Category: Gymnastics

January 2019 – British Gymnastics Symposium

12th and 13th January at Lilleshall National Sports Centre

Some of the presenters:

Donatella Sacchi – FIG Women’s Tecnical Committee Chair

Amanda Reddin – Women’s Artistic Head National Coach

David Kenwright – Women’s Artistic National Coach

Paul Hall – newly appointed Men’s Artistic Head National Coach

Gheorge Predescu – Performance Coach for Men’s and Women’s Artistic

Ionut Trandaburu – Director of Coaching at Pegusus and personal coach to James Hall and Courtney Tulloch

Andy Tombs – Chair of the Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee and FIG Men’s Technical Committee member

details 

Paul Hall

update on CDN coach court cases

Sexual assault trial of Canada’s former national women’s gymnastics coach begins Monday

Michel Arsenault’s trial was moved forward to some time 2019.

Epke podium H Bar

When Netherlands marched into the arena, Epke stayed in the training gym. Working more H Bar.

He looks confident despite the arm bandage.

The Olympic Champ may be the man to beat in Doha, despite angles and leg form.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Scott Bregman was inexplicable let go by USAG. Happily he’s in Doha doing Twitter commentary and putting together video for the Olympic Channel. Watch more routines from Russia, Israel, Netherlands podium training.

Valeri on Team Brazil

I don’t want team to be stressed, says Brazil WAG coach Liukin

related – WHAT TO EXPECT FROM BRAZIL AT DOHA (Portuguese)

Sam’s looking to medal in Doha

Read the interview by Blythe Lawrence:

… If all goes according to plan, Mikulak will be a multiple-event medal threat in the Middle East.

He’s posted one of the highest all-around scores in the world so far this year — an 87.75 as he won his fifth U.S. men’s title back in August — a mark slightly above six-time world champion Kohei Uchimura’s best on the season, according to a database kept by thegymnter.net. That alone makes him a viable candidate for an all-around medal, provided he can deliver six clean routines on the day of the competition.

He’s also made Olympic finals on floor, vault and high bar, where he finished just off the podium in Rio in 2016.

With Gymnastics Worlds Approaching, Sam Mikulak Feels Like This Is His Year For First Individual Medal

Worlds podium training

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