Category: Olympics

IF we had mixed pairs Gymnastics in Paris …

Katherine Keirns on Reddit (freifraufischer) posted possible National pairs teams IF there had been medals awarded in this event in Paris.

Mixed Pairs Gymnastics is currently being planned for the L.A. Olympics 2028.

Sound interesting for fans. Exhausting for the top gymnasts.

Gender MIXED Gymnastics at L.A. Olympics

Just announced.

Details NOT yet announced.

Expanded mixed events: archery, athletics (4x100m mixed relay), golf, gymnastics, rowing coastal beach sprint and table tennis will all see the inclusion of a new mixed team event.

This seems to be part of the attempt of the IOC to have an equal number of men and women’s teams. An equal number of Olympic medals for male and female.

On the other hand, for Gymnastics, the quota of a maximum of 96 athletes in Artistic stays the same. Therefore, any mixed pairs would have to come from the pool of already qualified competitors.

BEST of Gymnastics @ Paris Olympics

Yulo to Simone.

All the gold medals.

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the 50 top male gymnasts since 1948

By this criteria, Uchimura is only #4.

That’s like ranking Michael Jordan #4 in Basketball. I’d have both higher on my totally subjective rankings. 😀

Click through to zhoxxyy.com to see the full list.

2025–2028 Olympic Solidarity $650 million

I’ve volunteered many times to lead Olympic Solidarity coaching courses. Those are the BEST, in my opinion, offered through the International Gymnastics Federation.

And education courses are only one of many Solidarity initiatives .

  • The IOC redistributes 90 per cent of its revenue to sport worldwide, which means that in the 2021-2024 period, every day the equivalent of USD 4.7 million went to help athletes and sports organisations at all levels around the world. This is up from USD 3.25 million in 2014.
  • The budget for the 2025–2028 Olympic Solidarity plan has been increased by 10 per cent to USD 650 million.

DETAILS ➙ Solidarity has been greatly reinforced by the Olympic Agenda

Women’s Gymnastics: Golden Pursuit | 22nd-23rd March 2025 | Non stop streaming

Cool.

The Olympic channel is offering 48 hours non-stop VIDEO of the world’s top female gymnasts this weekend on the Olympics.com channel.

Watch that here.

Kirsty Coventry is the new IOC President


Kirsty Leigh Coventry Seward (née Coventry; born 16 September 1983) is a Zimbabwean swimmer, politician, and sports administrator.

She will become the 10th president of the International Olympic Committee in 2025; she is the first ever woman and African to be elected to that position. 

… she is the most decorated Olympian from Africa.

Thomas Bach will officially hand over the reins on June 24.


remembering Akinori Nakayama

When I was a young gymnast, the Japanese were best in the world.

Of all the superstars of the day, my favourite was Akinori Nakayama.

With six Olympic titles and 10 Olympic medals, the awe-inspiring Nakayama Akinori (JPN) was a man apart even in the pantheon of Japan’s greatest gymnasts.

An impeccable performer who was consistently among the best in the world on five apparatus during the 1960s and 1970s, Nakayama, who passed away on 9 March at age 82, inspired wonder by winning four of the eight Olympic titles in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics at the 1968 Olympic Games. …

FIG – Nakayama Akinori, 1943-2025: Remembering one of Japan’s greatest Gymnastics legends

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