Historic. Gold medal in Russia — first (no tie) international gold medal by an American gymnast since 1932
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USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame
Class of 2021
2004 Men’s Olympic Team
Program(s): Men’s Artistic | Inducted as: Team
Aamodt, Jim
Program(s): Trampoline & Tumbling | Inducted as: Lifetime Achievement
Bross, Rebecca
Program(s): Women’s Artistic | Inducted as: Athlete
Durham, Diane
Program(s): Women’s Artistic | Inducted as: Athlete
Estrada, Chris
Program(s): Trampoline & Tumbling | Inducted as: Athlete
Watson, Gene
Program(s): Men’s Artistic | Inducted as: Coach
Class of 2020
Campbell, Nora
Program(s): Rhythmic | Inducted as: Lifetime Achievement
Hamm, Morgan
Program(s): Men’s Artistic | Inducted as: Athlete
Sloan, Bridget
Program(s): Women’s Artistic | Inducted as: Athlete
Tomita, Yoichi
Program(s): Men’s Artistic | Inducted as: Coach
Wieber, Jordyn
Program(s): Women’s Artistic | Inducted as: Athlete
Wright, Mary
Program(s): Women’s Artistic | Inducted as: Coach
Jordyn opted not to attend the Induction.
I believe Bridget decided not to go, as well.
Simone vs Herself – episode 2
Stuttgart Worlds. Beam double double.
She’s doing this Olympic cycle for herself. If and when Simone finally retires, she’ll remember this cycle for her many new named skills.
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Degrees of Difficulty by Georgia Cervin
How Women’s Gymnastics Rose to Prominence and Fell from Grace
How the Cold War era changed the trajectory of women’s gymnastics
Georgia Cervin is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia and a former international gymnast.
Electrifying athletes like Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci helped make women’s artistic gymnastics one of the most popular events in the Olympic Games.
But the transition of gymnastics from a women’s sport to a girl’s sport in the 1970s also laid the foundation for a system of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse of gymnasts around the world.
Georgia Cervin offers a unique history of women’s gymnastics, examining how the high-stakes diplomatic rivalry of the Cold War created a breeding ground for exploitation. …
Cervin also charts the changes in style, equipment, training, and participants that transformed the sport, as explosive athleticism replaced balletic grace and gymnastics dominance shifted from East to West. …
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Kenzo has retired age-24
One of the most decorated MAG gymnasts all-time, he’ll be long remembered with so many named skills in the Code.
Dianne Durham to Hall of Fame
Dianne Durham, the first Black gymnast to win U.S. Nationals, will be inducted four months after her death at age-52.
- The 2004 U.S. Men’s Olympic Team
- Jim Aamodt – Longtime trampoline & tumbling coach and Lifetime Achievement Award recipient
- Rebecca Bross – Six-time women’s artistic World medalist
- Dianne Durham – 1983 U.S. women’s artistic all-around national champion and pioneer
- Chris Estrada – 2008 Olympian in trampoline
- Gene Watson – Longtime men’s program coach and volunteer
The 2021 class will be inducted on Saturday, June 26 at the Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony, which will also include the induction of the 2020 Hall of Fame Class, whose ceremony was forced to be postponed last summer.
The event will also coincide with the 2021 National Congress & Trade Show, the U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Gymnastics, and the USA Gymnastics Championships, which serve as the national championships for the acrobatic, rhythmic, and trampoline and tumbling disciplines.
USAG
Aliya has officially retired
American World Champions
Still competing.
#respect
Japan names Men’s Olympic team
Hashimoto Daiki
Kaya Kazuma
Tanigawa Wataru
Kitazono Takeru
And Kohei, age-32, for the plus one pick.
In the complicated and very competitive Japanese selection procedure, Kohei tied with Yonekura Hidenobu, the Vault specialist.
Kohei got the tie-breaker for his higher world ranking.
Simone and Kohei Uchimura will be the biggest NAMES in Gymnastics at the Olympics.
Kohei 15.766 H Bar
The best Horizontal Bar routine ever competed.
Prove me wrong.
His Kolman is now more like a “timer” for Bretschneider.
AND he could add a 5th release to increase difficulty. Any time.
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