silver medal at that year’s European championships and the silver medal on floor exercise at the world championships.

After early retirement she had life threatening personal problems. Fell out with her family. Lived in a car with her boyfriend.

Eventually she had a conviction for blackmail and a prison sentence. She began performing in adult webcam shows and then in adult films.

Read a Guardian interview detailing her chaotic life story:

Verona van de Leur: ‘When you have no food you do anything to survive

Luisa Portocarrero – 1993 Beam

Luisa represented Guatemala at the 1992 Olympics. Her Beam coach was CA Orchard in Canada.

Following her elite career, she competed for UCLA contributing to the team’s first National title in 1997.

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https://twitter.com/intlgymnast/status/1235700573330010113

 

grip breaks on Rings

Most of the time, the gymnast “rips off” … hopefully into the pit.

Click PLAY or see what happened to Devy on Instagram. (2016)

https://www.instagram.com/p/BCjw5GoGhR-/

Artur Dalaloyan training at home

Thanks — once again — to Luba who translates foreign news stories for us.

Click through to gymnovosti to watch Artur conditioning.

super high regrasp on Bhavsar

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Mykayla Skinner wears tape grips

UNDER her Bailey Velcro grips.

Expensive, slow and complicated. But it seems to work for her.

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related – I recommend Bailey single buckle grips for most gymnasts.

Tak 1/1 to handstand

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