Category: history

Who saw the LOW Vault Horse at Sydney 2000?

In my mind, the Vault judges were most responsible for not checking their apparatus was set correctly.

Still, it was surprising that no coach or gymnasts figured it out sooner.

Australian champion Allana Slater hadn’t seen the falls when she began the rotation but immediately sensed something was wrong.

“Does the vault look low to you?” she said to those around her. …

‘Does the vault look low to you?’: The Aussie teen who spotted Sydney’s stunning gymnastics fail

Allana Slater 2000

Defying Gravity – part 1

Defying Gravity is a 6-part docuseries that explores … Women’s Gymnastics through its greatest champions.

It’s playing on the Glamour magazine YouTube channel. The first 2 episodes are free without YouTube Premium.

I actually signed up for a free month of YouTube Premium so I could watch the rest.  Could be that getting rid of ads MIGHT make it worth the subscription.  🙂

Bart, Nadia, Daniella, Svetlana, Laurie, Blythe, and more.

Lots of Aly and Katelyn.

This feel good introduction part 1 highlights Floor more than the other apparatus.

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I thought it was weird to include Shushanova doing a dangerous skill.

Elena Naimushina 1980 Floor

Yelena Naimushina competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in all artistic gymnastics events and won a gold medal with the Soviet team. Individually her best achievement was fifth place in the floor exercise.

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via Gymternet Clan

Olympic Beam skills

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Kohei at age-21

A flashback to Kohei Uchimura 10 years ago. Today he’s age-31, still training for the Olympics as a H Bar specialist.

Click over to Olympic Channel to watch the video.

Jackson Payne retired

Too bad.  He had a shot at qualifying for the Olympics in the AA at next year’s PanAm Games.

Jackson represented Canada over 50 times in more than 20 countries. A 4 time All-Around Canadian National Champion, Commonwealth Games Silver Medalist, 7 time World Championships Team Member, and multiple medalist at International World Cups.

Thanks for all the good years. 

how Abie Grossfeld learned Flyaway

One of the unforgettable characters of Gymnastics. A great storyteller.

Legend.

Abe represented the United States as a gymnastics competitor or coach in seven Olympic Games, seven World Championships, six Maccabiah Games, and five Pan American Games …

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2020 USAG Hall of Fame Inductees

▶️ Morgan Hamm
▶️ Bridget Sloan
▶️ Yoichi Tomita 
▶️ Jordyn Wieber
▶️ Mary Wright
▶️ Nora Campbell

The induction ceremony is scheduled to be held next June during the 2021 Olympic Trials.

Details.

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