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Retired Romanian gymnast Andreea Raducan, who won the 2000 Olympic all-around title but was stripped of the crown later in the Sydney Games after testing positive for a banned substance from cold-medicine pills given to her by a team doctor, will not be reinstated as the gold medalist, an International Olympic Committee spokesman said after Raducan met with IOC president Thomas Bach on Thursday. …

Raducan was not stripped of her 2000 Olympic gold medal with Romania in the team competition, before she took the pills. Nor was she stripped of her 2000 Olympic silver medal on vault, three days after the all-around final.

In the all-around final, Raducan led a Romania medals sweep. When she was stripped, Simona Amanar was upgraded to gold, Maria Olaru to silver and China’s Liu Xuan to bronze. Amanar, Olaru and Liu reportedly said they considered Raducan the deserving champion.

Andreea Raducan will not be reinstated as 2000 Olympic all-around champion after meeting with IOC president

I certainly consider Andreea the rightful Olympic champion.

Yeesh.

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Anna Rose Johnson posted a new interview on Inside Gymnastics.

Click PLAY or watch her 1996 American Cup Floor on YouTube.

Stay hollow? … Is that something like “pop the clutch“?

Making Floor Exercise strictly a twisting competition seems silly to me. These guys should be showing so much more.

1. Kenzo Shirai 7.6/16.450
2. Wataru Tanigawa 6.5/15.450
3. Naoto Hayasaka 7.2/15.300 (0.3)
4. Takahiro Goshima 7.0/15.250 (He did 3.5 twist fwd)
5. Ryohei Kato 7.1/15.200 (0.3)
6. Shoichi Yamamoto 6.6/14.950
7. Rikii Hoshino 6.8/14.850
8. Kenta Chiba 6.5/14.800 (0.3)

Gym Fan Japan

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Another amazing Japanese twister. 3.5 forward twist. And much more.

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Thanks Darren.

… Jake Dalton of Reno, Nev./University of Oklahoma, Danell Leyva of Miami, Fla./Universal Gymnastics, Sam Mikulak of Newport Coast, Calif./U.S. Olympic Training Center, Alexander Naddour of Gilbert, Ariz./USA Youth Fitness Center, John Orozco of the Bronx, N.Y./U.S. Olympic Training Center, and Donnell Whittenburg of Baltimore, Md./U.S. Olympic Training Center, along with 2014 World alternate Paul Ruggeri III of Manlius, N.Y./U.S. Olympic Training Center, are among the 12 men who will represent Team Hilton, in 2015-16.

Sponsored by Hilton, Team Hilton is a program that provides direct financial support to selected male gymnasts to help offset their training expenses while they pursue their Olympic goals. …

Also on the team are two-time Olympic medalist Jonathan Horton of Houston /Cypress Gymnastics; World medalists Steven Legendre of Norman, Okla./University of Oklahoma, and Brandon Wynn of Voorhees, N.J./U.S. Olympic Training Center; 2012 Olympic alternate Chris Brooks of Houston/U.S. Olympic Training Center; and Eddie Penev of Penfield, N.Y./U.S. Olympic Training Center. …

USAG

Lexus claims they’ve created a real, rideable hoverboard.

Click PLAY or watch a teaser on YouTube. Nobody actually climbs on to the prototype.

I assume it doesn’t really require dry ice smoke to function. 🙂

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via Nico on GymFever2012

See them on twitter.

Not an easy job. Catching trampolinists who fly off the elevated bed.

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That’s gone somewhat viral.

Click PLAY or watch the whole routine on YouTube.

When is Trampoline going to finally be competed at ground level? It would be much safer.

Thanks Brett.