Lexy Ramler 10.0 Beam

About time. This is Lexy’s first 10 and she could have had MANY by now if she competed for another team.

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Lexy was excited her team had a record high Beam score, as well.

49.70

Oklahoma goes 198.25

Maggie 9.95 Bars, 9.975 Floor, 9.9 Beam for 39.825.

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Alaina Raybon’s Bars dismount

Wow. This handheld fan video has nearly 4 million views.

People love the team reaction to her landing.

Already smiling before she touches down.

free CHICKEN at the Arkansas meet

The first 1,500 fans through the doors on Friday evening will receive an Arkansas Gymnastics car decal, the first 300 students will receive free Slims Chicken plus an Arkansas Gymnastics car decal. …

Razorbacks Ready To “Pack The Barn” For 2020 Home Opener

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10 new MAG named skills

10 new elements named for their creators in Menโ€™s Gymnastics

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We’ve been waiting on this skill.

 

Iran’s female gymnast at the 1964 Olympics

You might have seen this headline – Kimia Alizadeh won a bronze medal for taekwondo at the 2016 summer Olympics:

Iran’s Only Female Olympic Medalist Says She Has Defected

I support Kimia’s desire to train in an environment that better supports women in sport.

The Medal Count posted a history of Women’s Gymnastics in Iran:

The Middle East has some of the worst participation rates for women in sports. …

For a sport where its athletes wear leotards, womenโ€™s artistic gymnastics (WAG) is one of the last sports these nations would ever consider due to modesty standards …

At the 1964 Olympics Iran sent women to the Olympics for the first time in its history. …

Djamileh Sorouri was only 14 years old …

She had even been sent to the Olympics without her coach. …

In response Vera Caslavska and the Czechoslovakian team stepped in. They took Djamileh Sorouri under their wing and had the young Iranian train alongside them in the buildup to the Olympics. …

The 1964 Olympics would be both the beginning and the end of Iranian Olympic gymnastics. The country hasnโ€™t sent a gymnast from either genders to the Olympics since. …

When Iran had Women’s Gymnastics