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.
Category: history
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
Zou Kai is back
Though he’s not competed since 2014, the veteran is listed to compete the Doha World Cup.
With a total of five gold medals and one bronze, Zou currently holds the record for most Olympic gold medals won by any Chinese athlete in Olympic history, and is tied for the record of most medals won overall. …
Zou Kai, a Sichuan native, auctioned off one of his Olympic gold medals in 2008, donating all proceeds to fund relief efforts in the aftermath of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
Thanks Ono.
new Nadia book
10.0: The Nadia Comaneci Story
February 24, 2016 by Ellen Aim (Author)
Growing up in Romania, Nadia Comaneci was just a five-year-old kid who performed cartwheels for fun. Nine years later, she tumbled her way into the history books when she became the first gymnast to earn a 10.0 at the Olympics. …
via Gymnastics – A Golden Era
Moreno & Lago to Olympic Test Meet
… 21-year-old Alexa Moreno and 20-year-old Ana Lago proved to be the two strongest gymnasts in the country and were thus chosen for the two available spots at the Olympic Test Event in Rio this April. Moreno placed first in the competition with a 53.2 while Lago was close behind with a 52.825. …
The fantastic Elsa García was not selected. At age-26, she’s considering her future.
Hopefully Elsa will stay on for the next quadrennial. I’m certain the Mexican team could use her leadership.
Liliya Podkopayeva mini-montage
Click PLAY or watch it on Instagram.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BCO7VbdAic1/
There are more like that on the gym_art_ Instgram page.
Gabby Douglas – your life’s blueprint?
In honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
“I want to ask you a question. What’s in your life’s blueprint?”
Thank you Dr. King for the powerful words and inspiration! Tell me your story #powerofone #justdoit
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Here’s the Facebook version.
Click PLAY or watch African History Month – Gabrielle Douglas Profile on YouTube.
Gabby recently donated some of her Olympic mementos to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Thanks Mary.
new Uchimura book – Eileen Langsley
A legend in his lifetime
A pictorial tribute to the phenomenal Kohei Uchimura
details – Ebook, Apple iPad format £5.99
Eileen shows some sample pages on her website.
Gymnastics Coaching.com 