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Category: Gymnastics
Nastya Ilyankova – Montreal Bars
Awesome Russian Bars not relying on piked Stalders for difficulty.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
That’s Nastya’s YouTube channel.
University of Houston Gymnastics Team
I signed the petition. Add your name.
Dude – can you take a photo of me and Max Whitlock?
Student asks Prince Harry to take photo with Max Whitlock because he’s an Olympic Champion. 🙂
Click twice to watch on the Getty Images site.
A Brain Tumor Won’t Stop Me
Canadian Gymnastics 1980s and 90s
Dory Dynna has been posting some old routines on YouTube.
As a sample, watch 16 year old Curtis Hibbert on H Bar. Curtis went on to win the silver medal on this apparatus at Worlds 1987.
USAG cancels a club membership
USA Gymnastics terminated the membership for American Institute of Gymnastics in Aurora effective Oct. 11 because the gym owners violated policy and membership requirements, said Toby Stark, director of safe sport for the national organization.
The gym is specifically accused of violating a requirement that member gyms don’t associate in any way with a person who is permanently ineligible for membership in USA Gymnastics, Stark said. …
Update – It sounds like the banned member is Michael Cardamone who was convicted in 2005 of sex abuse.
spotting Free Hip
Watch coach Franki when a gymnasts slips on the ascending swing.
#WomenCanSpotBars 🙂
Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.
Igor Radivilov on the Worlds Vault Final
Igor Radivilov … second in the vault final, losing to Kenzo Shirai just by 0.001. …
… Yes, I could’ve done the second vault a bit better. But you’d need to look at the deductions, the vault composition, the difficulty (mine was higher), you’d have to take all that into account. I’m not blaming anyone. Whatever happened happened. It means that I needed to execute my vaults better. …
… Vault is the kind of an apparatus that no matter how hard you work, it’s always a 50/50 hit chance. …
tumbling with magnets
A foam sponge between the feet or knees gives feedback to gymnasts working to keep their legs together.
Click PLAY or watch the magnet alternative on YouTube. (AnklMagz™)
