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Gabby Douglas
First American gymnast to win solo and team all-around gold medals at one Olympics
Category: history
Canadian team to Worlds Montreal …
… 1985.
Sasha I, Cathy G, Andrea T, Tracey W, Christina M, Leane G, Andrea O, Sandra B, Alex Bard and Bernard Petiot.
1982 USSR Women’s Championships
Yvonne Tousek montage
Always a crowd favourite.
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Today Yvonne Tousek-Renne is an Acrobatic Talent Scout at Cirque du Soleil.
via Fans of Canadian Gymnastics
new Nadia Comaneci documentary – Winning
One film (78 minutes). Five legendary athletes. The compelling and inspiring story of the journeys of tennis champion Martina Navratilova, golf great Jack Nicklaus, Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci, track and field star Edwin Moses, and Dutch Paralympian Esther Vergeer. …
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evolution of Kovacs
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Athen’s Olympics Men’s competition was a MESS
ILLYRIA BURKLE summarizes:
– In the all around, almost all the top contenders have a major mistake/fall (Paul Hamm, Ioan Silviu Suciu, Hiroyuki Tomita, Yang Wei, Marian Dragulescu, etc.)
– Yang Tae-Young was mistakenly credited with a 9.9 start value instead of a 10 like he was in the qualifying and team competitions, costing him the gold medal in the all around. Oscar Buitrago Reyes of Colombia, Benjamin Bango of Spain, and the head judge George Beckstead of the United States were all suspended for the mistake. …
read more – 2004 MAG
And who was the Men’s Head Judge?
the Ferrari is still improving
Note the long pauses before tumbling in 2008.
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Simone is in the Gym
evolution of Asymmetric Bars
No apparatus has changed more.
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Note: Bars are asymmetric, not uneven.
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