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.
2018 Toyota Invitational Men’s results
Floor
1 Kenzo Shirai Japan 7.1 8.200 15.300
2 Frank Baines Great Britain 5.8 8.325 14.125
3 Nikita Nagornyy Russia 6.1 8.050 0.1 14.050
Kenzo’s 7.1 D-score routine looks easy for him on the Senoh floor.
Click PLAY or watch on YouTube. Prelims routine, I believe.
Pommels
1 Tomomasa Hasegawa Japan 6.6 8.575 15.175
2 Kazuma Kaya Japan 6.5 7.975 14.475
3 Shiao Yu-Jan Taipei 5.7 8.425 14.125
Rings
1 Nikita Nagornyy Russia 6.0 8.650 14.650
2 Courtney Tulloch Great Britain 6.4 8.075 14.475
3 Kazuma Kaya Japan 6.1 8.000 14.100
Vault
1 Shin Jea Hwan Korea 14.200
2 Carlos Yulo Philippines 13.937
3 Felix Remuta Germany 13.875
P Bars
1 Kazuma Kaya Japan 6.3 8.250 14.550
2 Carlos Yulo Philippines 5.7 8.700 14.400
2 Kakeru Tanigawa Japan 6.0 8.400 14.400
H Bar
1 Nikita Nagornyy Russia 5.8 8.475 14.275
2 Mitchell Morgans Australia 6.0 8.000 14.000
3 Kazuma Kaya Japan 5.9 7.850 13.750
acrobatic dance
Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.
Thanks Mary.
Sunlive International WAG Camps 2019
CAROL-ANGELA ORCHARD, ERIC BOUCHARIN, PEDRO ROQUE, CÉLINE BOUCHARIN, choreographer JADE PATISSON and more.
REUNION ISLAND – 8 to 13 of July
PORTUGAL – 11th to 16th and 18th to 23rd of August ANADIA Camps
For more details e-mail events (a) sunlive.pt
Gymnastics fees ARE your Christmas present
So true. 🎅
You MIGHT find the new club uniform under the tree.
Thanks Kim.
