tumbling, tramp, diving, acrobatics, circus, cheer, dance, martial arts, X sports … and more
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Veteran International Olympic Committee member Dick Pound told USA TODAY Sports Monday afternoon that the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games are going to be postponed, likely to 2021, with the details to be worked out in the next four weeks. …
“It will come in stages,” he said.
“We will postpone … and begin to deal with all the ramifications …, which are immense.”
I’ve always been a huge fan of Karen Cockburn.
Her autobiography, called Karen Cockburn: Soaring High, was published in November 2007.
FIG posted an excellent new interview:
… the first – and to date, the only – woman to win three Olympic medals in Trampoline, establishing Canada as one of the premier Trampoline nations along the way.
The medal-winning precedent Cockburn set with her bronze in 2000 and silvers in 2004 and 2008 was carried on by her friend and training partner Rosie MacLennan, who took gold in 2012 and 2016. …
What is the effect that your coach Dave Ross has had on Trampoline Gymnastics in Canada?
KC: You would need to write an entire book on this topic to truly know the impact he has had. Dave’s athletes have won seven Olympic medals. All of these athletes he has personally trained since they were about 10 years old. …
Legends of Gymnastics: Q+A with three-time Olympic medallist Karen Cockburn
UPDATE – Australia was the second nation to announce they would not attend in July.
The Canadian Olympic Committee and Canadian Paralympic Committee say they will not send athletes to compete in Tokyo if the games go ahead as scheduled, set to begin on July 24th. …
“With COVID-19 and the associated risks, it is not safe for our athletes, and the health and safety of their families and the broader Canadian community for athletes to continue training towards these Games. …
Aliya is still training.
Mustafina said she hopes to compete at the Russian Cup in June and prepare for the Tokyo Olympics. Now she might have even more time in store if the Olympics are postponed due to the pandemic.
She also hopes to have more elements named after her, one of her big dreams is to compete a Shaposhnikova transition with a one and a half turn. …
gymnovosti – MUSTAFINA: WHEN I COULD RETIRE ON A HIGH NOTE, I DIDN’T DO IT
I was in the media section when Aliya tore her ACL on Vault in the AA final at Tokyo Worlds.
Nope. It was at 2011 Europeans in Berlin. My mistake.
At the time I felt she didn’t need the Amanar that day. But in this interview she explains that she didn’t feel Amanar was either difficult nor dangerous. It was just another skill.
Sanne Wevers is the 2016 Olympic Champ on Beam.
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The USOTC in Colorado Springs just closed.
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No one wants to see the Olympics and Paralympics postponed. But it’s the right thing to do, the responsible thing to do.
At this point, the only thing to do.
“Even if they said, ‘We’re going to postpone this two years,’ then I know. Then I can say ‘OK, I don’t have to stress the next three weeks trying to work out.’ I can self-quarantine and be safe and do everything they’re asking,” gymnast Colin Van Wicklen told USA TODAY Sports. …
… challenges that make it impossible to go forward with the Games as scheduled. Here’s a look at three of the biggest:
Training
Qualification
Anti-doping
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