Category: history

why is the high V-sit called ‘Manna’?

AAI 2026 NCAA Award Nominees

Ciena Alipio  UCLA

Luciana Alvarado-Reid  Central Michigan University

Carly Bauman  University of Michigan

Avery Bibbey  Utah State University

Alea Byrne  University of Illinois

Jordan Chiles  UCLA

Brie Clark  Clemson University

Cecilia Cooley  University of Denver

Ariana DeSouza  University of Alaska Anchorage

Kylie Eaquinto  Brigham Young University

Gwen Fink  University of North Carolina

eMjae Frazier  University of Florida

Gabby Gladieux  University of Alabama

Hannah Hagle  Auburn University

Jocelyn Harbeck  Northern Illinois University

Selena Harris-Miranda  University of Florida

Kara Houghton  Sacramento State University

Sage Kellerman  Michigan State University

Abigail Kenney  University of Bridgeport

Skyelar Kerico  University of Pennsylvania

Madeline Komoroski  University of Maryland

Addison Lawrence  University of Missouri

Gianna Masella  University of Iowa

Riley McCusker  University of Florida

Isabella Minervini  Towson University

Deiah Moody  University of Washington

Sarah Moraw  University of Minnesota

Serena Mullin  University of New Hampshire

Lana Navarro  University of Washington

Samantha Nickle  Northern Illinois University

Kiera O’Shea  Northern Illinois University

Ava Piedrahita  Penn State University

Morgan Price  University of Arkansas

Anna Roberts  Stanford University

Nikki Smith  Michigan State University

Kimberly Smith  Arizona State University

Leah Smith  University of Arkansas

Makenna Smith  University of Utah

Emma Strom  University of Arizona

Elise Tisler  University of Missouri

Faith Torrez  University of Oklahoma

Lilly Tubbs  University of Washington

Tory Vetter  Ohio State University

Kami Zarlengo  Texas Woman’s University

Olivia Zsarmani  Michigan State University

For me, no question. It’s Jordan Chiles. She’s been the face of elite and NCAA Gymnastics in the USA for the past 2 years.

Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.

Men’s College Gymnastics Association Hall of Fame

This is the 3rd annual announcement of inductees.

Jim Hartung R.I.P.

As a young coach, I was a huge fan of Jim Hartung and the rest of his NCAA Gymnastics dynasty at Nebraska.

Hartung also led the Huskers and Coach Francis Allen to their first four NCAA team titles (1979-1980-1981-1982) and became Nebraska’s first Nissen-Emery Award winner in 1982. He was a two-time member of the United States Olympic team, helping the U.S. to its first and only team gold medal at the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympic Games.

Hartung, 65, has been a Nebraska assistant gymnastics coach for the past 19 seasons, giving back to the championship program he helped build …

HUSKER LEGEND JIM HARTUNG PASSES AWAY

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Men’s Gymnastics routines defining the apparatus

zhoxxyy:

Floor

  • Kenzo Shirai (JPN) – 2013 World Championships – Event Final
  • Carlos Yulo (PHI) – 2019 World Championships – Event Final

Pommels

  • Krisztián Berki (HUN) – 2012 Olympic Games – Event Final
  • Rhys McClenaghan, MBE (IRL) – 2022 World Championships – Event Final

Rings

  • Jury Chechi (ITA) – 1996 Olympic Games – Event Final
  • Liu Yang (CHN) – 2020 Olympic Games Event Final

Vault

  • Marian Drăgulescu (ROU) – 2004 Olympic Games Event Final
  • Jake Jarman (GBR) – 2023 World Championships – All-Around

P Bars

  • Rustam Sharipov (UKR) – 1996 Olympic Games – Event Final
  • Zou Jingyuan (CHN) – 2018 World Championships – Event Final

H Bar

  • Epke Zonderland (NED) – 2012 Olympic Games – Event Final
  • Kohei Uchimura (JPN) – 2026 Olympic Games – All Around

Watch all those routines:

The Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Routines that Shaped and Perfected the Sport

This article analyzes pivotal routines in men’s artistic gymnastics across the six apparatuses. How historic performances reshaped standards of difficulty and execution, and perfected the interaction between skill and artistry, thus enhancing the understanding of the sport’s evolution.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

East German coach Dieter Hofmann

When Hofmann died of COVID-19 in April 2020, the international gymnastics community remembered him as an innovator and mentor.

The tributes focused on his technical knowledge shared generously, on a coach “always willing and eager” to help programs worldwide.

None mentioned “The Rose.” None referenced the Stasi files or the pharmaceutical protocols. …

I attended a number of Hofmann’s coaching courses.

He was a coaches coach. Very good at planning. A proven winner. His team won no fewer than 52 medals at Olympic Games, World and European Championships.

I have no doubt that his main passion was beating the USSR.

BUT in that era of the DDR, you cooperated with the Stasi (secret police) or lost your job.

In that era of the DDR, if higher-ups told you to test new drugs on gymnasts, you did it.

I knew very little about all these new revelations — aside from the drugs he told us about at one coaching course. Some kind of steroids. They tried them on junior male gymnasts ultimately deciding that the benefits weren’t worth the risk.

Uncle Tim put together a career retrospective on Dieter Hoffman. So far as I can verify with contemporaries, it’s very accurate. Uncle Tim is a terrific researcher.

Read more …

Gymnastics-History.com – Code Name “Rose”: The Double Life of East Germany’s Head Coach