FIG pay-per-view LIVE World Cups

I wish it were FREE — but pay-per-view is better than NO VIEW online.

The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) is delighted to announce a new pay-per-view live streaming offer that will allow fans of Artistic, Rhythmic and Trampoline Gymnastics to watch the finals of World Cup and World Challenge Cup events in this Olympic year.

The World Cup season starts on 15 February with the Apparatus World Cup in Cairo …

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Cairo World Cup – MAG preview

I’m sure no meet in Cairo has ever attracted such a strong field.

Here are Kensley Behel’s picks for those most likely to win points towards individual Paris Olympics qualification:

FX: Aurel Benovic (CRO); Benjamin Osberger (FRA) , Eddie Penev (BUL), Kim Hansol (KOR), RYU Sunghyun (KOR)

PH: Nariman Kurbanov (KAZ), Lee Chih Kai (TPE), Ahmad Abu Al Soud (JOR)

SR: Nikita Simonov (AZE), Samir Aït Saïd (FRA), Vinzenz Hoeck (AUT), Vahagn Davtyan (ARM), Artur Avetisyan (ARM)

VT: Mahdi Olfati (IRI), Shek Wai Hung (HKG), Andrey Medvedev (ISR), Abdulaziz Mirvaliev (UZB), Eddie Penev (BUL)

PB: Dilan Jimenez (COL), Harald Wibye (NOR), Caio Souza (BRA), Ilias Georgiou (CYP)

HB: Angel Barajas (COL), Tyson Bull (AUS), Arthur Nory (BRA), Tang Chia Hung (TPE), Robert Tvorogal (LTU), Alexander Myakinin (ISR), Marios Georgiou (CYP)

Click through for details:

Cairo 2024 | Apparatus World Cup | Preview and Watch Guide

Fuzzy Benas interview

What a story!

Christy Sandmaier:

After winning national “Rookie of the Year” honors, Benas underwent shoulder surgery following his freshman NCAA season in 2022. Then, just as he came back from that injury, a pumpkin carving accident severed a nerve in his hand, requiring a four-hour surgical repair. Just two days after being medically cleared to resume training after his hand injury, Benas suffered an Achilles tendon tear while training on floor.

“Difficult doesn’t really describe it,” Benas says of his long road to recovery. “I admit there were some dark times, when I wondered if I’d be back here, but now I am and, yeah, it feels good.”

At January’s Rocky Mountain Open, Benas, competing in his first All-Around competition since April 2022, put an exclamation point on his comeback, earning the highest tally of his career, and the NCAA season to date, with a massive 85.2 six-event total. …

Inside Gymnastics – Call it a Comeback – Oklahoma’s Fuzzy Benas is back, and better than ever

Gabby will compete Winter Cup

Awesome.

If you haven’t met Gabby Douglas, this interview gives a good idea of her personality. Charming. Humble. Positive.

With absolutely zero pressure to make a comeback, the 2012 Olympic Champ is GOING FOR IT.

She wanted to get back to sport. And Gymnastics seemed a better option than rodeo. 😀

Goal is to have FUN. And do the best she can in competition. 

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Ana Padarariu – back to Elite

Ana Padarariu decided to take a break from UCLA, and try for the Canadian Olympic team. She wants to give 100% and will accept whatever happens.

To have FUN. And SMILE.

Good attitude.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

G.O.A.T. Mikaël Kingsbury

With his 87th career World Cup victory, Kingsbury has the most men’s World Cup wins in any FIS Olympic discipline.

Mikaël Kingsbury is a freestyle skier from Quebec. He is the most accomplished mogul skier of all time. …

He is the first man to have won both the moguls and dual moguls World Championship events (sweeping the two events three times), and has won the most medals at the Freestyle World Championships of any male competitor in history …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

“Enhanced Games” with no drug testing?

One again, dumb people are planning a multi-sport games with no restrictions on performance enhancing substances.

Gymnastics included.

Here’s what happened last time this idea came up. 😀

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Giarnni Regini-Moran documentary

Giarnni’s quest for Paris.

The comeback from posterior cruciate ligament injury.

Inspiring.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.