Category: Gymnastics

Nikolai Kuksenkov has retired

Hello, dear friends!

…From January of 2020, I won’t be on the national team because I will officially start working as a coach.

… I want to thank everyone and to sum up my career… I gave 25 years of my life to gymnastics, went to 2 Olympics, 8 World Championships and 8 European Championships (not counting two junior ones). …

… Thanks to my national team colleagues, coaches, specialists, staff, fans, and everyone who helped me at different stages of my life. I remember all of you, I haven’t forgotten anyone.

Your Kolyan.

gymnovosti

2020 PanAm Championships to Utah

The United States is playing host to the Senior Pan American Championships for men’s and women’s gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline that serves as the final qualifying event for the 2020 Olympic Games for North, Central and South America, which is a first both as a combined event staged in the USA and as an Olympic qualifier.

Utah Valley has been chosen as the site for Senior Pan Am Championships, May 7-10.

This is the first time the Senior Pan American Championships is part of the Olympic qualification process.

Across all four disciplines, more than 300 gymnasts from an estimated 25 countries are expected to participate and to seek Olympic berths in men’s and women’s gymnastics, two each; rhythmic gymnastics, one individual and one group; and men’s and women’s trampoline, one each if the Americas have not already qualified a country.

The USA will know which disciplines it has the opportunity to try for another Olympic spot by mid-April. …

Continental qualifier for gymnastics to 2020 Olympic Games heads to Utah Valley

(via theGymter.net)

Merry Ellie Black

Her 2017 cat leap routine set to … different music.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

via Fans of Canadian Gymnastics

NCAA 2020 preseason coaches poll

1. Oklahoma (36 first-place votes) – 1813 points
2. LSU (11 first-place votes) – 1755 points
3. Florida (2 first-place votes) – 1680 points
4. UCLA (1 first-place vote) – 1671 points
5. Utah – 1559 points
6. Michigan – 1515 points
7. Denver (1 first-place vote) – 1493 points
8. Georgia (1438 points)
9. California (1315 points)
10. Alabama (1306 points)
11. Oregon State (1271 points)
12. Kentucky (1240 points)

Read more on Balance Beam Situation.

Bev Plocki, Jay Clark, Melissa Kutcher-Reinhart

Bev Plocki (Michigan)
Jay Clark (LSU)
Melissa Kutcher-Reinhart (Denver)

Read the full interview – Veteran NCAA Gymnastics Coaches Reflect On Past, Present & Future

Flo: The 2020 season is knocking at the door. At this point, before we get rolling for season, what is one goal you have for your team this year?

Bev: I want us to maintain the same kind of unity and chemistry that we had through last season, and focus on ourselves. … And of course, enjoy the journey as we go through the season. This is a group of amazing women who make coming into the gym every day a joy. If we can do that, we will accomplish great things.

Jay: Our goals stay the same at LSU. They are stated in our team handbook. We have academic, team, and community goals. We want our team to compete for and win championships. … There are plenty of small goals we set every week and define what those are. We want to be the model of a student-athlete: excel in the classroom and give back to the community that is supporting them. We teach them to be accountable for their decisions. … This level of balance sets us apart.

Melissa: I don’t necessarily know yet. We have four returning All-Americans and a very talented and experienced team. We are expected to be one of the top teams in the nation and I honestly think our job is to stay in the process and the journey. That will lead us to where we need to be.

So far, Jay Clark won the preseason with this spotting skill.

Aleksander Batinkov – Pegan to Kolman

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/intlgymnast/status/1208909089562071040