tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
… The film is an intimate and unflinching portrait of grit and determination, Perfect charts the story behind Kerri Strug’s historic Olympic vault to secure America’s first ever gymnastics team gold. …
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Let’s hope they tell the TRUE story.
This will put Bela Karolyi back under the media spotlight.
Music by John Legend.
She’s one of 6 Olympic athletes talking about overcoming social pressures to achieve success.
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Click PLAY or watch the full trailer on YouTube.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Defying Gravity is a 6-part docuseries that explores … Women’s Gymnastics through its greatest champions.
It’s playing on the Glamour magazine YouTube channel. The first 2 episodes are free without YouTube Premium.
I actually signed up for a free month of YouTube Premium so I could watch the rest. Could be that getting rid of ads MIGHT make it worth the subscription. 🙂
Bart, Nadia, Daniella, Svetlana, Laurie, Blythe, and more.
Lots of Aly and Katelyn.
This feel good introduction part 1 highlights Floor more than the other apparatus.
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I thought it was weird to include Shushanova doing a dangerous skill.
Blythe linked to a new movie that opened August 7th featuring a teenager who’s a gymnast.
Adult themes and language.
By the looks of the trailer it won’t be of any particular interest to coaches.
June 24th.
Netflix now has the documentary on the USA Gymnastics criminal doctor.
Athlete A is Maggie Nichols.
First, we all need thank Maggie, Sarah Jantzi and Maggie’s parents.
And we all need thank Rachael Denhollander and Jamie Dantzscher.
Now that the criminal doctor is in prison for up to 175 years, it’s easy to forget how difficult were those early accusations.
It’s easy to forget how many very smart people were fooled by the conman. Jamie — at the time — felt he was the only nice adult associated with USA Gymnastics.
The documentary is well done. Recommend it to your non-Gymnastics friends. We can reduce medical malpractice and abuse in future. Protect athletes.
Revisit, too, the selection process for the Rio Olympic team. Certainly Maggie should have been one of the alternates.
An August 2016 article in the Indianapolis Star about USA Gymnastics protecting coaches accused of abuse leads to the explosive revelation that the USAG women’s team doctor, Larry Nassar, had been abusing athletes for over two decades.
This film follows the IndyStar reporters as they reveal the extensive cover-up that allowed abuse to thrive within elite-level gymnastics for more than two decades, the attorney who is fighting the institutions that failed these athletes, and most importantly, the brave whistle-blowers who refuse to be silenced.
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In addition to watching the documentary, be sure to listen to an excellent interview with Jennifer Sey on Gymnastic.
Sey is the producer.
Jennifer’s 2008 book Chalked Up is available in digital format with a new forward.
Nick Ruddock collected a list for those stuck at home because of COVID-19.
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Sarah is a dedicated Canadian teen gymnast locked out of the Gym by COVID-19.
She’s an aspiring film maker too.
In this powerful and personal video Sarah tells “it‘s OK not be OK right now“.
Keep moving forward.
A lot of us can relate.
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Sarah created this video for a series of short documentaries inspired by experience with the COVID-19 pandemic. Alone together.
Now available for rental or purchase on Vimeo.
It might be available elsewhere depending on where you live.
Spencer posted a funny GIF review.
The movie includes Chelsea Werner, a gymnast and model with Down syndrome.
Can the OU women’s gymnastics team win the National Championship without their star athlete Brenna Dowell who leaves the team to try out for the Olympics?
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