Patrick Kiens – new Romanian Head Coach

Patrick Kiens, known as Eythora Thorsdottir‘s former coach who has recently done some work choreographing for Austria and Romania, was recently named as the new head coach for the Romanian national team.

I haven’t seen an official announcement from the federation, but this news item discussing the makeup of the national team for 2023, Kiens is listed as the head coach alongside with Corina Morosan, Gina Gogean Groza, Ramona Micu, and Catalin Meran as the assistant coaches.

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Daniel Ribeiro 5-year-contract at Illinois

Congratulations to the new permanent Head Coach, Daniel Ribeiro.

Ribeiro was named interim head coach this past summer after serving four seasons as assistant coach and seven years as the associate head coach for the Illini, and in November, he promptly signed one of the top recruiting classes in the nation. …

Fighting Illini

music video – Arielle Kowdrysh – Unbreakable

Arielle shot her video at Oakville Gymnastics Club in Canada.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

USOPTC MAG Resident Program dissolved

It was launched January 1990.

Current Head Coach Syque Caesar was informed Nov. 14th that his program was being discontinued. As was his job.

MAG Camps are still scheduled in Colorado Springs. The next on Dec 17-21, 2022.

Many of the guys from USOPTC and Syque himself are moving to EVO Gymnastics in Sarasota, Florida. A new privately funded training centre offering U.S. MAG senior team members salaries, with performance-based bonuses.

USOPTC lasted 32 years. How long will EVO continue?

HOPEFULLY, this will be a change for the better for U.S. National Team members.

Details via this Twitter thread.

USA Track & Field’s CEO makes $3.8 million / year

Details.

I don’t know what USAG pays Li Li Leung, but I doubt it’s anything close to this salary.

hire Olivia Dunne for $33k / post

With over 8.5 million social media followers, Olivia Dunne, a 20-year-old gymnast from LSU, leads all female athletes with a whopping $2.4 million valuation.

Dunne reportedly can charge an average of $33,000 per post, making her one of the most valuable NCAA athletes in all of college sports.

In fact, Dunne’s $2.4 million NIL valuation ranks sixth among male and female athletes — a number which could rise dramatically once women’s gymnastics begins. …

Sports Daily

Full time coach needed in Bermuda 

I’ve been a guest coach in Bermuda many times over the past 8 years. It is a paradise.

Quality Gymnastics in the capital is looking for an experienced Head Coach who can develop a men’s program as well as assist with the WAG.

A four-year college degree is mandatory.

Trinidad pays Thema Williams

I happened to be there when news broke that Canadian-born gymnast Marisa Dick would replace Thema. It was at the Olympic Test Meet in Rio.

We were surprised as Thema had looked healthy during Podium Training — in a striking gold leotard. No observable problems.

But her coach at the Games was John Geddert. He told the Federation Thema wasn’t ready enough. Trinidad had to fly the replacement in from Canada. Last minute.


FORMER national gymnast Thema Williams’s four-year battle for compensation, for the “biased and flawed” decision of the TT Gymnastics Federation to pull her out of the 2016 Olympic Games, came to an end at 2.20 pm on Thursday.

That was when the federation’s bankers, Republic Bank Ltd, delivered a cheque for $223,800.19 …

On November 26, 2018, Seepersad ruled Williams was entitled to $200,000 for loss of endorsements and other opportunities because of the federation’s “biased” and flawed decision to withdraw her from representing this country in the 2016 Rio Olympics. …

Gymnastics Federation pays Thema Williams damages

Federations must have clear selection policies. And enforce them.

The ONLY good news from this disaster was that Marisa had a good competition. And did qualify Trinidad to the Olympics.

NCAA “name, image, likeness”

Sponsors like female gymnasts.

related – What is NIL?: Everything you need to know about the NCAA and name, image and likeness

Daring Simone Biles on Snap

Simone Biles has conquered the world of gymnastics, but now she’s ready to take on new challenges off the mat.

Follow her as she conquers everything from dropping the base to keeping the bees.

Daring Simone Biles premiers Saturday August 20th only on Snapchat.

It’s a 10 part series.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.