Category: Gymnastics

Peyton Ernst – #MeToo

We respect the right to share your story of abuse. Or keep it private, if you prefer.

Peyton decided that now’s the time to speak.

https://twitter.com/PeytonErnst/status/1136073560215162881?s=19

Recall that Peyton retired from Alabama Gymnastics September 2018.

1st Jr. World Gymnastics Championships

Highly anticipated, we don’t have much information on the competition.

But we do have the nominative roster (PDF).

Coaches are wondering whether or not we want Juniors to face the pressure and intensity of a World Championships while many are in a rapid growth stage. They are more vulnerable to some injuries than are seniors.

China’s team: Guan Chenchen, Wei Xiaoyuan, Ou Yushan.

Click PLAY or watch them on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch a preview on Twitter.

Deng Linlin cross-stitch

Deng Linlin is the 2009 World and 2012 Olympic champion on Beam.

Cross-stitch is the oldest form of embroidery and can be found all over the world since the middle ages.

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Koper Challenge Cup finals – day 2

Beam
1. KOVACS Zsofia HUN 13,200
2. KAESLIN Ilaria SUI 13,150
3. HUSSEIN Farah EGY 12,600

Floor
1. KAESLIN Ilaria SUI 12,950
2. PUIU Ana-Maria ROU 12,850
3. SAJN Adela SLO 12,500
4. PANA Maria ROU 12,500

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Full WAG results.

Vault
1. SHEK Wai Hung HKG 14,675
2. SHARAMKOU Yahor BLR 14,600
3. MEDVEDEV Andrey ISR 14,475

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P Bars
1. BAINES Frank GBR 14,450
2. KARIMI Milad KAZ 14,350
3. GEORGIOU Ilias CYP 14,150

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H Bar
1. SAMILOGLU Umit TUR 14,350
2. BAINES Frank GBR 14,050
3. MYAKININ Alexander ISR 13,850

Full MAG results.

Koper Challenge Cup finals = day 1

Vault
1. NEKRASOVA Marina AZE 14,475
2. BELAK Teja SLO 14,375
3. SANTI Franchesca CHI 14,000

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Bars
1. KOVACS Zsofia HUN 14,000
2. MADER Jasmin AUT 12,500
3. VARABYOVA Aliaksandra BLR 11,950

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WAG results.

Floor
1. GONZALEZ Tomas CHI 14,600
2. KARIMI Milad KAZ 14,600
3 BENOVIC Aurel CRO 14,200

Click PLAY or watch some stylish Tomas on Facebook.

Pommels
1. MCCLENAGHAN Rhys IRL 15,450 !!!
2. AZIZOV Ilyas KAZ 13,950
3. MYAKININ Alexander ISR 13,850

15.45 is a personal best for Rhys. It’s time FIG MTC starts deducting for circles any less stretched.

Rings
1. SIMONOV Nikita AZE 14,450
2. ZAHRAN Ali EGY 14,350
3. MARESCA Salvatore ITA 14,200

Click PLAY or watch my man Ali on Facebook. Victorian looks pretty good.

MAG Results.

Click PLAY or watch the competition teaser on Twitter.

another interesting Nagornyy interview

Many athletes sound scripted. Not Nikita.

He’s got BIG goals.

Let’s take Alexey Nemov, everyone knew him!

He was one of the most famous athletes in the country. Remember the Athens Olympics – the whole world was cheering for him, he got fame even from failures. That video was filmed when Russian gymnastics was in a bit of a hole, there were no big victories.

When Artur Dalaloyan became the World all-around champion, the attention came right away. He was a guest on Night Urgant, people started to recognize him on the streets, he started getting invited everywhere. Artur told me how it was completely unexpected for him.

… we need to work harder and win – and everything will happen for us.

Regarding the coverage of gymnastics, yes, there are issues with it. Although, after Emin Garibov started working [as the head of marketing in the federation], things started getting better. He tries to change the current situation, to help us. For example, we’ve never had such high-quality streams of the Russian Championships like we did this year in Penza. It was televised at the same level of quality as the European Championships. Everyone was happy. I even watched my routines after the competition, my parents watched it. We’re developing. The important thing is to keep going. …

NAGORNYY: MY MAXIMUM GOAL IS TO CHANGE THE STATUS OF GYMNASTICS IN RUSSIA