interview with Max Whitlock

The temptation you wish you could resist… Trainers. I designed some when I was sponsored by Adidas and it became a passion. I have 80-100 pairs.

The piece of wisdom you would pass on to a child… Set yourself goals. My mother and father, Madeleine and Brian, taught me that.

The book that holds an everlasting resonance… Achieve The Impossible by Professor Greg Whyte. It teaches you how to achieve by setting targets and believing in yourself.

The priority activity if you were the Invisible Man for a day… Japan’s Kohei Uchimura is the greatest gymnast of all time, but he’s secretive, so I’d watch him train. …

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I don’t often link to that rag. But this interview was too good to pass up.

A Canadian coach recently visited Japan and had a chance to see Kohei training alone. He’s being coached by a former teammate.

They keep the Gym temperature high as Kohei likes to train in a warm environment.

Shannon Miller inspires

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famous athletes – Simone & Aly

Who are the most famous athletes on the planet?

Ben Alamar, ESPN’s director of analytics, devised a formula that combines endorsements with social media following and internet search popularity to create the ESPN World Fame 100 rankings. …

ESPN

Simone

Aly

No MLB or NHL player made the list.

55,000 fans say goodbye to Fabian HambΓΌchen

Including Angela Merkel.

Eberhard Gienger entered the arena as a parachute jumper.

The 29-year-old won 40 international medals including Gold on H Bar in Rio.

Canadian Nationals 2017 program

For the first time ever Canadian Nationals did not have a printed program for sale.

But you can download the digital copy.

Hardy Fink has a collection of all the programs from every Nationals.