Category: history

Karolyi Ranch documentary

Somebody posted a copy of the NBC documentary on YouTube.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (46min)

Balance Beam Situation posted a very funny recap – AMERICAN HORROR STORY: THE RANCH. 🙂

It originally aired on NBC on June 24th before the first night of the P&G Women’s Championships. For some reason NBC can’t find a way to sell shows like this internationally.

Marta Karolyi and the Ranch get too much credit for the success of the American women’s program. USAG should move training camps around the U.S. Or pick a more accessible location – Colorado Springs, for example.

related – Nancy Armour: Life after Martha Karolyi looms for U.S. women

Comaneci, Dawes, Biles

Tide detergent ad.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Of course Simone is not the smallest gymnast “in the history of the sport“. Don’t believe everything you hear in a detergent ad. 🙂

Thanks Cordelia.

Made in America 2012

I haven’t been linking to the MADE IN AMERICA episodes for one reason.

Geoblocked

In general I try not to promote things geo-blocked. (Of course I do have a VPN and can watch from anywhere in the world, if I choose.)

The Facebook promo is not blocked, however. Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Simone 4 time U.S. Champion

Leslie King:

Biles, the first woman to win four-straight U.S. titles since Joan Moore Gnat in 1971-74, tallied an all-around score of 125.000 to seal the title. Two-time Olympic gold-medalist Aly Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan’s American Gymnastics, was second at 121.100, followed by MG Elite’s Laurie Hernandez of Morganville, N.J., in third with 120.500. Two-time 2012 Olympic gold-medalist Gabby Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va./Buckeye Gymnastics, was fourth (117.800), and Madison Kocian of Dallas/WOGA, took fifth (116.450). …

The members of the senior women’s national team advance to compete in the women’s Olympic Trials in San Jose, Calif. July 8 and 10:

Alyssa Baumann
Simone Biles
Christina Desiderio
Gabby Douglas
Brenna Dowell
Rachel Gowey
Laurie Hernandez
Amelia Hundley
Madison Kocian
Ashton Locklear
Maggie Nichols
Aly Raisman
Emily Schild
MyKayla Skinner
Ragan Smith

Gymternet LIVE blog

Troy Dumais’ last dive

With tears in his eyes.

Troy

A four-time Olympian. An Olympic bronze medalist. A 38-time national champion. A national team member since 1996.

Few have had the career that Troy Dumais has had.

And on Saturday, that career came to end in front a crowd that gave him a standing ovation before his emotional final dive at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials, at which he finished fourth in the men’s 3-meter contest. …

USA Diving

Click through to watch the very emotional end of Troy’s great career.

Thanks Tom.