Category: history

Katie Teft – Bars

1996 Olympic trials. Two hop 1/1s in series.

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via REGION 5 ELITES WHO CHASED OLYMPIC GLORY: KATIE TEFT, TWISTARS USA

Trinity training the “Phillips”

I mean the Biles.

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Click PLAY or watch London Phillips on YouTube. (2005)

London never competed it at a major FIG Championships so it was not named after her.

(via papaliukin)

Kyle Shewfelt interview

The Skating Lesson continues their series of Gymnastics interviews with 2004 Olympic Gold Floor medalist Kyle Shewfelt. Clearly TSL are picking and choosing whom they want to speak with. 🙂

Kyle likes Gabby over Aly for the AA. He slightly prefers Maddie over Ashton on Bars.

And he feels some scores at the American Olympic trials are up to 0.3 too high.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (68min)

London Olympic champions defending in Rio

papaliukin:

Defending Olympic Champions from 2012. A reminder of who will have a chance to repeat the glory. I crossed out the names that won’t be in Rio.

MAG
TF: China
AA: Kohei Uchimura
FX: Zou Kai
PH: Kristián Berki
SR: Arthur Zanetti
VT: Yang Hak Seon
PB: Feng Zhe
HB: Epke Zonderland

WAG
TF: USA
AA: Gabby Douglas
VT: Sandra Izbasa
UB: Aliya Mustafina
BB: Deng Linlin
FX: Aly Raisman

Magnificent Seven in San Jose

Heart this photo on Twitter.

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.

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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.