Nick Ruddock is taking his coach education event Down Under.
Category: Gymnastics
Cottbus World Cup this weekend
Points will be awarded towards Olympic qualification.
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Fan Yilin – Cottbus Bars qualifying
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when you catch your first Kovacs
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most Worlds & Olympics medals
1 Larisa Latynina Soviet Union 31
2 Svetlana Khorkina Russia 27
3 Simone Biles United States 25
4 Vera Caslavska Czechoslovakia 21
5 Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet Union 20
6 Gina Gogean Romania 20
7 Lavinia Milosovici Romania 19
8 Aliya Mustafina Russia 19
9 Nellie Kim Soviet Union 17
10 Simona Amanar Romania 17
How long before Simone becomes #1 all time?
NAIGC allows shorts in competition
National Association of Intercollegiate Gymnastics Clubs
New for this season:
All athletes will now be allowed to compete with spandex shorts that are either black or match the main color of their competition leo. There will be no uniform deduction …
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This should be allowed at all levels of competition everywhere, of course.
introducing the Zapata 2
Rayderley Zapata plans to compete the layout version of his skill at the Cottbus World Cup.
Actually, it’s a new skill. Forward layout half-in, backward layout out.
Yes, it should be impossible. 😀
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Ashley Watson wins …
Nobody try to beat his record of a flyaway 5.87m between Bars.
Please. 😀
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UCLA preview
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USAG status review will go to panel
U.S. Olympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland:
… the next step in the Section 8 process is for me to select an independent, three-person hearing panel with representatives from the USOC board of directors, the NGB Council and the Athletes’ Advisory Council.
The panel will next review my complaint and USAG’s response, hold a hearing, create a report and recommendation for the full USOC board and then the board will take an action.
A formal timeframe is not described in our bylaws, so I don’t know exactly how long this process may take. At minimum, we expect it will take several weeks, perhaps a few months.
It is important to note that during this process – and per our bylaws – USAG will continue to operate as a fully recognized member NGB of the USOC.
We are not shutting down USAG. Nor is the USOC taking over USAG. In the immediate term there are no changes for USAG members or clubs. …
USOC Statement Regarding Latest Developments To Section 8 Complaint Against USA Gymnastics
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