April 19-20
Bart Conner may make a comeback for them. π
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Category: Gymnastics
Ravil Adeev 1982 Pommels
No skew. Flair through handstand.
Flairs were still a fairly new innovation in 1982.
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UIC needs $25.2 million by March 15th
βThe athletic administration has given us a number to raise in order to fully endow the menβs and womenβs programs with full scholarships and that number is $25.2 million,β Marden said. …
Swiss Cup mixed pairs results
1. Marcel Nguyen/Elisabeth Seitz 29.750
2. Nikita Nagornyy/Angelina Melnikova 29.575
3. Cory Patterson/Jade Barbosa 28.750
Brooklyn Moors verbals for UCLA
Will train elite through 2020 Olympics. Then grace the NCAA.
Heart this.
World All Around Champions
stride split stretches
AP reporter Will Graves on GymCastic
Will Graves is a mainstream sports reporter who actually understands Gymnastics. He was nervous to be exposed as a fraud when talking to Spencer and Jessica, but I found his perspective legit.
(Says he’s been schooled by Nancy Armour and Scott Bregman. π)
All three attended Doha Worlds in person.
Will’s outsider’s perspective is interesting in every way. I particularly liked his view on interpreting Simone to the rest of the world. The general public might not know Gymnastics, but they certainly know the name Simone Biles.
Will agrees she’s the most dominant athlete in any sport right now.
In fact, he ponders whether her performance at Worlds prelims might turn out to be peak Simone.
Happily Will’s daughter just started Gymnastics. Hopefully she’ll get him hooked for many years to come. π
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341: The Call Is Coming from Inside the House
Tony Retrosi on “tribalism” in U.S. Gymnastics
It seems inevitable that the current USAG will be disbanded.
Some organization will (eventually) replace it.
No former USAG Board members will be returning. But personally I’d like to see Tom ForsterΒ β for example β stay on in his current role. Perhaps some others.
Many in the burn it all down camp assume that everyone currently involved is responsible. That things will be better if everyone is new.
Why? There’s no logic to that. A brand new group of volunteers and staff will stumble and bungle until they get experience.
Tony Retrosi:
We must look for ways to FIX the problem. Not the blame. Fixing the problem is good for all of us. Not one side or the other.
I truthfully believe the best days of gymnastics lay ahead of us. We have great things to accomplish in all disciplines and aspects of the program.
We can work to protect ALL participants while remaining dominant at international competitions. Look at the genuine smiles from the gymnasts at World Championships in Doha and Russia. …
Beam complex ideas for lil’ ones
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