Larisa Latynina was ranked the 9th greatest Olympian in any sport by bwin.
… Her total of 18 Olympic medals was a record for 48 years until surpassed by American swimmerMichael Phelps …
Category: history
1910 Pommel Horse for sale
At west end salvage in Des Moines.
The oldest description of gymnastics on an artificial horse is over 600 years old. It was written by a Renatus Vegetius, who, in his four volume “Overview of the Roman Army”, describes soldiers using a wooden horse for practice. …
In the early 19th century, when Jahn, regarded as the father of gymnastics, was alive, there were three different kinds of horses on the Hasenheide in Berlin …
Vote Simone Biles for the AAU Sullivan
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Gymnastics USA – “explosion of diversity”
Team USA:
Penny said his federation does not chart participation demographically, but his intuition and that of federation Chief Operating Officer Ron Galimore from watching events at all age levels since the 2012 Olympics suggests an “explosion of diversity.”
Such a change has been slow coming to the elite level of a sport where public tumbling programs, often free or very inexpensive, give way to private clubs for top-level training, which is costly. …
via David Holcomb
related – GymCastic 189: Blinded by the Swag 2016 American Cup:
The Under Armour gymnastics commercial featuring an all white team: We know Aly, Gabby and Simone can’t do the commercial because they are signed to other contracts! We are talking about the lack of diversity! Gymnastics isn’t dominated by white girls!
Nadia Comaneci – Montreal
A documentary reflecting on Nadia’s success at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (27min)
Simone on Ellen
cigarette cards – Gymnastic Exercises
W. Duke Sons & Co. brand cigarettes included a set of 25 collectible cards in 1887 to promote fitness. You can find them easily on Pinterest.
when cigarettes promoted fitness
In 1887, Wills were one of the first UK tobacco companies to include advertising cards in their packs of cigarettes …
This set seems to have been included with your fags ’round about 1914.
You can buy a book of WILLS Physical Culture Cigarette Cards for $14.79.
Jotchev, Lysenko, Korobchinsky, Dobre
International Gymnast Magazine Hall of Fame 2016 inductees.
UCLA’s Miss Val
TUANH DAM posted an excellent retrospective on the head coach of UCLA who has won 6 NCAA team championships since 1997.
Gymnastics coach Valorie Kondos Field shapes more than just routines
Gymnastics Coaching.com 