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#Legend Olympic champ went 6.300 + 8.833 during the first rotation, first subdivision. He’ll qualify to the Final easily, likely in 1st ranks.
I had his E-score at about 9.20. He’s tough to deduct aside from the landing.
Two judges have SmartRings screens right in front of their faces. GREEN means you met minimum requirements for holding strength in an isometric position.
Petrounias holds as long and as steadily as anyone.
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At the Nova Scotia banquet honouring their best athletes all time.
She’s with Sidney “Sid the Kid” Crosby, captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL, widely regarded as one of the greatest hockey players of all time.
If there were doubts about the Simone Biles comeback, they’ve been silenced. Despite a slip on the uneven bars, the four-time Olympic gold medalist easily won the all-around and three events at last weekend’s U.S. Classic in Columbus, Ohio.
With the U.S. Championships just two weeks away in Boston, Biles looks poised for more success and add further weight to the argument that she is the greatest gymnast of all time. …
In Columbus, Biles received d-scores of:
- 6.000, vault;
- 6.100, uneven bars;
- 6.300 balance beam;
- 6.600 floor exercise.
(via Scott Bregman)
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Twist and Pulse are an English street dance duo.
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Elena Davydova is Head Coach and Owner of Gemini Gymnastics in Ontario. She’s the 1980 Olympic Champion and currently sits on the FIG WTC.
Elena Davydova gave an interview to Oksana Tonkacheeva for the magazine of the Russian artistic gymnastics federation. …
Davydova is one of the few people in the artistic gymnastics world who attended the Olympic Games in three roles – a gymnast (for USSR in 1980), a coach (for Canada in 2012) and a judge (also for Canada, in 2016). …
The 1970s were the era of discovering new elements. We were practically attacking them even though there was no method of learning them. … I watched Aleksandr Tkachev training his releases (we both lived in Voronezh at the time and sometimes trained in the same gym), so I ran to my coach Gennadi Korshunov and told him: why don’t I try this? …
Q: How did you end up in Canada?
A: It’s a personal story. Or rather, a problem. The complications of a difficult birth seriously affected the health of my oldest son. The treatment that our doctors offered wasn’t helping. …
By the way, I want to say special thanks to Andrey Fyodorovich Rodionenko. During his years of working in Canada, the authority of a coach grew a lot. …
Q: How do you separate your emotions when both Canadians and Russians compete?
A: Oh, I’m nervous for everyone equally. …
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Erick Lopez is the athlete with the largest number of medals from the Pan American Games (18) …
It would be easy for someone with his track record to blow his own trumpet, but Erick Lopez has always been a humble and simple man …
I suffered the prejudices of being Black, Latin and Cuban, like previous generations at the World Championships. …
(via GymCastic)
Watch a touching and inspirational BBC interview with Gwynedd Lingard, who competed as a gymnast in the 1952 and 1960 Olympic Games, still coaches six classes a week at Penarth Gymnastics Club.
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