Category: Gymnastics

Division I Academic sports

Bottle of what!?

WAG is not #1. 🤔

When did skiers get so smart?

 

do you know how many STEPS your gymnasts use on Vault?

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R.I.P. Carol Johnston

One of the gymnasts that inspired me most in my life, Carol Johnston, died of complications from Early On-set Alzheimers. We trained together as kids at Altadore Gymnastics.

Julie Knight Bowse posted in Gymnastics – A Golden Era

“It is with a heavy heart that I let all of you know that Carol Johnston-Koniar [“Lefty”] passed away on Saturday, May 11, 2019 ….

Carol and I were teammates and roommates at Cal State Fullerton and remained lifelong friends. Her husband called me Saturday and asked that I inform the gymnastics community. He is grateful that she is no longer suffering.” 😥

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related – Her husband Scott D. Koniar posted her medical story in the Gianna Homes newsletter in 2017.

My wife Carol Johnston Koniar was born with one arm in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. …

Her parents encouraged her to not let her one arm be a handicap. Carol grew up enjoying both ice skating and gymnastics.

Carol … received a scholarship to Cal State Fullerton.

In 1979, Disney produced a documentary short on Carol entitled The Truly Exceptional: Carol Johnston.

The documentary was turned into a feature film Lefty, which premiered across the nation as part of Disney’s Wonderful World series.

… read more (page 5)

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via Fans of Canadian Gymnastics

FIG Beam landing mats

FIG allows the COLUSSI-PELAEZ dismount. Yet doesn’t allow Nush sufficient matting  to do that dismount safely.

Canadian coach education clinicians needed

This post is for members of Gymnastics Canada.

Alberta is hosting a training session for experienced and certified coaches who want to teach the Gymnastics Canada COMPETITION 1 coaching course. That’s a 4 day course for beginner competitive including both apparatus and theory content.

The training days are June 8 & 9, 2019 in Calgary.

June 10 – 13 is a C1 course where new clinicians could teach some sections.

Details.

 

Saraya Hawthorne – double double

Easy.

Saraya will be headed for Georgia.

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Zou Jingyuan – P Bars

All hail the greatest routine all time.

If I’m judging the E-score is 9.9.

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Here’s his easier routine from earlier in the competition.

6.6 + 9.350 +0.2 bonus = 16.150

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