Category: history

Commonwealth Games 2018, Gold Coast, Australia

A sensationalist writer in Australia got some reaction to a post titled: The Commonwealth Games Are Old, Irrelevant And It’s Time To Retire Them

I disagree. I’m very much looking forward to Commonwealth Games next year. Here’s the article you want to read instead.

How the Gold Coast is morphing into a Commonwealth Games playground

It’s only one year to go before nearly 7000 athletes converge on Queensland’s Gold Coast for the most exciting Commonwealth Games yet.

Durban, South Africa lost the 2022 Commonwealth Games due (partly) to an incompetent, corrupt federal Government. But I’ve little doubt that the 2022 will be soon awarded to another city. Either Liverpool, Birmingham or Manchester.

Kathy Johnson Clarke on GymCastic

Kathy Johnson Clarke, is an American commentator and retired artistic gymnast. She is notable for being one of the first American gymnasts to win a major international medal, and for her longevity and tenacity in remaining in the sport. …

#246: Kathy Johnson Clarke Regionals Preview

May 26, 1982; Dallas, TX, USA; KATHY JOHNSON of USA
during awards ceremony at 1982 USGF Invitational.

(©) Copyright 1982 Tom Theobald

John Orozco retires

One of my favourite gymnasts.

After making the 2016 Olympic team in June, he landed a high bar dismount in July that tore the ACL in his left knee and shredded his dream of a second trip to the Olympics. …

Orozco, 24, has retired from gymnastics and is leaving the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, where he has trained for the last seven years. …

Orozco did reveal that his future plans will involve music, so relocation is a necessity.

“I’m moving to L.A. soon …

IG – John Orozco Retires, Excited for What Lies Ahead

USAG 2017 Hall of Fame Class

The Final Five
Miles Avery
Mihai Brestyan
Gabby Douglas
Shawn Johnson (East)

USAG

Kohei – NBC Rio fluff piece

Click PLAY or watch it on Tumblr.

https://www.tumblr.com/labflapper/158385775981/illyria-and-her-pet-the-best-part-of-nbcs

Ana Porgras interview

With Emma Bailey. Translation by Bea Gheorghisor.

Gymnasts more universally loved than Ana Porgras are rare. She defined the 2009-2012 quad, instantly becoming a fan-favorite. She won a bronze medal on bars at the 2009 Worlds, her first major senior competition …

Ana had an almost perfect 2010 Worlds (in Rotterdam) and she won the gold medal in the beam final. …

In mid-January 2012, seven months before the Olympics, Ana announced her retirement from gymnastics. The exact reasons were not explained at the time …

Ana Porgras: “Yes, if I could change anything I would.”

Elena Naimushina has died

😦

Amanda Turner:

Russian Yelena Naimushina, a member of the gold medal-winning Soviet team at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, died Tuesday in Moscow. She was 52. …

Her death was unexpected, Shevchuk told TASS News. He had recently spoken to Naimushina about the possibility of her working at his club, he said. He had expected to see her Wednesday after she returned from Moscow. …

Olympic Champion Naimushina Dies at 52

Click PLAY or watch her Kalinka routine on YouTube. (1980)

(via RRG)

Aly Raisman & Lilia Podkopayeva

Fangirl legends.

Maggie Nichols 10s on all 4 apparatus

The major accomplishment of week 9 was Maggie Nichols completing the career gym slam with a 10 on bars, giving her at least one on every event. She’s the 9th gymnast to do this, following Sloan, Kupets, Kelly, Maloney, Lichey, Stepp, Kenoyer, and Marlowe, and is the second after Lichey to have accomplished it solely in her freshman year. …

Balance Beam Situation – WEEK 9 RANKINGS, NOTES, RQS UPDATE

Oklahoma freshman gymnast Maggie Nichols completed the “GymSlam” Saturday night by getting a “Perfect 10” on the uneven bars in the Sooners’ meet against Michigan. …

It was Nichols’ fifth 10.0 this season, which ties her with Haley Scaman for the most perfect scores in an Oklahoma career. …

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