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Shallon Olsen – Floor
Wayne Wright on racial discrimination
To San Jose State University women’s gymnastics head coach Wayne Wright, recent issues of racial discrimination on San Jose State’s campus hit close to home.
One of only two African American women’s gymnastics head coaches in the NCAA, Wright’s teams over his 13-year tenure have featured gymnasts of all races and from all walks of life. So when University administration called for volunteers to form the Special Task Force on Racial Discrimination, Wright answered the call. …
Personally, what are you hoping to learn from participating with this committee?
I’ve been here for quite some time and I think San Jose is very diverse. I’ve never seen any type of “ism”, whether it’s racism or sexism
read more – Gymnastics Coach Wright Serves On Special Task Force on Racial Discrimination
Alexander Alexandrov interview
DWIGHT NORMILE:
The current issue of International Gymnast includes an in-depth interview with Alexander Alexandrov, whose coaching genius has been well documented but often overlooked. …
The photo-collage here comprises a handful of his champions: Dimitry Bilozerchev and Valentin Mogilny in 1983; the 1989 world champion Soviet women’s team; 1994 U.S. junior champion Dominique Moceanu; and, of course, 2010 world all-around champion Aliya Mustafina, who won the most women’s medals (4) at the 2012 Olympics, including the uneven bars gold.
Under Alexandrov, the 2012 Russian women’s Olympic team won six medals in London, more than any other country. But somehow this led to Alexandrov’s dismissal as head coach and eventual move to Brazil.
Following are notes and excerpts from the interview with the 64-year-old Alexandrov, who candidly answered our questions …
read more – Rebuilding Brazil: Alexandrov’s Latest Challenge
anti-bullying TV spot
Smart.
“A day at work doesn’t look like this. What about a day at school?”
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Alabama over Georgia
A crowd of 12,381 watched the meet as Alabama rallied from a 5/100 point deficit going into the final rotation.
In the floor exercise, sophomore Lauren Beers and senior Sarah DeMeo brought an appreciative crowd roaring to its feet with matching career-best scores of 9.925. The crowd grew even louder when seniors Kim Jacob and Diandra Milliner closed out the rotation and the meet with huge routines …
Victoria Moors – Beam
Victoria Moors is now doing a full-twisting double tuck …
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Watch the post meet interview.
related – Victoria Moors, Hugh Smith victorious at 2014 Elite Canada
Bridget Sloan – 10.0 Beam
Gabby Douglas Story – review
Slate’s culture critic Meghan O’Rourke, a former gymnast, posted the best review I’ve seen so far in The New Yorker:
“The Gabby Douglas Story” is not a good movie, but its flaws suggest what a great gymnastics movie would be. …
There is a great film to be made about the special challenges that élite female gymnasts face today, when the sport is continuing to evolve at lightning speed. Women’s gymnastics continues to be a sport of incredible paradoxes—a crucible for both sheer athleticism and delicate grace, in which gymnasts who can do full-twisting double-backs can also be penalized for having messy hair. …
… a better movie than “The Gabby Douglas Story” would have gotten at more of the texture of the everyday, the draw of the sport itself. There’s disappointingly little footage of Douglas learning new moves, practicing or perfecting routines, being given the small corrections that lead to mastering a big new skill like an Amanar vault. Anyone who has done gymnastics seriously, at any level—any girl who once had the bug—knows that the delights of competitive gymnastics are unmatched. Nothing approximates the discipline, control, clarity, grace, and focused play that gymnastics can bring into your life when it’s going well. One can dream of a film about an Olympic gymnast that captures some of the focus it took for her to realize her dream.
related – Variety – TV Review: ‘The Gabby Douglas Story’
If those strike you as too serious, check @SpannyTampson’s hilarious and profane recap – The Gabby Douglas Story.
Thanks @a_picazo
extreme playground strength
Respect this dude.
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