Category: Olympics

Akash Modi interview

Great gymnast. One impressive young man.

Not only is he currently pursuing a master’s degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University, but he is also a world-class elite artistic gymnast who has his eyes set on making the U.S. men’s gymnastics Olympics team at Tokyo 2020. …

Who are your role models, both in life and in sports?

I try to follow Raj’s path the most, but I pull from everyone else who surrounds me. I try to pull qualities from my mom, dad, sister, and my teammates at Stanford. …

How do you want to be remembered in the sport of gymnastics? What do you think you would add to the US Olympic team?

I want to be remembered the guy you can always count on — you can put him up and he’s always going to do a solid routine for you, no matter what.

Read more – In Conversation with Olympic Hopeful Akash Modi

Simone’s interview on the Olympic Channel

Click PLAY or watch it on The Olympic Channel.

That’s from an excellent post by Scott Bregman:

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2019 WORLD ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Can Turkey qualify a Men’s team to Tokyo?

There are a LOT of men’s teams in the running for the 12 available Olympic team spots.

“We see we have the chance to go to the Olympics with a team,” said Onder, who helped Turkey finish 15th at the 2018 World Championships. …

“We are totally concentrated on Stuttgart,” Onder admitted.

“The team is the most important thing, we are very close. We have been training together in camp in Mersin and we are expecting some great results in the competition. …

Turkey on the verge of something special, says Onder

related – Turkey’s Onder: ‘The Hard Work Begins From Now’

Ahmet Onder, TUR, during apparatus final at 2019 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Szczecin; 14/04/2019; Foto: SCHREYER

A World Challenge Cup is being held in Turkey this weekend.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Tokyo Olympic medals are recycled metals

100 per cent of the metals required to manufacture the approximately 5,000 gold, silver and bronze medals have been extracted from small electronic devices that were contributed from people all over Japan. …

tokyo2020.org

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

Olympic Qualification process

On GymCastic Spencer provided the best explanation yet on how the Tokyo 2020 Olympic qualification works.

After one listen you might actually, almost understand it.

“You are beautiful. You are lovely. Go out there and enjoy this.”

Imboden & Berry reprimanded

Interesting.

I’m surprised and somewhat pleased that these two fantastic athletes were not banned from competition.

I’d like athletes to feel free to speak their minds, … but preferably not during a National Anthem. Perhaps a post-competition press conference — instead — could allow and encourage more free speech than in the past.

The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Tuesday formally reprimanded but did not suspend or otherwise punish the two U.S. athletes who protested on the medal stand earlier this month at the Pan American Games.

In letters to fencer Race Imboden and hammer thrower Gwen Berry, USOPC CEO Sarah Hirshland said that while she “applaud(ed)” each athlete’s “decision to be an active citizen,” calling it “admirable,” she noted that they must “abide by the policies we agree to in order to ensure the Games succeed in their purpose for many years to come.”

She wrote that the two athletes were considered to be in “a probationary period for the next 12 months. …

USA Today

U.S. Olympic trial tickets

This will sell out. Fast.

Daria Bijak finally got her Olympic tattoo

Daria was a fantastic elite. And on of my favourite College gymnasts when she competed at Utah.

The story of why she delayed getting inked is interesting.