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Category: Olympics
The Sports Gene (2013) – a review
MANY told me I MUST read this book. And I finally did get to it.
Very entertaining. And thought provoking.
Are stars like Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps, and Serena Williams genetic freaks put on Earth to dominate their respective sports? Or are they simply normal people who overcame their biological limits through sheer force of will and obsessive training?
In this controversial and engaging exploration of athletic success and the so-called 10,000-hour rule, David Epstein tackles the great nature vs. nurture debate and traces how far science has come in solving it. …
I wouldn’t count on every factoid being correct. He’s out of date on women’s Artistic Gymnastics, for example.
The 10,000-hour rule is quickly debunked, David Epstein repeatedly pointing out that researcher Anders Ericsson NEVER called it a “rule”. If you train Beam seriously for 10,000 hours, your chances of making it to the Olympic Beam final are still infinitesimal.
There’s no controversy. The best of the best have both very specific genetics and excellent training.
If you don’t have time to read this book, you can get a glimpse by watching David Epstein’s TED Talk from 2014 instead – Are athletes really getting faster, better, stronger? (15min)
Read reviews on NY Times and The Guardian.
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Trampoline World Rankings
MEN’s INDIVIDUAL TRAMPOLINE
1 RUS – USHAKOV Dmitry
2 BLR – HANCHAROU Uladzislou
3 CHN – DONG Dong
4 RUS – MELNIK Mikhail
5 POR – GANCHINHO Diogo
6 RUS – YUDIN Andrey
7 CHN – TU Xu
8 POR – ABREU Diogo
9 CHN – GAO Lei
10 FRA – MORANTE AllanWOMEN’s INDIVIDUAL TRAMPOLINE
1 BLR – PIATRENIA Tatsiana
2 RUS – PAVLOVA Yana
3 CHN – LI Dan
4 BLR – HARCHONAK Hanna
5 CAN – MACLENNAN Rosie
5 RUS – KORNETSKAYA Anna
5 GEO – GOLOVINA Luba
8 CHN – ZHONG Xingping
9 GBR – DRISCOLL Katherine
10 POR – RENTE Anna
can Sam HIT in Rio?
papaliukin linked to this article.
… for all his supremacy at home, where he is one of two men to win four straight national titles, Mikulak has yet to experience a true breakthrough moment internationally.
He has just one world championship medal to his credit, a team bronze in 2014. That also happens to be the last time he was on the floor with Kohei Uchimura of Japan, the defending Olympic champion heavily favored to do it again in Rio de Janeiro. …
American star Mikulak looking for international breakthrough
Everyone knows Sam could be top 3 AA. If he could only hit 6/6 when it counts most. Good luck. 🙂
Ellie Black – NormaTec
NormaTec is a massage machine used to enhance blood flow and speed recovery.
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UCLA assistant coach Jordyn Wieber
An in-depth interview with the former World Champion.
JW: … I so wish I could go out there and compete, just because being in gym with them every single day, being a part of the team and watching the triumphs and struggles that they go through every single day, I wish that I could be a part of that physically, actually doing the gymnastics. I know that if I hadn’t gone professional, and I could have done college [gymnastics], I know that I would have wanted to do really, really well.
… Now, I get to coach them, which is really cool. I’m so thankful that Miss Val gave me the opportunity to do that. …
tribute to US Team in Rio
predicting the Olympic Pommel final
Manrique – P Bars
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