“You don’t want to look at (the medals), just. … The goal is to hit four out of four, every day, day after day. This is what she has shown everybody and to herself, her consistency not only in training but when it counts. …
FIG Athletes Representatives Aljaz Pegan (SLO) and Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) were both pleased after conducting “productive” meetings with gymnasts …
The main changes Chusovitina praised were raising the temperature in the warm-up gym and free fruit and beverages for the athletes. …
Chusovitina said the athletes were ecstatic over the extended sessions in podium training. Each rotation was about 27 minutes, much longer than the expected competition run time.
“Everybody was super, extremely happy about this!” she said. “However, we still have lots of issues to resolve for athletes safety. I have 12 different points that I want to present to the FIG in the future to make it even safer for every athlete.” …
… the main complaint was the transportation, which was bogged down because of the annual beer festival …
The main topic at his meeting was the competition format and rules for the next Olympic cycle …
I was last in Cairo December 2017, surprised at how quickly the sport has advanced for both WAG and MAG in that nation. Aside from the excellent National Training Centre, they have modern private clubs with great facilities.
As we heard much about during Worlds, one of the missions of IOC and FIG is to develop the sport worldwide.
Gymnastics Australia and Women’s Artistic Gymnastics National Coach, Mihai Brestyan have mutually agreed to finish Brestyan’s contract in November after two-and-a-half years working together.
The decision was reached following the recent World Artistic Championships in Stuttgart, where Australia’s Women’s Artistic Team narrowly missed Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification. …