Category: history

Zhang Boheng wins Asian Games

Simone returns to Antwerp Worlds

I was there for Simone Biles in 2013 Antwerp. Fantastic.

Can’t believe that 10 years have past. And she’s returning still on top of the sport.

Ling Jie – Beam & Bars

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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R.I.P. Albert Azaryan

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Elena Mukhina 1979 Floor

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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2023 USAG Hall of Fame Inductees

U.S. Championships Sr. results

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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Simone interview

After her 8th National Championships title.

She can barely remember the first win. 😀

Simone goes 59.100

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.

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