Category: Gymnastics

FIG’s Athletes’ input to FIG in Doha

It appears the world’s best Artistic gymnasts made great choices when electing former world champion Aljaz Pegan (SLO) and two-time Olympic medallist Oksana Chusovitina (UZB) to the FIG’s Athletes’ Commission to respectively be their men’s and women’s representatives. The pair exuded passion and commitment as they revealed the key issues at the forefront of their gymnasts’ minds during the Doha 2018 World Championships. …

… biggest issue they had was about the equipment …

… second issue was the colour of the equipment …

One area the male gymnasts were immediately vocal on was judging. The desire for as much consistency as possible …

“I explained about the Fujitsu project,” the 44 year old (Pegan) said, referencing an on-going FIG-led concept, looking into building a high-end data support system for judges. “Then we took them into a Fujitsu meeting.”

The project received universally positive feedback from the gymnasts …

Gymnasts plotting way forward for the sport

Mattie Larson gets settlement from her Gym Club

All Olympia Gymnastics Center … recently finalized a $1 million settlement with World Championships silver medalist Mattie Larson, her attorney confirmed to the Southern County News Group.

The settlement stems from Larson’s lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court against AOGC and its directors Artur Akopya and Galina Marinova that alleged their treatment of Larson led to her being sexually abused by former U.S. Olympic and USA Gymnastics national team physician Larry Nassar. …

AOGC is shutting down its Hawthorne location according to a Nov. 3 letter from Akopya and Marinova to AOGC gymnasts, parents and coaches. …

OC Register

Beam with Erika Penamante

2018 JO National Beam Champion Erika Penamante from Legacy Elite breaks down her beam routine that won her the title back in May. She walks us through what she is thinking about during each of her skills.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Men’s AA ranked by Difficulty and Execution

Execution:

  1. Artur Dalaloyan- 52.298
  2. Xiao Ruoteng- 51.898
  3. Artur Davtyan- 51.640
  4. Sun Wei- 50.998
  5. Sam Mikulak- 50.673
  6. Marios Georgiou- 50.232

Difficulty:

(Note this is just the difficulty they were credited with in the final, so many of them will have lower difficulty counted here than planned due to errors.)

  1. Nikita Nagornyy- 36.1
  2. Xiao Ruoteng- 35.7
  3. Kenzo Shirai- 35.5
  4. Artur Dalaloyan- 35.3
  5. Oleg Verniaiev- 35.2
  6. Sun Wei/Kazuma Kaya- 35.0

See the full list on MAGnastics.

will USOC end USAG?

I thought USAG would be forced to declare bankruptcy after the first lawsuit found them guilty of being complicit in the crimes of their team Doctor.

That could still happen. But they may lose status as the National Governing Body for gymnastics in the United States first.

US Olympic Committee CEO Sarah Hirshland:

“Today the United States Olympic Committee has filed a complaint initiating a Section 8 proceeding against USA Gymnastics, seeking to revoke USAG’s recognition as a member National Governing Body of the USOC. This is a situation in which there are no perfect solutions. Seeking to revoke recognition is not a conclusion that we have come to easily. …

USOC Statement Regarding Action To Revoke USA Gymnastics’ Recognition As Member National Governing Body

USAG responded:

USA Gymnastics Board of Directors message to the USA Gymnastics membership

I need Spencer to tell me what to think. Jessica to tell me what to feel.

This is the burn it all down scenario.

On the up side, it would be a completely fresh start.

On the down side, gymnasts and coaches may be hurt due to unintended consequences in the transition to an ALL NEW organization.

The USOC’s action Monday triggers a process that includes a hearing before a three-person panel. …

The USOC is known to have revoked the recognition or cut off the funding of an NGB only three times — with taekwondo, team handball and modern pentathlon.

USA Today

It will be difficult to defend the actions of the current Board of Directors. Their decision to hire a former politician as CEO was the last straw for me. I can hardly imagine a worse hire.

best Simone interview EVER

Scott Bregman talks to the greatest of all time after her 4th World Championships tile.

EXCLUSIVE Q&A: SIMONE BILES ON FOOD CRAVINGS, HER BOYFRIEND AND LATE-NIGHT HOSPITAL TRIPS