Kerri Strug Biopic – ‘Perfect’

… Olivia Wilde is set to direct Kerri Strug biopic Perfect …

The film, based on the book Landing On My Feet, A Diary Of Dreams by Strug and John P. Lopez, tells the true story of the gymnast’s triumph against the odds to win Team USA’s first gold medal at the 1996 Olympics. Strug was hailed as an American hero when she completed her final vault at the Atlanta games on a badly injured ankle …

The partners will likely be hoping for a similar trajectory to well-received 2017 sports movie I, Tonya, which scored breakout box office and multiple Oscar nominations.

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Southern Utah University record home score

RECAP | Flippin’ Birds’ Shatter Team Score Record at Home

🗞 >>> https://t.co/UUXy2BTIr2 #TBirdNation #NCAAGym pic.twitter.com/C7oybEQzfn

— SUU Gymnastics (@SUUGym) February 8, 2020

Click PLAY or watch HANNAH NIPP on Twitter.

‼️ The MOST BEAUTIFUL beam routine in the NATION ‼️

👏 9.950 for HANNAH NIPP 👏 pic.twitter.com/pQA0RpiQx3

— SUU Gymnastics (@SUUGym) February 8, 2020

Kim Gwang Suk – Worlds Bars Champ 1991

The deserving winner.

But later it was revealed that she was underage to compete ’91 Worlds.

North Korea was banned from 1993 Worlds as penalty.

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Gymnastics history buffs rejoice

FOUR publications by FIG available online free.

"The Gymnastics Lesson", "The Story goes on", "Objectif an 2000" and "100 Years of the FIG": 4⃣ flagship #FIG history publications are now available in a digital format! 🤸
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— FIG (@gymnastics) January 24, 2020

Florida alumni last weekend

On Alumni night, during LSU v Gators last weekend, former Florida greats held up some of the trophies they’d won in the past.

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Maggie has 4 / 10 AA scores all-time

Karin Lichey at Georgia scored 40.000 on Feb 23, 1996.

Thats’ going to be tough to beat. 😀

39.900 today.

Of the top 10 AA scores in NCAA history, Maggie Nichols has 4 of them. https://t.co/UjQv6cBhR0

— BalanceBeamSituation (@TheBBSituation) January 20, 2020

Iran’s female gymnast at the 1964 Olympics

You might have seen this headline – Kimia Alizadeh won a bronze medal for taekwondo at the 2016 summer Olympics:

Iran’s Only Female Olympic Medalist Says She Has Defected

I support Kimia’s desire to train in an environment that better supports women in sport.

The Medal Count posted a history of Women’s Gymnastics in Iran:

The Middle East has some of the worst participation rates for women in sports. …

For a sport where its athletes wear leotards, women’s artistic gymnastics (WAG) is one of the last sports these nations would ever consider due to modesty standards …

At the 1964 Olympics Iran sent women to the Olympics for the first time in its history. …

Djamileh Sorouri was only 14 years old …

She had even been sent to the Olympics without her coach. …

In response Vera Caslavska and the Czechoslovakian team stepped in. They took Djamileh Sorouri under their wing and had the young Iranian train alongside them in the buildup to the Olympics. …

The 1964 Olympics would be both the beginning and the end of Iranian Olympic gymnastics. The country hasn’t sent a gymnast from either genders to the Olympics since. …

When Iran had Women’s Gymnastics

Ulla Koch – IOC Coaches Lifetime Achievement

The 2019 winners are athletics coach Malcolm Arnold from Great Britain and artistic gymnastic coach Ulla Koch from Germany.

They will receive the award this Friday, 17 January 2020, during a ceremony to be held at The Olympic Museum in Lausanne, in the presence of IOC President Thomas Bach and members of the IOC Athletes’ and Athletes’ Entourage Commissions. …

Ulla has coached athletes at two Youth Olympic Games, 10 World Championships, 14 European Championships and 3 Olympic Games, and she is currently preparing for Tokyo 2020. …

Olympic.org