The two super power nations are cooperating in the run-up to Olympics Tokyo.
Category: Olympics
update on Valeri and Brazil
Cedrick Willian on Gym Blog Brazil posted an important update on Valeri.
The original is in Portuguese. Here are some points I gleaned from Google Translate:
– short term goal is Tokyo 2020. Long term is important, as well.
– National Team training camp was Jan 7-17th
– no more weighing gymnasts
– nutritional orientation
– buffet at camp offered juice and dessert (yes, dessert!)
– doctors, physiotherapists, nutritionists, physical trainers and biomechanist involved
– first day medical assessment and specific skills test
– other days training: morning 08:30 to 12:30, afternoon 15:30 to 18:30.
– Saturday morning only and Sunday off
– all apparatus each day. Ballet and choreography rotations
– Brazil travels to WOGA Jan 28th – Feb 10th
– Jr and Sr team members will compete WOGA Classic in February
– the feeling is that the doors are open for everyone who aspires to National Team
The beginning of the democratization of Brazilian women’s artistic gymnastics
Ferrari is back
The 2006 World Champion has not retired. 🙂
She’s planning on competing the Melbourne Apparatus World Cup in February in an attempt to qualify to Tokyo as a specialist.
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(via Cordelia)
Olympian Ágnes Keleti is 98
Ágnes Keleti (born Ágnes Klein, 9 January 1921) is a Hungarian–Israeli retired Olympic and world champion artistic gymnast and coach. While representing Hungary in the Summer Olympics, she won 10 Olympic medals …
Click PLAY or watch Ágnes on Twitter.
Can she still do the splits? 🙂
Olympians call for Congressional USOC overhaul
Olympic diving champion Greg Louganis and nearly 50 other former Olympians are calling on Congress to overhaul the U.S. Olympic Committee, insisting a major reorganization of the USOC is needed to ensure athlete safety. …
Kathy Johnson Clarke and Julianne McNamara, members of the groundbreaking 1984 Olympic gymnastics team, and Marcia Frederick, the first American woman to win a World championship in gymnastics, are members of the group. …
Hidetaka Miyachi interview
He wants to qualify as a H Bar specialist to Tokyo. Dreams of winning a medal.
Epke Zonderland is the specialist to beat at the moment, I’d say.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
GymCastic, theGymter.net to Olympics 2020
Both the GymCastic podcast and theGymter.net blog were granted a U.S. media accreditation to cover the Tokyo Olympics.
Congratulations. 🙂 🎅
It’s surprising to see the USOC recognize the importance of new media.
I’m looking forward to their perspective from inside the arena.
‘big star’ crush on Simone
Anna Gasser is an Austrian snowboarder and big air 2018 Olympic Champion.
A former gymnast, she knows just what it takes to do what Simone has done.
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Bridget Sloan interview
She talks about choosing Florida … over Utah and Georgia. Bridget Sloan won 3 Championships with the Gators. Everyone expected her to go to Georgia.
She speaks about her coach Marvin Sharp for the first time.
When she first heard about his suicide in 2015 — while a College Gymnastics superstar — she was confused and angry. Bridget broke her phone in frustration.
Her Mom thought she should come home to Indiana. Bridget refused.
Her parents felt betrayed too.
In fact, she felt guilty that she’d had such a good career with Marvin Sharp. Good memories over the 20 years. Bridget was not a victim of her coach. She looked up to Marvin as a second father.
At the time Bridget decided to stay quiet. She did speak to Sam Peszek about it at the time. Sam had also trained with Marvin Sharp after the Olympics.
Listen on the I Have Cool Friends podcast.
Simone’s Undefeated ESPN cover story
At this point in time Simone thinks she’ll retire after the Tokyo Olympics.
Read the interview in Undefeated:
Most dominant athlete of 2018: Simone Biles
This was the year that the greatest gymnast of all time showed that not a damn thing will ever stand in her way
CREDIT: Danielle Levitt for ESPN
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