Category: Gymnastics

Tumbling biomechanics

McKenna Kelley

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Robert Ladanyi to Nebraska

Nebraska women’s gymnastics Head Coach Heather Brink announced the hiring of Robert Ladanyi on Friday as the newest member of the Nebraska coaching staff.

He’s got plenty of experience having coached at Florida, Denver and Utah.

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Minsk, Belarus will host European Games

Artistic Gymnastics – June 26-29, 2019.

Minsk is the capital of Belarus which declared independence from the USSR in 1991.

The leader since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko, is considered something of a dictator. Hopefully hosting all of Europe will help the nation improve human rights.

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Related – Rio 2016 trampoline gold medallist Uladzislau Hancharou is from Belarus.

(via Lisa Deen)

FIG commits to 30% plus female leadership

… To tend towards gender equality, the FIG decided to introduce a minimum 30% quota of each gender in the 2020 electoral process for its own governing bodies. …

Jacqueline Briggs-Weatherill, president of the FIG Women in Gymnastics Commission:

“We can see so many women as athletes, coaches and judges in Gymnastics, so their number could naturally grow in leadership and executive positions. The world is changing fast. The opportunities will be there for millennial women, so we need to help them step up.”

First forum guides women on pathways to leadership

Jia Fangfang – Floor

BIG tumbling from the former World Power Tumbling Champ.

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Ou Yushan – Beam

I like the side salto combination.

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Gymnastics Club fundraiser for a new FLOOR

Pinetown Gymnastics in South Africa has a good idea. You can donate sections of the new Floor. Big spenders should go for one of the 10,000 Rand corners.

new UCLA Head Coach Chris Waller

No surprise. 

Chris is a great guy. Great coach. Super experienced.

Congratulations.

Miss Val:

“Chris was born to coach, and I can honestly say that so much of our program’s success since he’s been on this staff has been due to his contributions. He is a true student of the sport of gymnastics and has embraced the psychological side of coaching as much as he has the technical side. I am confident that Chris will sustain the culture and excellence of the program, and I am excited to see the next chapter of UCLA Gymnastics under his guidance.”