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Epke’s HARD routine?
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gymnasts who retired 2018
Buster Keaton was amazing
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age of gymnasts at 2017 Worlds
Montreal.
… 46% of (female) gymnasts competing at the 2017 World Championships were over the age of 18. And 27% were over the age of 20 …
Tsukaharas cleared of harassment charges
The sport’s governing body reinstated Chieko Tsukahara and her husband and association vice president Mitsuo Tsukahara after an independent committee concluded that while there were “a lot of inappropriate points lacking in consideration,” the two committed no acts that could be subject to punishment. …
Nikita and Dasha getting married
Daria Spiridonova and Nikita Nagornyy announced their wedding at the Toyota Invitational in Tokyo.
They’ll wed December 18th in Rostov-on-Don, Nikita’s home town.
There’s already some debate on whether or not their (future) children should be gymnasts. 🙂
https://twitter.com/russiangymstan/status/1071746844328374272
statistics on U.S. Elite gymnasts
Kaitlyn crunched some numbers:
Average age starting gymnastics – 3.778 years
Average competitive category by age-8 – Level 5
Average competitive category by age-12 – Level 8
Average age first year elite – 12.56 years
Details on The Gym Report.
Margzetta Frazier’s sassy choreography
BIG personality. BIG routine for 2019.
Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter. Or watch it on YouTube.
https://twitter.com/uclagymsource/status/1071915139790589952
2018 Toyota International results
Vault
1 Alexa Moreno Mexico 14.466
2 Lilia Akhaimova Russia 14.199
3 Hitomi Hatakeda Japan 13.883
Bars
1 Daria Spiridonova Russia 6.1 8.500 14.600
2 Hitomi Hatakeda Japan 5.7 8.233 13.933
3 Gabby Jupp Great Britain 5.6 7.566 13.166
Beam
1 Lai Pin-Ju Chinese Taipei 5.3 7.800 13.100
2 Lilia Akhaimova Russia 4.8 7.933 12.733
3 Michelle Timm Germany 4.7 7.633 12.333
Floor
1 Asuka Teramoto Japan 5.2 8.200 13.400
2 Aiko Sugihara Japan 5.3 7.066 12.366
3T Michelle Timm Germany 4.7 7.833 -0.2 12.333
3T Carina Kröll Germany 4.6 7.733 12.333
5 Lilia Akhaimova Russia 5.7 6.833 -0.3 12.233
Protecting Girls and Women
In Canada, December 6th is the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.
We remember 14 women at l’École Polytechnique de Montréal killed in a gender-based act of violence. They were:
Geneviève Bergeron
Hélène Colgan
Nathalie Croteau
Barbara Daigneault
Anne-Marie Edward
Maud Haviernick
Barbara Klucznik Widajewicz
Maryse Laganière
Maryse Leclair
Anne-Marie Lemay
Sonia Pelletier
Michèle Richard
Annie St-Arneault
Annie Turcotte
related – Thousands of Israeli women protested on December 4th following the murder last week of two girls – Silvana Tsegai, 12, in South Tel Aviv and Yara Ayoub, 16, in Jish.
