Category: Olympics

what do you know about Olympic Champion Oka Shinnosuke?

I didn’t know that our reigning Olympic champion suffered an ACL tear during the 2022 All-Japan Championships.

In fact, I feel most of us don’t know much about Oka Shinnosuke compared with rivals Daiki Hashimoto and Zhang Boheng.

Oka Shinnosuke is a fascinating example of contrasts: a gymnast who fears heights, a quiet leader with a fiery gaming temper, and a “compact car” with a “Ferrari engine.”

His journey from the “Chin” of failure to the “Kin” of Olympic gold is a testament to the power of locked in focus and the pursuit of beautiful gymnastics. …

read more – Oka Shinnosuke: 12 Facts About the Small Giant of Gymnastics

Quad God 1st legal Olympic Back Flip in 50 years.

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He’s working on Back 1/1 twist. And more.

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who won the Bronze medal on Floor at the Paris Olympics?

Ana Bărbosu? Jordan Chiles? Sabrina Voinea?

GymCastic brings us up-to-date.

Switzerland’s Federal Supreme Court JUST ruled that the Court of Arbitration for Sport must examine new audiovisual evidence that supports the appeal of Jordan Chiles.

FIG seems to have improved their appeals process due to this fiasco.

Sabrina Voinea had the 3rd best routine — but her mother / incompetent coach didn’t submit the appeal properly. I don’t see any scenario where Sabrina ends up with an official Bronze medal in the historical record.

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Chinese Men’s Gymnastics Training System

Unique in the world, I’d say.

It would be difficult for any non-totalitarian government to emulate it.

The Chinese Men’s Artistic Gymnastics training system is a government-supported model focused on conditioning, technical mastery, and athlete welfare. Despite its success – collecting 53 Olympic medals since 1984 – it faces challenges due to changing socio-economic conditions. …

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Breaking Down Chinese Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Training Methods

2021 Olympic Team gymnasts: Liu Yang, Deng Shudi, Zou Jingyuan, Lin Chaopan, Sun Wei, and Xiao Ruoteng
May 10, 2021 – Source: CFP


Jim Hartung R.I.P.

As a young coach, I was a huge fan of Jim Hartung and the rest of his NCAA Gymnastics dynasty at Nebraska.

Hartung also led the Huskers and Coach Francis Allen to their first four NCAA team titles (1979-1980-1981-1982) and became Nebraska’s first Nissen-Emery Award winner in 1982. He was a two-time member of the United States Olympic team, helping the U.S. to its first and only team gold medal at the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympic Games.

Hartung, 65, has been a Nebraska assistant gymnastics coach for the past 19 seasons, giving back to the championship program he helped build …

HUSKER LEGEND JIM HARTUNG PASSES AWAY

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Ellie Black – Order of Canada 

The Order of Canada (French: Ordre du Canada) honours 80 people a year for distinguished service in every field of endeavour.

As of August 2025, 8,647 people have been named since 1967.

Zhang Boheng’s Gymnastics career

I had no idea that Zhang Boheng faced so many challenges en route to becoming World Champion in 2021 in Kitakyushu, Japan.

His rivalry and friendship with Hashimoto Daiki is one of the great stories of this era.

Read the details on zhoxxyy:

Zhang Boheng: Triumph Over Silver, All-Around Gymnastics Star


FIG rebrands as ‘World Gymnastics’

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) today announces a major rebrand, introducing its new name: World Gymnastics.  …

World Gymnastics engages millions of athletes and fans across 165 member federations, making it one of the most popular participation and spectator sports.

The new brand includes a new logo and visual identity …

In addition to name and brand identity, World Gymnastics will unveil eight distinctive discipline brands, each purpose-built to elevate the identity, visibility and growth of the sport’s diverse disciplines.

The discipline identities for Gymnastics for All, Men’s Artistic, Women’s Artistic, Rhythmic, Trampoline & Tumbling, Acrobatics, Aerobics and Parkour will be showcased over the coming weeks. 

FIG unveils new global identity: World Gymnastics

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