Gender equality was at the centre of the discussions of the newly formed FIG Women in Gymnastics Commission, which held its first meeting in Lausanne this week …
Category: Olympics
future of the Youth Olympic Games
I like the approach they are taking.
IOC REVEALS THE FUTURE OF THE YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES
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Paris 2024 and L.A. 2028
It’s official.
Breakdance at Youth Olympic Games
Breakdancing added to Youth Olympic Games for 2018:
This is how it will work: Twelve male and 12 female dancers, ages 16-18, will compete over two days. Competition will be broken down into three events — men’s, women’s and mixed-team — with dancers facing off in a battle format that will be judged and scored.
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Stage 1 has been completed. Here are those who qualified through to Stage 2.
Gabby Douglas honoured by Time magazine
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Gabby Douglas
First American gymnast to win solo and team all-around gold medals at one Olympics
Athen’s Olympics Men’s competition was a MESS
ILLYRIA BURKLE summarizes:
– In the all around, almost all the top contenders have a major mistake/fall (Paul Hamm, Ioan Silviu Suciu, Hiroyuki Tomita, Yang Wei, Marian Dragulescu, etc.)
– Yang Tae-Young was mistakenly credited with a 9.9 start value instead of a 10 like he was in the qualifying and team competitions, costing him the gold medal in the all around. Oscar Buitrago Reyes of Colombia, Benjamin Bango of Spain, and the head judge George Beckstead of the United States were all suspended for the mistake. …
read more – 2004 MAG
And who was the Men’s Head Judge?
the Ferrari is still improving
Note the long pauses before tumbling in 2008.
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sport science for Rhythmic Gymnasts
Nastia v Shawn in Beijing
Right ’til the end I thought Shawn would win the AA.
But — much like Oleg and Kohei in Rio — I was OK with Nastia winning. It was that close.
#RESPECT for Nastia’s Vault in the AA Final. Near perfect.
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Sanne on Rio Beam Gold one year later
Excellent interview. Her sister gave as much support as possible on the big day.
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