Carly will be Nastia’s bridesmaid

Olympic Champions. 🙂

(via WOGymnastika)

Sanne Wevers Dutch Sportswoman of the Year

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Her father / coach Vincent is Coach of the Year.

via Gymternet Clan

Eleftherios Petrounias Greek sportsman of the year

Our Olympic Rings Champion.

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Year End Awards

Fabian Hambüchen was named sportsman of the year following a highly successful Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

The 29-year-old, who retried at the end of the Rio Games, won his first Olympic gold medal on the horizontal bar having collected silver and bronze at the last two Olympics in London and Beijing. …

DW.com

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Zoltan Jordanov, coach of Giulia Steingruber, was awarded the ‘Swiss Olympic Lifetime Coach Award‘. As well as Coach of the Year. He’s retiring.

Max Whitlock did not win BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016. That went to Andy Murray.

Simone Biles was named Overseas Sports Personality of the Year.

via Gymternet Clan

Extreme Trampoline New Zealand closes

New Zealand trampolinist Dylan Schmidt finished 7th in Rio.

Bad news. 😦

new Olympic TV channel summer 2017

NBCU has tried a version of an Olympic sports channel before. The company was an investor in the Universal Sports Network, which closed last year after failing to gain traction among sports fans and widespread distribution.

When Universal folded, NBCU acquired the rights to dozens of events in swimming, track and field, gymnastics, figure skating, skiing and cycling. …

NBC Bets Viewers Will Watch Olympics Year-Round

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bringing sport to refugee camps

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https://youtu.be/gWvT_XcLXCM

Olympic.org

Gabby Douglas on Elle

Gabby is a lovely person. I’m still astonished that the darling of London (somehow) became a person to be criticized in Rio.

Shame.

Seems Olympic gymnasts should stay off social media for the duration of major competitions.

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