Category: Gymnastics

Vanessa Atler interview

Like pretty much everyone I was a big fan of Vanessa Atler in the dark days of late 1990s USA Gymnastics.

GymCastic posted an excellent, candid interview from some months ago. Vanessa volunteered to be interviewed, clearing up many questions we had about her career.

254: Vanessa Atler

She explains how she often did not know what her coaches, parents and manager were discussing.

If you don’t have time to listen, Dvora Meyers posted a summary with commentary — Former National Champion Speaks Out About USA Gymnastics’ Problems With Eating Disorders And Abuse.

Click PLAY or watch Vanessa’s 1999 Floor on YouTube.

Australia – National Elite Coach Manager needed

An exciting and unique opportunity exists for an individual to build the capacity and capability of coaches and coach leaders within the High Performance system. Gymnastics Australia is seeking a dynamic and consultative leader …

Gymnastics Australia

Canadian Team to Worlds 2017

Though Lauren Hopkins didn’t attend Canadian Championships in person, she’s written up a very complete report on that competition. Forecasting potential teams to Worlds.

Going forward, the Canadian seniors will focus on the Pan American Championships in Peru this August, and then Black, Onyshko, Woo, Rogers, Olsen, and Moors will contend for the four competitive and two alternate spots available at this year’s world championships in Montreal.

Right now, I think Black and Olsen are the two locks, and I think the other two will end up being Onyshko and Rogers if both end up in better shape later this summer, though Woo and Moors would be equally justifiable.

I think Woo and Onyshko will end up going head-to-head for the second all-around spot behind Black. …

Padurariu Sweeps, Outscores Olympians at Canadian Championships

Worlds Selection Camp July 2-8:

Ellie Black
Shallon Olsen
Brooklyn Moors
Brittany Rogers
Bela Onyshko
Rose Woo

Six seems too few to me. But I’ve not heard that any other reserves have been invited yet.

Rose
Brooklyn
Bela
Brittany
Shallon
Ellie

See more beautiful Alexandra Leask Jr and Sr Finals photos.

interview with Max Whitlock

The temptation you wish you could resist… Trainers. I designed some when I was sponsored by Adidas and it became a passion. I have 80-100 pairs.

The piece of wisdom you would pass on to a child… Set yourself goals. My mother and father, Madeleine and Brian, taught me that.

The book that holds an everlasting resonance… Achieve The Impossible by Professor Greg Whyte. It teaches you how to achieve by setting targets and believing in yourself.

The priority activity if you were the Invisible Man for a day… Japan’s Kohei Uchimura is the greatest gymnast of all time, but he’s secretive, so I’d watch him train. …

Daily Fail 

I don’t often link to that rag. But this interview was too good to pass up.

A Canadian coach recently visited Japan and had a chance to see Kohei training alone. He’s being coached by a former teammate.

They keep the Gym temperature high as Kohei likes to train in a warm environment.

Flanders International Team Challenge

Mixed Seniors & Juniors.

  1. Italy 212.062
  2. France 208.064
  3. Belgium 202.128

Rune Hermans won the AA.

full results

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Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

related – Belgian Gymnastics – 2017 FIT Challenge: Team Belgium wins bronze, Italy in gold

Nadalie Walsh to Illinois

Nadalie Walsh moves to Champaign-Urbana after four years at the helm of Utah State, where she guided the Aggies to four-consecutive NCAA Regional appearances. …

Fighting Illini

Samantha Snider to Pitt

Samantha Snider has been named the head coach of the University of Pittsburgh gymnastics team …

Snider becomes the third head coach in the history of the gymnastics program at Pitt, stepping into her first head coaching role after spending the previous nine seasons at the University of Arkansas. …

Panthers