in praise of older gymnasts

Oksana Chusovitina 43
Daniele Hypolito 34
Mette Hulgaard 29
Marcela Torres 30
Martina Castro 32
Carmen Horvai 31
Marta Pihan-Kulesza 31
Vasiliki Millousi 34

Read Lauren Hopkins’ post – Thirty, Flirty, and Thriving

related – MILLOUSI: I’M PROUD OF ALL THE OLDER GYMNASTS WHO KEEP GOING

Vasiliki

It’s only a crazy dream until you do it.

#justdoit

Dad:

“Very good Serena Williams”

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Robert Andrews, Mental Training expert

The Routine Podcast covers NCAA. Once season ended they launched summer episodes.

One of the best conversations was with Robert Andrews, a multi-sport guy who’s shockingly knowledgable about Artistic Gymnastics. I’d hire this guy to work with my athletes instantly.

His Company is Institute of Sports Performance out of Houston.

toughest rock climb in history

Silence. A cave in Norway.

This route was later rated a 9c (5.15d), making it the hardest graded climb anywhere in the world …

Adventure Blog

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Watch a longer VIDEO.

Tom Forster as high-performance team coordinator

So far, so good.

Gymnasts like how he’s approaching the job.

Amid turmoil, USA Gymnastics takes small steps forward

Justin Spring reflects on Olympic Bronze 2008

… it all magically came together when it mattered most at the Olympics Trials and at the Olympic Games.

Our team walked away with a bronze medal.

Our 2008 Olympic men’s gymnastics team ended up using two of its alternate athletes before we even competed at the Games; one of which, Sasha, moved in to the Olympic Village the night before our first day, which was the team preliminaries. …

JUSTIN SPRING An Olympic Journal

WHO will have the next 3-up, 3-count disaster?

UPDATE – Piibunina points out my error in the post below:

Olympic qualification of teams at the 2019 World Championships takes place during the qualification (CI), not during the team final (CIV). CI is still 5-4-3, so there is no danger of 3 up 3 count disaster.

Original post:

Like Italy did within seconds of the start of the Team Final at Europeans. Their first vaulter slipped. This score counted towards team.

Something similar could happen to any team in this format. Or — even worse — they could have an injury during the competition.

This is one reason teams want to rank in the top 3 at Worlds 2018. That’s automatic team qualification to Olympics 2020. They don’t have to risk 3-up, 3-count disaster at Worlds 2019.

the Justin Karstadt story

Minnesota Golden Gophers | Men’s Gymnastics | 2016-2019

One of the big reasons for Minnesota’s success over the past season, Justin Karstadt tells the story of how he came to Minnesota, and details the ups and downs. It’s a great read.

Dealing with the Pressure of Success

related – GymnasticsVille – Justin Karstadt is Building a Legacy at Minnesota

Katelyn Ohashi’s new video

Happy at UCLA, Katelyn hopes to see a day when Elite is less brutal.

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