Nina Dewael – Bars

Nina could have one of the highest start values in the world in 2017.

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Nina was 19th AA in Rio, the best rank ever by a Belgian at the Olympics.

related – Belgian Gymnastics – My 2016 Highlights!

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nations with Olympic gymnasts for the 1st time

Toni-Ann Williams (Jamaica)
Irina Sazonova (Iceland)
Ariana Orrego (Peru)
Ellis O’Reilly (Ireland)
Dipa Karmakar (India)
Houry Gebeshian (Armenia)
Marisa Dick (Trinidad and Tobago)
Farah Boufadene (Algeria)
Isabella Amado Medrano (Panama)

Olympics of Records: The First Female Gymnasts Who Represented Their Country In Rio 2016

Of those only Dipa has trained exclusively in her home nation. #respect

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Russia finally admits to doping

Russia is for the first time conceding that its officials carried out one of the biggest conspiracies in sports history: a far-reaching doping operation …

Over several days of interviews here with The New York Times, Russian officials said they no longer disputed a damning set of facts that detailed a doping program with few, if any, historical precedents.

“It was an institutional conspiracy,” Anna Antseliovich, the acting director general of Russia’s national antidoping agency, said …

Russians No Longer Dispute Olympic Doping Operation

They still claim Putin did not know.

Russia was stripped of speedskating and biathlon events it was due to host this winter. Russia had previously been denied hosting world bobsled and skeleton championships.

Simone Biles AP Female Athlete of the Year

This is big.

In a vote by U.S. editors and news directors announced Monday, Biles received 31 votes out of a possible 59 votes.

U.S. Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky, who won four golds and a silver in Rio, finished second with 20 votes. Serena Williams, who won Wimbledon for the seventh time to tie Steffi Graf’s record of 22 Grand Slam titles, and three-time NCAA women’s basketball Player of the Year Breanna Stewart tied for third with four votes each. …

CBC

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Gymnastics in the good ol’ days …

Rebecca Johnson12 Things I’ll Never Forget From My Young Gymnastics Days

#7. I spent hours on end playing Barbie Team Gymnastics on the computer. Best. game. ever.

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Rosie has no plans to retire

She won a second Olympic gold medal in Rio, which no one else in the world has done since trampoline was included in the 2000 Summer Games The 28-year-old from King City, Ont., also became Canada’s first summer athlete to win two individual gold medals.

So, now what?

Not retirement it seems.

“There are routines and skills that I haven’t done yet and I’d really like to compete. I’m still loving my sport and loving my training,” MacLennan said. …

The Star

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Nadia and Andreea

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Eddie Van Hoof – A Life in Gymnastics

An excellent edit.

Fresh from receiving his UK Coach of the Year accolade we caught up with our Head National Coach for Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Eddie Van Hoof for an in depth chat about his coaching philosophy.

An Olympic gymnast and a coach for 20 years, Eddie tells us about his journey through the sport, his proudest moments and the secrets to our recent men’s success on the World and Olympic stage.

British Gymnastics

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related – “2016 was a monumental year”, Jane Allen CEO

FloGymnastics Best of 2016

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