Category: history

AAU – vote for Laurie Hernandez, Aly Raisman

Both are nominated for the AAU James E. Sullivan Award. The winner will be announced in a ceremony at the New York Athletic Club on April 11, 2017.

Over the last 86 years only 3 gymnasts have won the award:

 

via Gymternet Clan

 

the Andreas Tobas story

The hero in Rio.

“That was amazing,” teammate Fabian Hambüchen said. “It’s an honour to have someone like him on the team.”

German gymnast Andreas Toba’s extraordinary act of sacrifice

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Rosie’s leos to Olympic Museum in Switzerland

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Alexandrov coaching Oksana

It’s 1992 all over again. 

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all time highest NCAA AA scores

1. Karin Lichey Georgia 40.000 1996
2. Mohini Bhardwaj UCLA 39.975 2001
3. Suzanne Metz Utah 39.950 1995
4. Maggie Nichols Oklahoma 39.925 2017
5. Jamie Dantzscher UCLA 39.900 2002
Kristen Kenoyer Utah 39.900 1993
Courtney Kupets Georgia 39.900 2009

See the full list on Balance Beam Situation

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Watch an interview with Karin.

Sergei Chinkar retires

If you don’t know Sergei’s story, click over to Coaching Life – From Belarus to Brisbane.

Fujimoto, Chusovitina, Nemov, Sacramone

IG Magazine Hall of Fame 2017 Inductees:

  • Shun Fujimoto (Japan): Gold medalist at the 1976 Olympics
  • Oksana Chusovitina (Uzbekistan): 1992 Olympic gold medalist and 7-time Olympian
  • Alexei Nemov (Russia): 2000 Olympic all-around champion and 12-time Olympic medalist
  • Alicia Sacramone (USA): 4-time World champion and 2008 Olympic silver medalist

Ceremony Saturday, May 20, 2017.

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buy Olga Korbut’s Olympic medals

olga-medal… From Feb. 25-26, five of Korbut’s Olympic medals — her floor exercise gold from Munich among them — and some of her Olympic memorabilia will be available at Heritage Auctions’ Sports Platinum Auction.

Korbut and Schanfeldt say the selling of her memorabilia is not a desperate money grab, though they acknowledge the money certainly will be nice. They see it as more of a chance to make a deeper connection with her fans, allowing them to be part of a history they helped create.

“This is Olympic history, and I would like to share with the whole world,” Korbut said. “They helped to make it history and make it live forever. This is how I wanted to share with the people.” …

Olga Korbut puts 5 Olympic medals up for auction

Here’s the auction site. Bids are up to $26,000 each with a few days to go.

96-year-old Agnes Keleti wins Israel Prize

10 Olympic medals in Helsinki (1952) and Melbourne (1956). The eldest Gold medal winner.

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