Category: Gymnastics

future of U.S. Men’s Gymnastics

Brian Mozey is a Sports Editor at the Iowa State Daily, an independent student newspaper serving Iowa State University in Ames.

Our thanks to Brian for putting together a 4 part series on the future of Men’s Gymnastics.

  1. The national decline of high school boys gymnastics
  2. From 1938 to 2018: The numbers keep dropping in college men’s gymnastics
  3. The Summer Olympics: The ultimate goal for men’s gymnastics
  4. The future of men’s gymnastics
USA still has NCAA Gymnastics. Most nations do not have College Gymnastics.

Most of the online commentary I’ve seen has been pointing out errors in fact or wording. Brian’s clearly no Gymnastics expert.

But we can agree on many of his conclusions:

If there’s going to be any increase in numbers, there needs to be an increase in private clubs these boys can attend.

Therefore, there’s a need for more boys gymnastics coaches to teach these younger gymnasts the correct ways of participating and loving this sport. …

If the numbers in private clubs and high schools increases, more and more men are going to want to participate in college sports. If club teams at universities increase, it might draw an eye within the athletics departments across the country. …

The main way to make it national is to showcase these men’s gymnastics programs on a television network …

If you want to be more of a promoter of Men’s Gymnastics in the USA, follow Ono No Komachi (@OnoNoKomachi1) on Twitter.

All Japan Champ Mai Murakami

1. Mai Murakami 112.398
2. Asuka Teramoto 108.896
3. Hitomi Hatakeda 107.664

Click PLAY or watch Mai’s Floor on YouTube. Huge tumbling.

All Japan Champ Kakeru Tanigawa

12/12 clean, impressive routines.

1. Kakeru Tanigawa 172.496
2. Kenzo Shirai 172.164
3. Kohei Uchimura 171.664

results

It had to happen, sooner or later. Kohei has finally lost an AA competition, the first since 2008.

At 19 years and two months, Tanigawa became Japan’s youngest national champion. …

“I still can’t believe it. Uchimura-san had been Japan’s top gymnast and I’ve respected him so I didn’t think I can beat him,” Tanigawa said.

Japan Times

Kakeru Tanigawa

connecting 4 Tkachev variations

World Champ Tin Srbic.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

1904 Summer Olympics, St. Louis MO

The 1904 Summer Olympics … was celebrated in St. Louis, Missouri … from August 29 until September 3, 1904, as part of an extended sports program lasting from July 1 to November 23, 1904 …

It was the first time that the Olympic Games were held outside Europe.

European tensions caused by the Russo-Japanese War and the difficulty of getting to St. Louis kept most of the world’s top athletes away. Only 62 of the 651 athletes who competed came from outside North America, and only 12–15 nations were represented …

The St. Louis organizers treated the Games in a manner similar to the previous Olympiad, with competitions reduced to a side-show of the St. Louis World’s Fair …

The participants totalled 651 athletes – 645 men and six women representing 12 countries. …

One of the most remarkable athletes was the American gymnast George Eyser, who won six medals even though his left leg was made of wood ….

Eyser competed with a wooden prosthesis for a left leg, having lost his real leg after being run over by a train. Despite his disability, he won gold in the vault, an event which then included a jump over a long horse without aid of a springboard. …

Apparatus: Clubs, Horizontal Bar, Parallel Bars, Pommel Horse, Rings, Rope Climb, and Vault.

The AA Champ was Julius Lenhart.

Yul wins Nationals 2018

“Yul’s been amazing. He won the all-around by almost four points.

He obviously was the difference between our winning and being second.

He’s an incredible kid; humble, works hard all the time, I have to slow him down to keep him healthy at times. But when it’s go time he is a fierce competitor and I’m just so impressed when he goes out there and has days like today.”

– Mark Williams

(via Logan Bradley)

McCallum, Bowers win Pac Rim

1. Grace McCallum USA 54.850
2. Morgan Hurd USA 53.300
3. Haley de Jong CAN 50.150

Click PLAY or watch Grace training on YouTube.

Junior
1. Jordan Bowers USA 53.6
2. Kayla Dicello USA 53.1
3. Zoe Allaire-Bourgie CAN 52.2

Click PLAY or watch some of Jordan on YouTube.

Mikulak wins Pacific Rim

1. Sam Mikulak USA 87.700
2. Akash Modi USA 83.500
3. Carlos Calvo COL 80.050
full results

Junior Men:
1. Laz Barnhill USA 77.800
2. Asher Hong USA 77.700
3. David Sandro CAN 77.500

USA 330.30
Canada 309.85
Colombia 306.20

 

(via Papa Liukin)

Bart Deurloo connects 4 releases

Wow.

Fantastic amplitude and regrasp positions.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

(via Lisa)