Category: history

Jessica Gadirova wins young SPOTY

British world champion gymnast Jessica Gadirova has been named BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year 2022.

The 18-year-old became just the fifth individual British world champion when she won floor gold in November.

That triumph came after Gadirova successfully defended her European floor title in Munich in August. …

BBC

Jessica Hutchinson’s ’23 Floor

Jessica will compete a modified version of her mom’s (Silvia Mitova) 1992 Olympic routine.

Rosie MacLennan has retired

Twice Olympic Trampoline champion, one of the greatest ever.

Now age-34.

Skyriders was my second home.

Dave was my coach for 22 years and he constantly expanded what I believed to be possible, letting internal motivation lead.

I got to train with @karen_cockburn_ my role model and mentor who became my training partner and friend. 

@jasonburnett_ always cheered me on and challenged me to be better. I had many incredible teammates over the years.
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I am grateful for the support over my 26 years of trampoline …

Miracle on Beam ~ Japan 2022

In the last quadrennial, I’d say the biggest shocker was Taiwan qualifying a full team to the Tokyo Olympics in Men’s Gymnastics.

In Liverpool, without question the biggest surprise was a team from Japan of relative unknowns.

In the qualifications, Japan had the highest team Beam score: 3rd (Shoko Miyata), 5th (Hazuki Watanabe), and 7th (Ayaka Sakaguchi).

And they didn’t compete the reigning World Champion on Beam, Urara Ashikawa.

In the team final, heading to the final apparatus, it looked like Japan would finish 3rd — automatic qualification to Paris.

The wheels finally fell off on Bars. Canada took the bronze team medal. Winning it on Beam.

Canada’s first team medal at Worlds was the 2nd biggest surprise in Liverpool.

Read more about Japan’s miracle meet on The Medal Count:

The Japanese Program is Absolute Madness