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Toni-Ann Williams in Rio
Toni-Ann Williams made Olympic gymnastic history in Rio – this is her story. VIDEO
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Casimir Schmidt #MakesMeStronger
Casimir was not selected for Rio though he was one of the guys who qualified the Dutch team for the first time.
He’s not giving up. 😦 #respect
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Simone with Colbert
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coach Sergey Sizhanov – Sam Oldham
Sam Oldham has had Sergey Sizhanov guiding him for 15 years. It is a relationship that glowed at London 2012, survived the torment of a career-threatening injury in 2014 and is now relighting Sam’s ambition after his Olympic disappointment. …
1. Describe Sam in three words
Focused. Fighter. Friend
2. What are your early memories of Sam?
It was my very first training session in Britain in 2001, Sam was 8 and was practising a handstand on the rings. I told him my name, gave him some coaching tips and the rest is history.
Russian coach Sergey Sizhanov on boosting gymnast and Scholar Sam Oldham over 15 incredible years
Evolution of Gymnastics
Present in every edition of the Olympic Games since 1896, Gymnastics has changed considerably through time.
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Fabien Hambuechen Gold H Bar in Rio
Congratulations Elena Davydova
Elena is the 1980 Olympic Champion. Coached Kristina Vaculik to the 2012 Olympics. And judged Floor in Rio.
And she was recently elected to FIG WTC.
related – Amanda Turner – Padurariu, Canada Dominate Olympic Hopes Cup
qualifying for the Tokyo Olympics
Lauren Hopkins posted the best summary I’ve read.
… 48 women will qualify on teams, at least 34 women and as many as 46 women will qualify as individual all-arounders, and at least 4 women and as many as 16 women will qualify as event specialists. …
ASSuming the new FIG Executive and Technical Committees don’t tinker with the qualification system, a real possibility.
Despite the complexity, I much prefer this to what we had for Rio.
female gymnasts no longer want to retire
Lauren Hopkins:
… it seems like so many who competed this year have the goal of sticking around. The only retirements I know of for sure so far this year have been Lauren Mitchell, Houry Gebeshian, Julie Croket, Marine Brevet, Youna Dufournet, Ruby Harrold (though she’s doing NCAA), Marta Pihan-Kulesza, Yu Minboe, Kirsten Beckett, Marcela Torres, Nicole Hitz, and then for the Americans, Amelia Hundley, Brenna Dowell, Maggie Nichols, Rachel Gowey, Alyssa Baumann, and Madison Desch, all of whom will be competing in college.
I’ve also heard Jessica López MIGHT retire but she hasn’t officially announced anything yet and is doing the Swiss Cup in a couple of weeks. The same can be said for a few others, like Vanessa Ferrari for example (she said the Olympics would be her last but now she’s not so sure)…but the women listed above are the only ones I know of who for sure announced retirements. …
It does seem that fewer female (and male) gymnasts have announced retirements after Rio than any other Olympics. A great trend for our sport.
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