tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
… won #PacRim2016. All hail the greatest gymnast who ever lived. 🙂
1. Simone Biles – 62.450
2. Alexandra Raisman – 59.900
3. Laurie Hernandez – 59.800
I think we have to start blocking Laurie in the same group with Simone, Gabby, Aly for Olympic Team selection.
Click PLAY or watch Simone’s FX on YouTube.
16.050 = 6.9 + 9.15
Her first tumbling line warm-up is full twisting double layout. Ho hum.
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https://www.instagram.com/p/BBT7751gieo/?taken-by=gym_art_
There are more like that on the gym_art_ Instgram page.
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 …
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 …
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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!
A documentary reflecting on Nadia’s success at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (27min)
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.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 