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Ling Jie (born October 22, 1982) is a retired Chinese artistic gymnast. She was the 1999 World Champion on the balance beam, the 2000 Chinese all-around national champion, and the silver medalist on the uneven bars at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. …
She is the innovator of a skill on the uneven bars that bears her name in the Code of Points: the “Ling,” a full pirouetting front giant starting and ending in the inverted grip. …
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Elena Mukhina was the 1978 World Championships AA champion. An amazing talent for her time.
Did Elena compete the first 1 1/2 twist step-out?
Recall the tragedy when she broke her neck two weeks before the opening of the 1980 Summer Olympics, leaving her permanently quadriplegic. That was on a now-banned rollout skill on Floor. Her coach Mikhail Klimenko was blamed by Elena.
She died likely of complications from quadriplegia on 22 December 2006 (aged 46). Klimenko died of cancer age-65.
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After 2 days.
1. Biles – 118.450
2. Jones – 114.550
3. Wong – 111.100
4. Blakely – 110.750
5. Chiles – 107.750
6. Jong – 106.150
7. Roberson 106.100
8. Sumanasekera – 105.900
8. DiCello – 105.900
10. Disidore – 105.550
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After her 8th National Championships title.
She can barely remember the first win. 😀
Already the Olympic favourite after just a few months serious training.
1. Biles – 59.100
2. De Jesus Dos Santos – 56.200
3. Wong – 54.100
4. Roberson – 54.050
5. Matthews – 53.550
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#CoreClassic was just a practice competition for U.S. Championships August 24-27 in San Jose, California. Tickets.
Class of 2023 Inductees:
ACROBATIC GYMNASTICS & CHEER – Morgan Stanley Smith (1950-2000)
ACTION SPORTS – Ryan Doyle
ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS – Daniela Silivas
DIVING – David Boudia
PROFESSIONAL ACROBATICS – Flying Españas
TRAMPOLINE/TUMBLING – Tracy Kontur-Richter
GOLDEN ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – Rich Kenney
LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – Mas Watanabe
World Acrobatics Society 2023 Congress & Hall of Fame-Gallery of Legends Banquet, September 8-10, 2023, at the Tuscany Suites & Casino in Las Vegas.
Wow. Hundreds of Gymnastics competitions and events on YouTube are linked to one searchable Google document.
Check it out.
This document is a list of elite gymnastics meets found on YouTube (as well as some extras like NCAA post season and some professional league meets).
It is part of a project aimed at helping fans navigate the wonderful blessing of many thousands of hours of video but also helping gymnasts find their own performances they might think have been lost.
College Gym News put together this list of candidates:
Trinity Thomas – Florida
Maggie Nichols – Oklahoma
Kyla Ross – UCLA
Kristen Kenoyer – Utah
Jade Carey – Oregon State
Alex McMurtry – Florida
Ashley Kelly – Arizona State
Bridget Sloan – Florida
Courtney Kupets – Georgia
Jade hasn’t finished her College career yet, of course.
I’m happy with them choosing any of the others on this list.
For me, personally, I’d say Kupets was the most dominant winner of all. The Michael Jordan of women’s NCAA.
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