Category: Gymnastics

Greg Marsden – pundit

More than anyone else, it was Greg Marsden who make University of Utah’s women’s gymnastics team the model for every other program.

Like me, Dvora Meyers follows Greg on social media:

Though Marsden stopped coaching four years ago, he hasn’t completely disappeared from the sport. Shortly after his retirement, he resurfaced on Twitter and is, according to his bio, a “haggard, old, jaded, irrelevant, narcissistic, hypocritical NCAA gym fan & social media uninfluencer.”

Read her review:

What do legendary NCAA gymnastics coaches do after they retire? Join Twitter.

Follow Greg on Twitter at @UtahMarz

2015

Kovacs triple back caught

Fusuke Maeda has been close for a while. Finally caught one.

This would be super dangerous over hard mats, of course.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

SICK of triple twist dismount?

I am.

But Xiao Ruoteng may continue using it.

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Andreea Răducan documentary – The Golden Girl

HEY – IOC.

Give Răducan a Gold medal for the AA at the 2000 Olympics. We’ve always considered her the deserving winner.

Shot in 2015 and 2016, the documentary The Golden Girl centres on Romanian gymnast Andreea Răducan, who won the all-around gold medal at the 2000 Olympics, only to be forced a day later to renounce her title and her medal following a controversial doping test. …

We meet Răducan, now a retired gymnast and a successful businesswoman, in 2015, as she starts to investigate the possibility of convincing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to give her back her medal. …

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Click PLAY or watch a highly dramatic trailer on YouTube.