Training for Gymnix.
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WOW – Giorgia Villa – Bars
Training for Gymnix.
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Category: Gymnastics
gymnasts still love Gymnastics
The love of gymnastics still runs deep among the thousands of young girls who streamed into suburban Chicago’s Sears Centre Arena this weekend to cheer reigning world all-around champion Morgan Hurd and other rising stars at the 2018 American Cup. …
At the Safe Sport booth, eight-foot-tall banners displayed the toll-free number (1-833-844-SAFE) and email address (safesport@usagym.org) for reporting abuse. Brochures about child sexual abuse prevention were free for the taking, as were copies of USA Gymnastics’ beefed-up Safe Sport policy, which requires all members to immediately report instances of abuse. …
Rhonda Faehn:
“You have to let the athlete at a very young age understand and know that they can — and it’s important that they do — learn to communicate and speak up,” said Faehn, a former elite gymnast who coached 13 seasons at Florida. “It’s not only okay, but the best gymnastics results from a teamwork of communication.”
Athlete empowerment wasn’t the hallmark of the command-and-control coaching style of the Romanian husband-and-wife tandem of Bela and Martha Karolyi …
As USA Gymnastics promises to change in post-Nassar world, love for the sport remains
All good.
But, like many others, I’m still wondering what happens when USAG is hit in court with their first multi-million dollar payout to an athlete.
The organization doesn’t have many millions of dollars in their budget.
USAG Athlete Assistance Fund
The Athlete Assistance Fund, established by the National Gymnastics Foundation, is now accepting applications from gymnasts who have experienced sexual abuse in the sport of gymnastics for access to counseling services. …
Request access to counseling services through the fund
You can donate to that fund, as well.
Everything is strictly confidential.
Pommel falls are like snowflakes
No two are ever exactly the same.
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Yul Moldauer – Floor
double double doubles
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physical contact in the Gym
Coach Kyle gets specific on exactly what’s inappropriate in his Gym.
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Level 10 Tehya Benjamin
Here’s one talented Canadian gymnast I did not know.
Theya would like to continue her career into the NCAA. She’s looking for a scholarship.
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LAYOUT layout Yurchenko 1/1
Here’s extension and early kick-out even a Trampoline judge would love.
Everyone else should be evaluated compared against Alex McMurtry.
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When do we start using computer video evaluation in NCAA competition?
Yelena Shushunova – history
UPDATE – Tom points out that Lilia Podkopayeva also won AA at worlds (1995), Olympics (1996), and European champs (1996).
Yelena Shushunova (Elena Shushunova) … born 23 April 1969 … is a Russian (former Soviet) gymnast, World, European, and Olympic Champion. Shushunova is one of only two women (Ludmilla Tourischeva being the other) who has won the grand slam of All-Around titles: Olympics, World Championships, European/Continental Championships.
Height 1.47 m (4 ft 10 in)
Weight 41 kg (90 lb)
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Shushunova currently lives in her hometown of Saint Petersburg.
In 2005, she was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
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