Category: Olympics

first double twist in the Olympics

1932 Olympic tumbler Roland Wolfe

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Reminds me of some Cheer tumblers today.

Rowland “Flip” Wolfe will be recalled as the first and the only Olympic gold medalist in tumbling. He accomplished this feat at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles. …

Had the International Gymnastics Federation recognized elements by naming them for one performer or another, a double twisting stretched back somersault might today be recalled as a “Wolfe”. He was the first to perform this element in the Olympic Games.

… Wolfe could also perform a double back. He related that he did not perform a double back in the Olympics since his coach was not a reliable spotter. He describes a pile of corrugated cardboard arranged loosely in one corner of the gym along with rags and other soft material. He would then attempt double backs into the corner!

… He had a famous teammate, Charlie Pond, who later coached at the University of Illinois.

World Acrobatic Society

Kaylia Nemour 15,433 Bars

2024 Cottbus World Cup.

All hail. The greatest Bars routine of all time.

Representing Algeria.

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Men’s Elite Canada 2024 scores

Combined two day results.

Felix won Floor, P Bars, and H Bar.

William won Rings.

Jayson Rampersad won Pommels.

Chris Kaji won Vault.

  1. DOLCI Félix 161.367
  2. COURNOYER René 158.934
  3. DOAN Dorian 157.750
  4. TAMANE Kenji 155.900
  5. CLAY Zachary 154.150
  6. FEDDER Evan 150.267

Full results.

Elite Canada 2024 scores

Way early season to be making any predictions on the Olympic team.

I’m thinking you can expect Ellie Black. Plus whatever apparatus contributing scores result in the highest potential team rank. Of course those same high apparatus contributing gymnasts would be trying to qualify for apparatus finals.

Combined Sr. Women Elite Canada scores over two days.

Full scores

Elite Canada MAG 2024 – day 1

Canada qualified a full team to Paris. There are a LOT of guys training to try and qualify.

William Emard leads Rings, but did not do the AA. It’s early season.

Felix leads P Bars and H Bar.

  1. Felix Dolci 82.050
  2. Rene Cournoyer 79.400
  3. Dorian Doan 79.300
  4. Kenji Tamane 77.800
  5. Zachary Clay 75.000
  6. Addyson Cheladyn 74.350

SAUVÉ leads Floor. My man Ashton KOTLAR on Pommels, tied with Jason RAMPERSAD. KAJI leads Vault.

Elite Canada WAG 2024 – day 1

Early season. Ellie did not compete. Shallon Olsen did not do the AA.

I expect qualifying for the Paris team to be very competitive.

1. Cassie Lee 51.750
2. Clara Raposo 50.600
3. Maddison Hajjar 50.200
4. Ava Stewart 49.950
5. Aaliyah de Sousa 49.350
6. Laurie Denommee 49.200

full results

Cairo World Cup Finals – day 2

Olympic qualifying points on the line.

Cairo World Cup Finals 1

Points are awarded towards individual apparatus Olympic qualification.

USA’s training centre for Paris Olympics

Team USA are ready to settle in a small French town, far from the hustle and bustle of central Paris, when they set up their quarters at the revamped Athletica centre for this year’s Olympics.

Some 1,200 athletes and staff will use a state-of-the-art facility in Eaubonne, which has a population 25,000 and is 15km north of Paris, after the Athletica training centre’s renovation is completed in a few weeks.

“It’s really close to the athletes’ village, so it’s really convenient for our athletes to go back and forth,” Rocky Harris, chief of Sport and Athlete Services at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), told Reuters.

… features high-tech massage tables, cryotherapy units, physiotherapy rooms and about 100 bedrooms.

Reuters

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the “Lee” on Bars

What motivates an Olympic Champion?

Getting her name in the code.