Tsuk double pike warm-up

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ups & downs in Gymnastics

Ups and downs, wins and setbacks, are all part of any learning process.

#10GoldenRulesOfGymnastics

sport / life balance

A good mix of studies/work, sports and free time helps us grow and succeed as people.

#10GoldenRulesOfGymnastics

#10GoldenRulesOfGymnastics

FIG is rolling out under the hashtag #10GoldenRulesOfGymnastics.

Mental, emotional and physical health must come before results, in both the short and long term.

dissolve the USOPC board 

A group of star gymnasts on Wednesday stepped up their attack on the U.S. Olympics & Paralympic Committee by asking Congress to dissolve the organization’s board over its alleged failings in handling the Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal. 

Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney, Maggie Nichols and Aly Raisman … testified in the U.S. Senate last month about the botched institutional response to the Nassar case. They have been embroiled in yearslong litigation against the USOPC, as well as USA Gymnastics …

Gymnastics Stars Call for Ouster of U.S. Olympic Directors

Kari Traa – Girls Will Be Girls 😀

This is good. 😀

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‘Athlete A’ wins Emmy

Congratulations. Well deserved.

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Women’s Empowerment USA

Artistic Gymnastics is one of the few areas of life not dominated by men.

… aside from the fact that MAG has 6 apparatus, WAG 4.

The Women’s March is set to return to Washington, D.C., on October 2nd.

Similar protests are scheduled around the States.

Portland filmmakers Eleven Films released #AmericanWoman – 2 minutes of pure pump-you-up adrenaline that screams ‘women’s empowerment’. …

… flashes images of powerful women, from Ruth Bader Ginsberg to Oprah to Simone Biles …

Watch it on YouTube.

Simone vs Herself – Sept 28th

Soon after her previous video, another episode was posted on Facebook.

This starts with Simone arriving Tokyo. She was feeling ready at that moment in time.

But qualifications did not go nearly as well as she expected.

The problems with confidence began before the Team Final.

Simone does not do Yurchenko 3/2. Yet was unable to Amanar in the vault warm-up. She did Yurchenko 3/2. Cecile didn’t see it coming.

Coaches — and Simone’s parents — supported her decision to withdraw. It was the right decision.

I feel awful for Simone, however. To train 5 years and have to withdraw. Damn. That’s hard.

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