Kathy Johnson threatens to retire

Our favourite broadcaster SAYS she wants to stay home and watch Gymnastics on TV.

2024 would be her last season.

I ASSuME this is a negotiating tactic to force the NCAA to improve their embarrassing judging rules. 😀

Kaylia Nemour 15,433 Bars

2024 Cottbus World Cup.

All hail. The greatest Bars routine of all time.

Representing Algeria.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

the “Lee” on Bars

What motivates an Olympic Champion?

Getting her name in the code.

Ed Vincent Invitational 2024

The Altadore Invitational has been an important competition in Alberta, Canada for decades.

It was renamed the “Ed Vincent Invitational” in honour of the legendary coach.

Here’s “Physical” Ed Vincent with some of the competitors in 2024. 

Do not ask his age. Ed doesn’t believe in getting old. 😀

Claudia Fragapane retired

Fantastic gymnast. Wonderful personality. An inspiration.

G.O.A.T. Mikaël Kingsbury

With his 87th career World Cup victory, Kingsbury has the most men’s World Cup wins in any FIS Olympic discipline.

Mikaël Kingsbury is a freestyle skier from Quebec. He is the most accomplished mogul skier of all time. …

He is the first man to have won both the moguls and dual moguls World Championship events (sweeping the two events three times), and has won the most medals at the Freestyle World Championships of any male competitor in history …

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Clemson – 196.350 – Georgia

Wow.

I’m really impressed with Clemson scoring 196.350 in their first meet of the season.

You know — same score as that other plucky upstart ➙ Georgia.

2024 USAG Hall of Fame

  • Alexander “Sasha” Artemev – Men’s artistic Olympic team bronze medalist, two-time World Championships bronze medalist, five-time U.S. champion
  • Jana Bieger – 2008 Olympic alternate, three-time World Championships silver medalist in women’s artistic
  • Ivana Hong – 2008 Olympic alternate, World bronze medalist in women’s artistic
  • Dr. William “Bill” Sands – longtime professor and sports scientist, former Director of Research and Development for USAG, Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Savannah Vinsant – 2012 Olympian, three-time U.S. trampoline champion
  • Youri Vorobyev – Coach of multiple World champions and medalists, six-time USAG Acrobatic Coach of the Year honoree

USA Gymnastics announces 2024 Hall of Fame class

Safronov (USSR) did Kasamatsu first

And Safronov competed the Kasamatsu Vault at University Games 1973.

It was named after Shigeru Kasamatsu who competed it at 1974 Worlds.

Uncle Tim posted the details:

1973: The Men’s Competition at the University Games

Ellie Black – Kasamatsu