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Everyone knows K.J. Kindler can work miracles with pretty much any recruit who shows up at Oklahoma.
But she’s got her hands full with these two – (former) football players Baker Mayfield and Nila Kasitati.
Click the image to watch it on NCAA.com.
Thanks Brenna.
Kylie Dickson will represent Belarus at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
This was a controversial decision. Nellie Kim – President of the FIG Women’s Technical Committee and vice president of the Belarusian Gymnastics Federation – played a key role in the decision to send two American trained Belorussians (who’d not actually ever been to Belarus) to 2015 Worlds.
Will Kylie Dickson inspire gymnasts who actually live in Belarus?
I doubt it.
But here’s some good news:
… The Belarus Gymnastics Association has set a task to revive the former glory and traditions of this sport. Particularly intensive work in this area began a year and a half ago, when Helen Skripel, a famous businesswoman in Belarus, became the Association’s Chair. These ambitious plans have become one of the priorities of her work and the Association’s activities.
To implement the “Revival Plan” the comprehensive program has been developed based on the study of problems, consultations with highly qualified specialists, including foreign ones, and bold marketing ideas. The program has received strong support from the Ministry of Sport and Tourism of Belarus and the National Olympic Committee.
The basic items of the project are sports facilities, coaching staff and promising athletes. Several gyms have already been renovated and equipped with the latest equipment. World-renowned expert Oleg Ostapenko has started working as the head coach of the women’s national team. …
February 10-13, 2017. In conjunction with their annual Ed Vincent Invitational.
It’s my home club. I was amongst the first boys to join Altadore. Spent about 23 years at that Gym.
Ed Vincent has been there 30 years or more. That sounds like a lot. But it’s rumoured Ed is well over 100 years old already. 🙂
Max is hitting. Oleg is hitting. Manrique is rapidly improving.
Click PLAY or watch Kohei’s (not perfect) AA on YouTube. (6 apparatus)
https://youtu.be/VTynDynUEN8?t=19s
Sooner or later someone will defeat Kohei in the AA. I’d say Uchimura is the man to beat in Rio. But the contenders may be within one fall of him at this point.
At age 27, Kohei is not sticking as consistently as he has in the past.
She is this year’s Honda Sports Award recipient for gymnastics, distinguishing her as the nation’s top collegiate female athlete in the sport. The honor was based on the results of national balloting among all NCAA member schools as part of The Collegiate Women Sports Awards program, now celebrating its 40th year. The other finalists were Lindsay Mable (Minnesota), Nina McGee (Denver) and Elizabeth Price (Stanford).
This is the second such honor for Sloan, as she won the award as a freshman in 2013. A Gator gymnast has claimed the honor four of the last five years, as Kytra Hunter was the 2012 and 2015 recipient. …
What a career!
Cata led Beam in preliminaries in Rio with this routine. Opted not to compete in the Final.
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Our defending Olympic champion at the Rio Test Meet.
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Bea Gheorghisor compiled first shocked reactions from Adrian Stoica, Octavian Bellu, Mariana Bitang, Daniela Silivas and others.
I’m quoted in a Guardian article by Dvora Meyers – Romania’s Olympic gymnastics failure: where did it all go wrong?
One positive note. It sounds like Catalina Ponor will try to continue through the 2017 European Championships hosted by Romania.
I love this tribute.
After a disastrous ranking at Worlds 2015 we feared Epke would not get the chance to defend in Rio.
He will. 🙂
Team Netherlands did qualify and will almost certainly include Zonderland in their lineup.
I watched the warm-up. Bart DEURLOO, BRETSCHNEIDER and ZONDERLAND are all capable of linking multiple big releases in a final. Here’s how it turned out.
1 ZONDERLAND Epke NED 7.100 + 8.633 = 15.733
2 BRETSCHNEIDER Andreas GER 7.300 + 8.300 = 15.600
3 OROZCO John USA 6.800 + 8.566 = 15.366
full results
Ultra clean Nile Wilson fell twice. John Orozco hit superbly with Liukin for the Bronze. (John was 9/9 in Rio.) But as he’s done so many times in the past, Epke hit the routine best when it counted.
Congratulations. Netherlands may be the happiest nation coming to the Olympics at this point.
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