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Mark Williams talks Rio
Despite initial concerns and media coverage of athletes’ health in Rio, Williams said most venues and lodging were more than adequate. When it came to Zika, Williams had no worries.
“I think I saw two mosquitos while I was down there,” Williams said. “For the first week we’re dousing ourselves with Off and stuff, and after a while, we opened the windows and just kind of forgot about all that and did our jobs.” …
“The all-around final may have been one of the best-contested men’s gymnastics meets ever. I think in the gymnastics sense of things, it was a huge success …
U.S. Men’s Gymnastics Coach Mark Williams Talks Olympic Success, Cultural Confluence
Gymnastics has CHANGED over 40 years
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Thanks Hal.
Kellogg’s tour cast announced
Update – Madison Kocian is training at UCLA. Laurie Hernandez is on ‘Dancing With the Stars‘. Neither will be able to perform at many tour stops.
The Final Three? 🙂
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The 36-city Kellogg’s® Tour of Gymnastics Champions kicks off Thursday, Sept. 15, in Spokane, Wash. …
The 2016 U.S. Olympians participating in the Tour are: The Final Five – Simone Biles, Gabby Douglas, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian and Aly Raisman; men’s gymnastics – Chris Brooks, Jake Dalton, Danell Leyva, Sam Mikulak and Alex Naddour; rhythmic – Kiana Eide, Monica Rokhman, Jennifer Rokhman, Kristen Shaldybin and Laura Zeng; and trampoline – Nicole Ahsinger and Logan Dooley. 2008 Olympic all-around champion Nastia Liukin, 2008 Olympic balance beam champion Shawn Johnson and 2012 Olympic team champion Jordyn Wieber are also on the cast. Due to athletes’ schedules and personal commitments, the cast will vary from stop to stop. …
World acrobatic gymnastics mixed pair medalists Axel Osborne and Tiffani Williams; World medalists Ashton Locklear (2016 Olympic replacement athlete), MyKayla Skinner (2016 Olympic replacement athlete), Donnell Whittenburg (2016 Olympic replacement athlete), and Brandon Wynn; and 2016 Olympic replacement athlete Ragan Smith. 1996 Olympian John Macready and 2004 Olympian Mary Sanders are also part of the Kellogg’s Tour. The cast of gymnastics champions will be joined by local gymnasts at each tour stop. …
Four years ago they had a Tumbl Trak Air Floor Pro under the tumbling diagonal of the Floor. That worked well. I hope they have something similar this time around.
Bryony Page – surprise Olympic silver medalist
Max Whitlock’s new ride
Olympic star Max Whitlock was today further recognised by picking up a Golden Leaf car from Aylesbury Nissan.
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Helen Maroulis’ Olympic story
Somehow I missed this. Until now.
Helen Maroulis (born September 19, 1991) is an American freestyle wrestler who competes in the women’s 55-kg and 53-kg categories.
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Women’s Wrestling is a BIG sport where I live. But I assume women feel themselves a minority in the sport, much as men do in Artistic Gymnastics.
Paralympic Games opening ceremonies
Aaron ‘Wheelz’ Fotheringham … opened the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in badass style — with a death-defying, fireworks-accompanied stunt. …
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female Olympic gymnasts getting older
… Puberty was a difficult period of transition for the gymnasts in Kerr’s study, but not the end of the line. If there were more awareness of that light at the end of the tunnel, fewer gymnasts might opt to retire—or be retired—when they hit that point.
Sometimes, gymnasts who push through find their adult bodies are capable of better gymnastics. American Anna Li’s elite career was a nonstarter when she was a teenager. It was only after doing NCAA gymnastics and returning to the elite scene in her 20s that she broke through. She competed one of the hardest bars routines in the world in 2012 and was named an alternate to the Olympic team. …
Kerr sees a shift in coaching philosophies as one of the biggest factors in the rise of older gymnasts. …
Despite being the youngest sport in Rio, age of gymnasts is going up
top D-scores from Rio
1. Simone Biles 25.90
2. Aly Raisman 25.20
3. Gabby Douglas 24.70
4. Seda Tutkhalian 24.20
4. Shang Chunsong 24.20
4. Claudia Fragapane 24.20
7. Asuka Teramoto 24.10
7. Angelina Melnikova 24.10
9. Rebeca Andrade 24.00
9. Wang Yan 24.00
9. Ellie Black 24.00
See the entire list on FloGymnastics.
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