Category: Gymnastics

Georgia student-athletes job fund

In other Georgia news …

The University of Georgia gymnastics program announced the creation of the Doug McAvinn Gymdog Experiential Learning Fund.

“I feel very honored and humbled by the recognition of Gymdog alumni, family, friends and fans who made contributions to this fund,” said McAvinn. “My hope is that the Gymdog Experiential Learning Fund will enable the student-athletes to get better jobs immediately out of school as they will be able to demonstrate real-world skills and benefit from workplace experience in addition to the top-notch education they receive at the University of Georgia.”

The fund, named after the former gymnastics assistant coach of 27 seasons, is the first of its kind at the University of Georgia. To date, 71 donors have pledged a total of more than $112,000 to the fund designed to honor McAvinn and his legacy at the University of Georgia. …

Georgia Dogs

 

Courtney Kupets to coach Georgia

Courtney Kupets Carter, who competed for Georgia from 2006-2009, was named the program’s eighth head coach on Tuesday. The move comes after former head coach Danna Durante was fired on April 24.

Kupets Carter made her mark at Georgia as one of the best collegiate gymnasts ever. In her freshman season in 2006, she won individual titles in bars, beam and all-around. Even though she missed the 2008 NCAA Championships with an injury, she still finished her career with nine individual national titles, a record that still stands. …

Former Bulldog Courtney Kupets Carter named new Georgia gymnastics head coach

Suzanne Yoculan will return as a volunteer assistant coach to assist with the transition.

Dvora Meyers – The Greatest Program In NCAA Gymnastics Is Bringing Back Its Legends To Claim Its Rightful Trophies

USAG wants help hiring next CEO

It took weeks to make this decision?

USA Gymnastics Puts Out Casting Call to Search Firms

A sex abuse scandal tarnished USA Gymnastics’ reputation. Now the group seeks a search firm to find a leader who can help recover the trust that’s been lost.

Shang Chunsong’s fall at Chinese Nationals

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

interesting Beam mounts

A good trend. More and more gymnasts are using non-boring mounts on Beam.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

via Gymnastics Coaches Skills & Drills

Maloney 1/1 mixed to Pak

Though Lexy Ramler has attended Elite Camp this year, she’s mainly getting ready for University of Minnesota.

And having some fun.

Click PLAY or watch Maloney 1/1 to Pak on Facebook. (On second attempt.)

Check one of Lexy’s cool Beam sequences on Instagram.

names of foreign gymnasts

… wondered how to pronounce names of foreign gymnasts correctly? Can’t figure out if it’s KhorkIna or KhOrkina? We’ve got you covered!

This database contains audiofiles with the pronunciations of gymnasts’ names. The database building is still in process …

PRONUNCIATION DATABASE

ARGENTINA

AZERBAIJAN

BELARUS

CHILE

COLOMBIA

CUBA

GEORGIA

ISRAEL

MEXICO

RUSSIA 

SPAIN

UKRAINE

USSR

USA

UZBEKISTAN

Cash & Carry Cup – who won the money?

The Delta Invitational / Cash & Carry Cup was hosted at the Richmond Olympic Oval this past weekend.

It’s a really fun competition made even more interesting because it has cash prizes.

Darren Wong cleaned up and took home $1800 (which he generously donated all of it to BC Children’s Hospital!). He scored a perfect 10.0 on floor!

Devy Dyson came second, taking home $1250. He scored two 9.95’s, on PB and HB.

Men’s Results – Cash and Carry MAG

Shaelyn Brown from Capital City won the top WAG competition.

Women’s Results – Cash and Carry WAG

Nikita Nagornyy – Vault

Seriously crazy. Something like a Tsuk double back with double twist.

Click PLAY or watch it on Tumblr.

https://papa-liukin.tumblr.com/post/160380728160/in-this-weeks-edition-of-nikita-nagornyys