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Obviously, video and analysis by computer is better than humans at calling balls and strikes in Baseball.
Video analysis is better than a human line judge in Tennis.
And I’d argue that FIG Trampoline competitions are more fair for the electronic analysis used supplementing human judges.
BUT progress has been too slow.
There might always be a role for human judges in Artistic sports.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (April 2004)
After 16 years with Anta as the official sports apparel partner for the Chinese Olympic Committee (COC), the company founded by legendary gymnast Li Ning is again providing uniforms through the L.A. Olympics.
Li-Ning named COC apparel partner for 2025-28
Both companies do bigger revenue than Nike and Adidas.
Like everyone, I was a huge fan of Olympic Champion Fabian Hambüchen.
Three Olympics. Three medals on H Bar.
Father / Coach Wolfgang tells that his son was VERY inflexible in the hips when he started. But loved our sport.
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BIG announcement.
Barry Collie has been appointed as Head National Coach for Men’s Artistic Gymnastics, Martine George as Head National Coach for Women’s Artistic Gymnastics and Gary Short as Head National Coach for Trampoline
… Martine has an extensive and decorated international career, most recently leading the French National Team to the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Martine can cite a huge list of major international coaching accomplishments in roles in Australia and France that have notably provided her with experiences at four Olympic Games and twelve World Championships.
An inspiration to many, Ágnes Keleti has passed away at age-103.
Ágnes was a Hungarian artistic gymnast and coach who won multiple Olympic medals.
She was the oldest living Olympic champion and medallist, reaching her 100th birthday on 9 January 2021.
… one of the most successful Jewish Olympic athletes of all time.
Scott Hann reflects on the many years and 4 Olympics coaching the greatest gymnast in British history.
After a remarkable and successful relationship came to an end this summer in Paris, Hann reflects on nearly 20 years working with Whitlock, his own gymnastics journey and his passion for developing the next generation of coaches in the sport. …
Max was 12 years old when we started working together at South Essex Gymnastics Club. He was a happy-go-lucky kid but someone with such good basics in gymnastics as well.
I remember taking him to his first major competition in 2006, the UK School Games as a reserve, but the 2010 Commonwealth Games in India was the moment where it all changed. …
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Our Olympic Bars champion can be a role model for Muslim girls and women.
“It wasn’t just a personal victory but also a symbol of hope and pride for the Algerian people and, more broadly, for the entire Arab world,” the 18-year-old champion says. …
Hardy Fink encouraged Federations to vote for a return to the system used 2005 to 2021.
And they did. Common sense has prevailed.
Credit FIG for realizing they’d made a terrible mistake in trying to reduce the number of competitors.
NOW … resume arguing WHY nations should send more men than women to the World Championships. 😀
The December 2024 FIG Bulletin includes detailed reports on MAG & WAG Olympic competitions. It includes good graphics.
For example, only 25% of WAG competed 2 Vaults in the qualification round.
Average age for WAG was 21.91.
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