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University of Utah 2015
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Category: history
Rings over the decades
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Vanessa Zamarripa – 1st U.S. Cheng
Vanessa Zamarripa is one of my favourite gymnasts of all time. I enjoyed her recent interview on GymCastic.
She was the 1st U.S. Elite to compete Cheng. And it would still rank as one of the best ever.
remembering gymnast Hali Sheriff (1953 – 1966)
A super talented young gymnast died in a plane crash. Far, far too young.
Here’s her story.
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Best Women’s Scores 2024
See the entire list on Lauren’s site theGymter.net
Best Scores in 2024
AA
| 1 | Simone Biles | United States | U.S. Championships D1 | 60.450 |
| 2 | Rebeca Andrade | Brazil | Olympic Games TF | 57.966 |
| 3 | Shilese Jones | United States | U.S. Classic | 57.650 |
Vault
| 1 | Simone Biles | United States | U.S. Olympic Trials D1 | 15.387 |
| 2 | Rebeca Andrade | Brazil | Olympic Games EF | 14.966 |
| 3 | Skye Blakely | United States | U.S. Championships D1 | 14.575 |
Bars
| 1 | Kaylia Nemour | Algeria | Olympic Games EF | 15.700 |
| 2 | Qiu Qiyuan | China | Chinese Championships EF | 15.566 |
| 3 | Shilese Jones | United States | U.S. Classic | 15.250 |
Beam
| 1 | Qiu Qiyuan | China | DTB Pokal Team Challenge EF | 15.500 |
| 2 | Zhou Yaqin | China | Chinese Championships EF | 15.466 |
| 3 | Manila Esposito | Italy | Italian Championships AA | 14.950 |
Floor
| 1 | Simone Biles | United States | U.S. Championships D1 | 15.200 |
| 2 | Viktoria Listunova | Russia | Russian Championships AA | 14.500 |
| 3 | Angelina Melnikova | Russia | Russian Championships QF | 14.400 |
Best Men’s Scores 2024
FIG rules change in January, so we won’t be able to compare with the 2024 Code.
See the entire list on Lauren’s site theGymter.net
Best Men’s Scores in 2024
AA
| 1 | Zhang Boheng | China | Olympic Games QF | 88.597 |
| 2 | Hashimoto Daiki | Japan | All-Japan Championships QF | 88.199 |
| 3 | Oka Shinnosuke | Japan | Olympic Games QF | 86.865 |
Floor
| 1 | Carlos Yulo | Philippines | Asian Championships AA | 15.233 |
| 2 | Artem Dolgopyat | Israel | European Championships AA | 15.200 |
| 3 | Su Weide | China | Chinese Championships EF | 15.100 |
Pommel
| 1 | Nariman Kurbanov | Kazakhstan | Asian Championships AA | 15.666 |
| 2 | Lee Chih-Kai | Taiwan | Baku World Cup QF | 15.533 |
| Rhys McClenaghan | Ireland | Olympic Games EF | 15.533 | |
| 4 | Ahmad Abu Al Soud | Jordan | Doha World Cup EF | 15.500 |
| Max Whitlock | Great Britain | British Championships AA | 15.500 |
Rings
| 1 | Liu Yang | China | Olympic Games TF | 15.500 |
| 2 | Lan Xingyu | China | DTB Pokal Team Challenge EF | 15.400 |
| 3 | Alex Diab | United States | Houston Invitational TF | 15.350 |
Vault
| 1 | Artur Davtyan | Armenia | Doha World Cup EF | 15.166 |
| 2 | Carlos Yulo | Philippines | Olympic Games EF | 15.116 |
| 3 | Jake Jarman | Great Britain | British Championships EF | 15.050 |
P Bars
| 1 | Zou Jingyuan | China | Olympic Games EF | 16.200 |
| 2 | Curran Phillips | United States | Winter Cup AA | 16.100 |
| 3 | Illia Kovtun | Ukraine | European Championships TF | 15.800 |
H Bar
| 1 | Hashimoto Daiki | Japan | All-Japan Event Championships EF | 15.466 |
| 2 | Tang Chia-Hung | Taiwan | Koper Challenge Cup EF | 15.400 |
| 3 | Kawakami Shohei | Japan | All-Japan Event Championships EF | 15.233 |
What a year for Carlos Yulo. Talk about peaking.
Shang Chunsong – World Parkour Champion
Fan favourite, Shang Chunsong, was captain of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Additionally she represented China at the 2013, 2014, and 2015 World Championships where she won silver with the team at the latter two.
Domestically she is the 2015 and 2016 Chinese national all-around champion.
In Parkour she is the 2024 World freestyle champion.
Today she’s a Gymnastics coach training Parkour independently.
… the 28-year-old said via her personal Weibo account that the world title has helped make up for the regrets she had in gymnastics and her next goal is the World Games in 2025.
The gold medal finish ensured her automatic qualification for the World Games 2025 Chengdu, scheduled to take place in August in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province.
Former Chinese gymnastics captain makes history in parkour
She competes a LOT of difficulty.
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Zoltan Rezacs – Gienger + 2/1 twist (1988)
Decades ahead of his time.
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The 2nd ever caught — so far as I know — was Leo Lehtinen in 2024.
Leo competes for Finland.
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controversial Béla Károlyi
Getting over the shock of Béla’s death at only age-82, many are still wrestling with conflicting emotions about the legendary coach.
YES he inspired many around the world. YES he helped popularize the sport in the USA.
But many, many gymnasts were injured and psychologically damaged by the Károlyi system which I would call unscientific and unsafe.
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Béla Károlyi was never convicted of any crime. You might argue that he escaped justice many times.
GymCastic has always done a good job covering the controversies. Listen to this PODCAST episode if you want to know more:
The Legacy of Bela Karolyi
Béla Károlyi is dead
Controversial coach Béla Károlyi has died, age-82.
One Romanian site says he was living in Huntsville, Texas at the time.
In my opinion, Béla was no technical coach, but a great motivator and promoter.
Without question, he helped popularize Artistic Gymnastics around the world, personal coach to two Olympic champions.
Many of those who knew him best had mixed feelings.
I felt his training methodology was unscientific. Unsafe.
Márta was somewhat better — but in the early 2000s, still required kids to do 10 routines / day immediately before competition. Dumb. Dangerous.
Worst of all, Károlyi success in the USA motivated Steve Nunno and others to emulate harsh coaching.
Márta Károlyi remained the national team coordinator for USA Gymnastics until 2016.
In 2024, we are far better off with elite American leaders like Alicia Sacramone Quinn and Chellsie Memmel.
“I Have Made Their Lives Miserable”
That’s what famed gymnastics teacher Bela Karolyi says about the rival coaches who criticize his ruthless methods—but he could say the same about the girls he is training to become Olympic champions.
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